With all the mods and how to's, funny this is a mod I've never seen discussed before. Been seeing this around more and more. Collected a few pics around, social media. sorry if I stole pics of your X without asking.
I think it looks badass and an aftermarket bumper is worth almost as much as my X.
I prefer when the cut is as close to the foglight as possible and there is still a certain thickness in the fender well. I'd like to try and heat/bend the edge inward so I could incorporate the fender liner maybe. Maybe that would look bad. Thoughts?
I really like this and am considering doing it.... maybe this summer. I doubt i'll ever drop the coin for a after mkt bumper( like the pre unner style) and this gives some of the benefits with minimal cost/ negative effects...
I have some questions... hows it look from the side? is there a way to wrap the plastic around/ under so that there isnt gaps behind there the front bumper is cut?
how much stuff behind it needs to be removed? is there metal cutting involved? if so how much?
I have some questions... hows it look from the side? is there a way to wrap the plastic around/ under so that there isnt gaps behind there the front bumper is cut?
how much stuff behind it needs to be removed? is there metal cutting involved? if so how much?
If you look at the first pic there is a small section that needs cutting at the bottom. Basically the ends of the lower section. There's not a whole lot to the plastic bumpers.
The bumpers are a bit different. You cant swap them. And if you compare the pre and post 09 bumpers, the foglights are place slightly higher in the new one, meaning the 05-08 has more bumper above it...
You can definitely swap a 05-09 bumper cover to 10-15 rig. I’ve seen it done. The grill has to be changed as well. I’ve even seen a frontier/pathfinder bumper on an Xterra, but the fenders and headlights have to be changed out as well.
I didn’t think the bumper support bar stuck out that much but it clearly does. I wouldn’t want to do that personally, that could compromise the front safety in a crash. With that said, you can have my front bumper support bar to chop up if you want to experiment with, its just sitting in my garage collecting dust and rust.
It’s just a few bolts. I can’t remember how many but I want to say 4, maybe 6? It took a whopping 37 seconds to remove when I put my shrock on. I’ve got a couple metal angle girders too if you need to borrow one to chop her up.
Haven’t had a chance to go somewhere pitch black to really check them out but they look to be shooting out wider than they did stock
Less like this > l l
more like this > \ /
The liner was a little easier on mine because I had already stretched it out to match the fender trimming to clear the 35s but if you go slow and stretch slowly it will easily attach to the fender inner well and simply move the mounting clip on the bumper up by just drilling a new hole and moving the clip and cutting off the end of the bumper support .
The liner was a little easier on mine because I had already stretched it out to match the fender trimming to clear the 35s but if you go slow and stretch slowly it will easily attach to the fender inner well and simply move the mounting clip on the bumper up by just drilling a new hole and moving the clip and cutting off the end of the bumper support .
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And for figuring out the cut lines I just used the factory fog light hole for the round radius and pulled lines away from it at a angle , it almost lined up with the bulky body panel that lies behind it , saw no reason to go higher because it actually doesn’t create any more clearance
Howdy Shaun, I have a couple questions regarding how you did your fog lights. Did you just trim the bezel off the fog light mount and epoxy/ attach it to the front of the and use the mounting portion behind the bumper?I like the way you did that...
Where I moved my fog lights is right above the crash bar mounting point and that looks to be right about where the inside of your cut line is so probably a couple more inches outboard will be right at the edge of the frame .
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