New bumper = sexy sleeper

[turbobandit]

hated the stock front bumper. Removed plastic lower half, cut upper metal part in half, extended it 6" !!! Simple as that.



So this was the original bumper:





This was the photoshop plan:




This is how it came out:






















AND THE MUG SHOT!

[shortS10owner]

Drop it till the tires are even with the fenders and that would be one damn good looking truck. Like the bumper also, just feel it would draw it all together better if it were a tad lower with a slightly raked stance

[Mr.woodscrewsNbondo]

sweet, what kinda metal you use.

[turbobandit]

Quote: Originally Posted by shortS10owner

Drop it till the tires are even with the fenders and that would be one damn good looking truck. Like the bumper also, just feel it would draw it all together better if it were a tad lower with a slightly raked stance

I have 2" lowering springs in the front! it is raked~ Also, the front wheels are 17", rears are 18". Kind of an optical illusion.

I had it lowered before... Rear axle hit the frame all the time on bumps, and front rode like $ H I T! So i raised it up again. I'd rather not sacrifice drivability for looks.

[turbobandit]

Quote: Originally Posted by dustin42069

sweet, what kinda metal you use.

16 gauge Mild steel from homeless depot

Thent he grill is just Barbeque grill replacement stuff i found on the shelf

[neo71665]

It looks pretty cool but I think it would look better with radius corners. The sharp angles just look out of place with all the curved lines on a 2nd gen.

[turbobandit]

Quote: Originally Posted by neo71665

It looks pretty cool but I think it would look better with radius corners. The sharp angles just look out of place with all the curved lines on a 2nd gen.

correct. That's the plan from the original photoshop. I think i'm going to fix that this weeked. Prob just paint the grill in the radius.


OH, and NEXT WEEKEND, THERE WILL BE AN INTERCOOLER BEHIND IT!

[s10blaza1]

Quote: Originally Posted by turbobandit

correct. That's the plan from the original photoshop. I think i'm going to fix that this weeked. Prob just paint the grill in the radius.


OH, and NEXT WEEKEND, THERE WILL BE AN INTERCOOLER BEHIND IT!

beat me to it, that thing is just begging for a big block of shiny, finned aluminum!

[mr spree]

GOOD! i wanna see the intercooler behind it!

[deathphoenix99]

You did a good job building it, but right now it looks out of place, the intercooler will probably help or it needs something to the left and right of the mesh. Looks like too much empty space there imo. Otherwise you did a great job on it.

[97ls1s10]

looks great just think it would of looked really good a tad bit lower,maybe a 6-7 inch peice. how much would u charge to make something like that

[neo71665]

Quote: Originally Posted by deathphoenix99

You did a good job building it, but right now it looks out of place, the intercooler will probably help or it needs something to the left and right of the mesh. Looks like too much empty space there imo. Otherwise you did a great job on it.

More I look at it I agree, some 4 inch round driving lights would look good over to the sides.

[orangesonoma]

its too plain...needs fog lights or something...get some 4 inch tube and weld it in there and flush some lights into it

[Benoitmusic]

Nice job. Great looking truck
Cheers

[NCRides]

I like it

[LS2Sonoma]

looks good. not sure if im a fan of all the red, but its good... bet you cant burn those tires off with one burnout!! ahah (ps. we need a vid of that)

[shortS10owner]

Quote: Originally Posted by orangesonoma

its too plain...needs fog lights or something...get some 4 inch tube and weld it in there and flush some lights into it

This.

[BarelyGettinBy]

Def needs lights to break it up a little And the intercooler should help alot

[LUVMY02CREW]

Looks great!! I agree with others on the driving/fog light idea to break it up a little.

I like the whole look you got going on with the color scheme currently and the photoshop pics.

[turbobandit]

lol some of you guys are funny. I dont like it to be too flashy. I wanna keep it simple. no fog lights. Those are for ricers.
I think i will Radius the corners of the grill though.

[turbobandit]

Quote: Originally Posted by turbobandit

lol some of you guys are funny. I dont like it to be too flashy. I wanna keep it simple. no fog lights. Those are for ricers.
I think i will Radius the corners of the grill though.

But i do want the black housing headlights, and some black marker lights.


EDIT~ didnt mean to quote myself... was trying to just edit

[BarelyGettinBy]

huge bumpers are for ricers too





jk man

[turbobandit]

Quote: Originally Posted by JSamsS10

huge bumpers are for ricers too





jk man

haha, how bout a huge bumper with an intercooler behind it?

[dart_06]

looks good! i think i will like it much better with the radius corners!! good job!!

[neo71665]

Quote: Originally Posted by turbobandit

haha, how bout a huge bumper with an intercooler behind it?

lol j/k man

[turbobandit]

haha, that is a STOCK honda bumper!!!!!!!!!! with ugly fog lights! lol.

[deathphoenix99]

Quote: Originally Posted by turbobandit

haha, that is a STOCK honda bumper!!!!!!!!!! with ugly fog lights! lol.

still says ricer....

[neo71665]

Quote: Originally Posted by deathphoenix99

still says ricer....

google image search "ricer bumper"

[01cherryreds10]

Bumper looks pretty good I agree with it needing flog lights or something but it looks pretty sweet and the grille is proportioned nicely with the bumper grille. You ever get that wiring issue figured out?

[vandejr]

i was thinking the same last nite. but use a billet grill. whole point was to install a short but long innercooler rather then hiding between the radiator and support.

[sdime98]

shim that thing up some..

and i agree with alot of the others, it looks really plain. looks like nice work though.

[CygnusX1]

I just looked at the pictures and half-read the text and thought, "Wow, it really does look better with the stock one on it"... Then I re-read it.

I like what's under the hood and the rest of the truck, but I think that bumper's doing you a disservice. It's got no lines that make it look like it belongs on the truck. It looks like a boxy afterthought from the parts bin.

IMHO a red stock bumper or even a Bravada bumper in red would probably be a lot better of a choice if "sleeper" is truly the theme you're going for.

[turbobandit]

Quote: Originally Posted by CygnusX1

I just looked at the pictures and half-read the text and thought, "Wow, it really does look better with the stock one on it"... Then I re-read it.

I like what's under the hood and the rest of the truck, but I think that bumper's doing you a disservice. It's got no lines that make it look like it belongs on the truck. It looks like a boxy afterthought from the parts bin.

IMHO a red stock bumper or even a Bravada bumper in red would probably be a lot better of a choice if "sleeper" is truly the theme you're going for.

^ you're an idiot haha. your first post is this? Get off the forum.
this is a STOCK bumper!!!!! how does it not have s10 lines? all i did was extend it 6"


All the body guys go for CLEAN looks. shaved emblems, tailgates, roll pans... So i take off the crappy plastic front bumper, and extend the stock one: something more simple... and people say it's ugly? hahahha. You guys are nuts.

MY TRUCK.. i love it. Reminds me of a NASCAR truck

[-YumYum97s10-]

Besides the bumper, the rest looks really good.

[2000extemeturbo]

Quote: Originally Posted by turbobandit

^ you're an idiot haha. your first post is this? Get off the forum.
this is a STOCK bumper!!!!! how does it not have s10 lines? all i did was extend it 6"


All the body guys go for CLEAN looks. shaved emblems, tailgates, roll pans... So i take off the crappy plastic front bumper, and extend the stock one: something more simple... and people say it's ugly? hahahha. You guys are nuts.

MY TRUCK.. i love it. Reminds me of a NASCAR truck

Man, I don't think this post did you any good.

I personally like the idea of what you are doing, but I think you could have done more with it.

Why get upset when everyone doesn't like the same thing you do?

[CygnusX1]

Quote: Originally Posted by turbobandit

^ you're an idiot haha. your first post is this? Get off the forum.
this is a STOCK bumper!!!!! how does it not have s10 lines? all i did was extend it 6"


All the body guys go for CLEAN looks. shaved emblems, tailgates, roll pans... So i take off the crappy plastic front bumper, and extend the stock one: something more simple... and people say it's ugly? hahahha. You guys are nuts.

MY TRUCK.. i love it. Reminds me of a NASCAR truck

Yeah, I got it's a stock bumper. Re-read what I said, my first assumption based on sleeper being the title of the thread, was you ditched the big red one for the stock one, for an even more low key appearance.

You might have extended a stock one, but like I said, there's no lines in it that fit/flow with the rest of the truck now.

It's constructive criticism, learn to take it. If I wanted to be blunt, I'd say it looks like you glued a red box to the front of your truck and it sticks out like a sore thumb the way it is now.

[firstgenon24s]

Looks good man,kind of ricey but it will look better with a nice I/C behind there like you mentioned!

[mr spree]

i think it looks good. i'd like to see someone else try what he did.

and how does it look rice? it looks nothing like rice

[Bdydrp02s10]

Two of my past GM trucks came with fog lights from the factory. I don't understand how that makes them ricey? Now I don't like some of these aftermarket fog lights that you can pick up at Autozone which people just throw on.

[Daveman2]

definitely cant wait to see the corners, I threw this together comparing body lines



Black housing FTW


Definitely looks clean though, but with some corners/adjustment it will be very unique


PS get some SS mirrors on that thing, and it will make a big difference. Also digging the wheels C5 Wagons ftw

Although with that opening I do beleive you lose getting some air to radiator, unless you kept the stock duct that feeds are from the license plate?

[JYD]

badly needs some sort of air dam and or splitter.

[turbobandit]

^ HUH?!?!?! an air dam??? there was nothing behind the bumper from the factory. A bigger hole would give it BETTER air flow!!!! Plus... INTERCOOLER is going behind this grill this weekend.

haha, gosh people dont read.
i AM going to radius the corners of the grill opening. Look at the original photoshop!

To those who like it, thanks.

~People here say it looks rice, THEN they say to put Huge round recessed fog lights in it...
~People say it's too PLAIN, yet alot of these s10 guys shave door handles, tailgates, and put simple roll pans on.
~People say it doesn't have S10 lines, yet the curves are S10 curves cuz it's an s10 bumper! (minus the temporary grill corners)

It is a sleeper... no one expects an LS1 with a 6 speed, 3.73 gears, and a turbo to be in an S10.
And it's sexy, cuz it's a sexy truck now.

[AmericanMuscle]

that looks like it came out really clean, it will look great with the grill done.

[-YumYum97s10-]

Quote: Originally Posted by turbobandit

^ HUH?!?!?! an air dam??? there was nothing behind the bumper from the factory. A bigger hole would give it BETTER air flow!!!! Plus... INTERCOOLER is going behind this grill this weekend.

haha, gosh people dont read.
i AM going to radius the corners of the grill opening. Look at the original photoshop!

To those who like it, thanks.

~People here say it looks rice, THEN they say to put Huge round recessed fog lights in it...
~People say it's too PLAIN, yet alot of these s10 guys shave door handles, tailgates, and put simple roll pans on.
~People say it doesn't have S10 lines, yet the curves are S10 curves cuz it's an s10 bumper! (minus the temporary grill corners)

It is a sleeper... no one expects an LS1 with a 6 speed, 3.73 gears, and a turbo to be in an S10.
And it's sexy, cuz it's a sexy truck now.

So, you can't take criticism, and advice so you just act like a giant douche? You'll last long around here.

[mr spree]

Quote: Originally Posted by -YumYum97s10-

So, you can't take criticism, and advice so you just act like a giant douche? You'll last long around here.

who the hell are you?

[Daveman2]

haha man what asshats.

Yeah I am one of the few who read, I said ,"cant wait to see the corners" lol,

I think it doesn't look very S10ish because the body lines don't match, other than the ones you didn't fabricate. but like you said there's still work to be done. IMO I would try to recess it in a little, so it looks like the corners of the grille. I think the bottom needs to do something, like go in/out

See how the lines of the SS bumper go straight down too? I don't really like how that looks . . .

The inner lines you used where the airdam used to meet up look cool, I always was trying to think of a way to use that when I working on my truck with the airdam off

also you should make it sit like a good 3/4" higher so it sits flush with the grille shell and less of a gap to the fender

Also behind my bumper, there is an airduct that shoves air into teh radiator from the license plate area, I guess not on yours.

[2xr95s10]

Looks good man, Now definetely complete it with how you have that photoshop drawing with the rounded edges, black headlights, and side markers. Looks good though man, i like the originality...

[Daveman2]

Just more food for thought - I would make sure the hole seals really nice against the intercooler, otherwise you're just putting more air under the car which equals bad aerodynamics

you could also run brakes ducts . . ., some long thin ones that fit in the bottom raised part of the bumper might look nice,

[01cherryreds10]

Quote: Originally Posted by turbobandit

^ HUH?!?!?! an air dam??? there was nothing behind the bumper from the factory. A bigger hole would give it BETTER air flow!!!! Plus... INTERCOOLER is going behind this grill this weekend.

haha, gosh people dont read.
i AM going to radius the corners of the grill opening. Look at the original photoshop!

To those who like it, thanks.

~People here say it looks rice, THEN they say to put Huge round recessed fog lights in it...
~People say it's too PLAIN, yet alot of these s10 guys shave door handles, tailgates, and put simple roll pans on.
~People say it doesn't have S10 lines, yet the curves are S10 curves cuz it's an s10 bumper! (minus the temporary grill corners)

It is a sleeper... no one expects an LS1 with a 6 speed, 3.73 gears, and a turbo to be in an S10.
And it's sexy, cuz it's a sexy truck now.

Just ignore people's opinions on here. Half the forum wants to bag everything they see, and the other half wants to put a huge dumbass engine inside of an S10 and run 10 second passes without breaking anything. The bumper looks good, reminds me alot of the Street Scene SS bumper.

[turbobandit]

Quote: Originally Posted by mr spree

who the hell are you?

thnx dude~!