Hey guys,

After my fairly successful build on my rear bumper, I thought I'd try my hand at the front bumper. Here are some pics of my prgress. I haven't taken as many pics as I did last time and I'm in South Carolina for some training for a week, so it'll be a bit before new pics are taken. Suggestions or comments are welcome.




This Picture shows the angle of the edges. This shows that the bumper isn't straight, but it actually curves with the factory curve of the front end/grill.

Oh, and I also did the Battery/Intake Swap and love it... Pics...

 

Intake swap looks good. Not sure how you are clamping it down. Flip your battery around so it doesn't have a chance to hit the positive terminal on the fender.

 

Thanks for the suggestions. I have switched the battery around and made a custom brace out of flat bar for the bracket.

 

From the looks of it, you're gonna forgo a winch cradle? No matter, looks good! Looking forward to seeing it on the truck. You and I built rear bumpers about the same time, I'm also warming up for a front bumper build. Was just working on the CAD model today, actually!

 

looking good, really simple and classy, I have a piece of square tubing laying around exactly like the one u used for a rear bumper and seeing yours it actually looks really good in the front! can't wait to see it finished and mounted! keep up!

 

Did you cut and rewire your harness for the intake swap?

 

Like the way the bumper is looking. Very similiar to what I have in mind for mine. I'm interested in seeing the finished product!

 

Yes, I had to rewire the harness. Cut and spliced it to extend it.

 

Question?!.... What to do for blinkers? Move to grill?, add to corner lights? Ideas?

 

simple LEDs in the front of the bumper would look nice

 

Like round semi truck style? Or like the LED strips that you can pick up at like autozone?

 

i would get some small like 2inch round ones, if you ever want to use strip style like that, go to vleds.com they started that design and make much nicer and cheeper priced leds. will last a lot longer.

 

i moved my blinkers to the corner lights. i really like it. clean and
simple.

 

oh btw i really like the bumper.. looks very good

 

Have you had any issues with Safety Inspection? Did you add a new light or just change out the socket to an 1157, dual filament bulb, and tie the turn signals and the marker to that bulb?

Thanks about the bumper. I'll get some more pics up soon.

 

I moved the existing lightbulb and wiring into the side marker. i cut a hole into the marker light below existing bulb using a dremel tool. i made a factory style screw in type hole so no special attachments are neccessary and i can change the bulb with ease. it took about an hour to do both sides. i dont have safety inspections so i havent had to deal with that. it works great tho.

 

I have new pix, but my internet crashed at home and this work computer doesn't allow access to Photobucket, so I'll get some up as soon as I can.

 

you are killing me

 

If only I could figure out how to post the pics from my iPhone.

 

Figured it out via my iPhone. A little harder but hey it works.