P38 Front Bumper Chopping :)

[etcatmeat]

I am thinking about performing some plastic surgery on my bumper to get a better approach angle. I know people have talked about doing this before, anyone have any pics or advice they can share? I am considering cutting the fog light areas only because of the radiator, unless theres a skid plate I can buy to cover it up.....

 

[skippy3k]

Mike D has a picture of his truck with a chopped front bumper. It's somewhere here....I don't know a keyword you can search on though.

 

[lforgue8]

Thats A Nice Looking Truck What Kind Of Lift Is In It? And What Size Tires? Why Is The Offset So Wide On The Rims?

Any Way It Looks Mean!

 

[etcatmeat]

OME Lift, about 5.5 inches above normal ride height and stock tires. 275/65/16 tires on there. I pull a boat with it so I wanted a little more stability, thats why they are offset, only stick out about 1 inch on each side.

Thats A Nice Looking Truck What Kind Of Lift Is In It? And What Size Tires? Why Is The Offset So Wide On The Rims?

Any Way It Looks Mean!

 

[MikeD]

http://www.burntforest.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/track2.jpg

Get yourself a 30 dollar air saw from your cheap shit tool store.. or if you allready have a real one.. even better.. took about 2 blades to cut it.. its really easy to do.. some guys made a skid for the radiator which i should have done but i'm lazy and don't really care enough :] gluck

 

[MikeD]

http://www.burntforest.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=20

another picture in the garage right after the cutting.. i wish i fit in my garage still :/

 

[etcatmeat]

http://www.burntforest.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=20

another picture in the garage right after the cutting.. i wish i fit in my garage still :/

Looks good man, I am probably going to do the same thing to mine.

 

[nosivad_bor]

pm me next time you are going to be in town.

rob

 

[etcatmeat]

pm me next time you are going to be in town.

rob

Sure thing

 

[etcatmeat]

Some of you may be interested.....I am cutting my front bumper and I will be making a custom skid plate.... I might be able to work out something where I can get some extras made if anyone likes the look of it. I will post pics soon!

 

[lifeslemon]

cant wait to see how it turnes out.
I was thinking about cutting into my bumper as well. not as much as you guys but enough to fit a winch in nicely.

 

[etcatmeat]

cant wait to see how it turnes out.
I was thinking about cutting into my bumper as well. not as much as you guys but enough to fit a winch in nicely.

Are you going to install the OEM winch setup? I heard that it hangs down too low and you might as well be lowering your truck after installing it.

PS - I ended up cutting the entire bottom half of the bumper off

 

[lifeslemon]

No, I dont really want to use the OME mount, thats why I would cut out the bumper, so i could mount it right inside.

 

[etcatmeat]

Sounds interesting....I havent heard of anyone doing that before. You have info on installing a winch like this? I might want to do the same thing.

 

[lifeslemon]

Nope, Im just making it up as I go. All I would need is a small but strong winch, garage with pleanty of tools and stuff (which I do), and somehow fabricate and attatch a mounting plate to the frame. I'll draw a sketch of what I mean tomarow or something.

 

[rover-renovations]

I've thought about the same thing, not gotten around to doing it though..

 

[etcatmeat]

Well here it is.....Chopped entire bottom half of the bumper off and custom made aluminum skid plate, what do you guys think?
I bought an OEM brush guard really cheap, so I am thinking of installing the A-Frame only and mounting a couple more lights out front, since I lost my fogs lights.

 

[marc olivares]

dimple die looks nice...

 

[Funrover]

Looks great man!!!!!!!!!!! I like what you have done to your P38... it's come along nicely!

 

[jmoore]

Looks good man. How did you make the skid plate?