Custom Bumper Project

[Marlin]

Got the other side done, cut 45s on the bottom rails, still gotta put a 5/8" bolts through the tubes as backup for the welds. I picked up some roll on bedliner to finish it up this weekend. Gotta wire up the new lights and figure out the mount for the new skid plate and I will be done for a while.

[Marlin]

The gap around the receiver will not be there for longg. I am getting one of the hitch mount license plate holders for my VX yellow carbon fiber license plate. Have faith....it is finally getting there...

[LittleBeast]

It still looks like you almost have enough room to leave the stock bumper on and just have this outside of it. Even if you have to put lots of holes in the stock bumper and even cut part of it up, I still think that will be the easiest way to fill in the gaps between the new hefty bumper and the hood/lights/grill, but it really is coming along nicely, good job

[Marlin]

It still looks like you almost have enough room to leave the stock bumper on and just have this outside of it. Even if you have to put lots of holes in the stock bumper and even cut part of it up, I still think that will be the easiest way to fill in the gaps between the new hefty bumper and the hood/lights/grill, but it really is coming along nicely, good job

Maybe, but I sold the stock bumper already, and part of my goal was to get rid of the stock plastic. I know that some like it, and I would think Orion's design would be much better for that. I did think about what it would look like to cut out just the top to fill in the holes. I am considering ordering one of the aftermarket cladding pieces and mutilating that. I will just rhino line it, so I do not care if it doesn't match the VX OEM cladding exactly.

[JoFotoz]

YUP!...using the stock ( or aftermarket..) cladding to fill the 'gap' is the way to go ..IMO!


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[tom4bren]

YUP!...using the stock ( or aftermarket..) cladding to fill the 'gap' is the way to go ..IMO!

There's a 'ORW' joke in there somewhere - I'm workin on it.

[Marlin]

Well, I cut out light mounts, drilled holes for turn signals. I screwed up and cut the wrong size hole for lights, could have sworn they were 4.5", gotta figure something out now, I think that door seal trim will do the best, it will be flexible, good seal, and still give me room for fudge factor such as aiming and whatnot. I am in the process of putting the bedliner on, it actually goes on pretty good. At 30 bucks a quart, it better be nice.

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[Ldub]

[QUOTE=Marlin;172264]

I know you're not finished yet, & maybe already aware, but the angles on the ends, where it angles back look different from one side to the other...

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