Custom bumpers?

[dooce]

I plan to bring the bumpers on my '76 in a little closer to the body. I have seen it done to a few cars, and a couple of 67-72 trucks but never on a 73-87. Has anyone done this before? I would also like to see what other ideas have been thought of as far as bumpers go. I know rollpans are used alot, but I don't plan on using one for either the front or the rear. Lets see what you got.

[swtnlw2005]

have you heard of hills hotrods?? the king of 73-87 chevy trucks go to his website and check em out! www.hillshotrods.com

[moneyeater]

The bolts are welded in and smoothed out and they are spanish red like the whole truck!The licenceplateholder in the rearbumper is fabbed out of aluminum and the plan is to polish that later!
Moving the rearbumper in a little is no big problem but then you have a nice small gap under the tailgate and the ends stand out very far and that looks bad.My skills in metallwork aren´t good enough to section them and weld them back together!Even though i´d like to!

[dooce]

Very nice. Thanks for the link. Is that your truck in your profile pic? I don't remember seeing it in Mustang, then again it's been a year since I've been there.

[dooce]

Originally Posted by moneyeater

The bolts are welded in and smoothed out and they are spanish red like the whole truck!The licenceplateholder in the rearbumper is fabbed out of aluminum and the plan is to polish that later!
Moving the rearbumper in a little is no big problem but then you have a nice small gap under the tailgate and the ends stand out very far and that looks bad.My skills in metallwork aren´t good enough to section them and weld them back together!Even though i´d like to!
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Yeah, I like the looks of the bumpers without the bolts. Looks like my truck will not be here until Jan or so. I was just up near Bremen the other day, I thought it sounded familiar. Why the lights under the rear bumper?

[LMDGUY]

we did a custom front bumper on my 73 C10.. here is the link

http://www.autocorekustoms.com/current_projects.html

[dooce]

wow! thats similiar to what I am looking to do. Is the bumper actually welded to the fenders? Did you trim the ends at all?

[LMDGUY]

Originally Posted by dooce

wow! thats similiar to what I am looking to do. Is the bumper actually welded to the fenders? Did you trim the ends at all?

If your talking about my truck.. the bumper is seprate from the truck, it took 2 bumpers, and 2 fender repair panels to get the look I was after. The bumper was tottally reworkd, shaved, shortend, tucked...

[82ZZZR]

I would love to do that and then have the bumpers rechromed. BTW thats a good lookin ride.

[ARAMP1]

Hey, looks SWEET!!! Where did you get those headlights?

[moneyeater]

Originally Posted by dooce

Yeah, I like the looks of the bumpers without the bolts. Looks like my truck will not be here until Jan or so. I was just up near Bremen the other day, I thought it sounded familiar. Why the lights under the rear bumper?

Why does it come over later?
I think it´ll land in Bremerhaven when it comes over with the ship.Thats just 70 miles away from here!
The backuplight is required in Germany and its under the bumper because the turnsignals had to be amber and they are now in the backuplighthousings.
The other is a foglamp.Its not a must for pre 1985 vehicles but it equals the look a little bit!

[dubdeuce80]

Originally Posted by moneyeater

The backuplight is required in Germany and its under the bumper because the turnsignals had to be amber and they are now in the backuplighthousings.

do you have any pics or video of the signals on? that sounds pretty sweet...

[dooce]

Originally Posted by moneyeater

Why does it come over later?
I think it´ll land in Bremerhaven when it comes over with the ship.Thats just 70 miles away from here!
The backuplight is required in Germany and its under the bumper because the turnsignals had to be amber and they are now in the backuplighthousings.
The other is a foglamp.Its not a must for pre 1985 vehicles but it equals the look a little bit!

I am picking the truck up from Kaiserslautern. That might be where it comes in to country from boat, but I think it gets trucked down here. Will I need to do the same thing to my truck? The list just keeps getting longer!

[moneyeater]

Originally Posted by dubdeuce80

do you have any pics or video of the signals on? that sounds pretty sweet...

There´s one with the turnsignals on and one with the other lights on!

[moneyeater]

Originally Posted by dooce

I am picking the truck up from Kaiserslautern. That might be where it comes in to country from boat, but I think it gets trucked down here. Will I need to do the same thing to my truck? The list just keeps getting longer!

Maybe you can get a special permission for the red turnsignals but the hazardflashers have to override the brakelights so there is some electrical work to do!

[tvblazer78]

Here is my front bumper that we made 7 years ago. We put 3" lights in and shaved it then put a lower air dam on.

[Captkaos]

We have 73-80 bumpers with built in fog lights:
http://store.73-87chevytrucks.com/me...egory_Code=7FB

[boatpuller]

here's what i did.it's not a custom bumper.but,i modified the brackets to pull it in closer.i'm trying to keep a "modified stock look".i like the look of the chrome sport bumpers.so it worked great for me.

[Robertw]

how did you guys shave your bumper bolts

[dooce]

Originally Posted by boatpuller

here's what i did.it's not a custom bumper.but,i modified the brackets to pull it in closer.i'm trying to keep a "modified stock look".i like the look of the chrome sport bumpers.so it worked great for me.

Yeah, thats what I plan to do. Did you do this to your front also? How much did you bring it in? How much room is left to bring it in more? Looks good, can't wait to do mine.

[82ZZZR]

What did you actually do to the brackets? Did you cut and reweld? Ive been thinking about doing that to mine for awhile, looks real good!

[smashingchuck]

Originally Posted by boatpuller

here's what i did.it's not a custom bumper.but,i modified the brackets to pull it in closer.i'm trying to keep a "modified stock look".i like the look of the chrome sport bumpers.so it worked great for me.

I plan on doing this as well, but I have to scoot the bumper in even more because I moved the bed forward about 3/4 of an inch to close up that gap as well.

Boatpuller- do you remember how much you moved the bumper forward? It would save me having to put the bed back on to mock it up....

[LMDGUY]

Originally Posted by smashingchuck

I plan on doing this as well, but I have to scoot the bumper in even more because I moved the bed forward about 3/4 of an inch to close up that gap as well.

Boatpuller- do you remember how much you moved the bumper forward? It would save me having to put the bed back on to mock it up....

I thought of moving the bed foward, but it was too late =( all my bed mounts were made already and had to leave for paint the next day.. Do you have any pics? I know im gonna regret not doin it

[CNC]

what does that involve? moving the bed forward that is. Do you have any b4 and after pics?

[moneyeater]

Originally Posted by boatpuller

here's what i did.it's not a custom bumper.but,i modified the brackets to pull it in closer.i'm trying to keep a "modified stock look".i like the look of the chrome sport bumpers.so it worked great for me.

Did you modify the edges or section the bumper to m,ake the look complete?