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    So you are just going to leave the front end and the area around the grill and lights all open like that????

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    Quote Originally Posted by nfpgasmask View Post
    So you are just going to leave the front end and the area around the grill and lights all open like that????

    Bart
    I dunno yet, working on that, I may cut a sheet metal outline to fill in the holes...but at least admit that the actual bumper is heading in the direction that I said I was going to do!

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    Looking MUCH better! Shouldn't be to hard to fill that top section. Use card board and bend it and cut it to make a templet. Then you can use a little thinner gauge steel. Cut it and bend it using the cardboard templet, a little more welding and presto!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Triathlete View Post
    Looking MUCH better! Shouldn't be to hard to fill that top section. Use card board and bend it and cut it to make a templet. Then you can use a little thinner gauge steel. Cut it and bend it using the cardboard templet, a little more welding and presto!
    Hell YEAH!...

    Make it segmented, so it looks like scales (think rough fish)...or the Batmobile armor!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ldub View Post
    Hell YEAH!...

    Make it segmented, so it looks like scales (think rough fish)...or the Batmobile armor!
    LOL, I think I am going to bedliner the face and top, and leave the bottom flat of course.
    No scales. A rocket launcher would be cool though.

    Billy, I think you are right, that is a bit artsy for me, but probably the route I will take. I also thought about using heavy rubber, like what mudflaps for semis are made out of, flexible, but stiff, easy to cut and shape, and easily removed.

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    two things-
    1. your isuzu emblem is upside down and its bothering me (its like hanging an american flag upside down, bad juju)
    2. getting there bro... getting there...
    ok, for example, between the headlight and the grill: why cant you build something with 2 gussets and fill in the face (to create a triangular angled back look) and do the same on the side between the headlight and the fender, except build 3 smaller angled pieces?
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    Quote Originally Posted by pbkid View Post
    two things-
    1. your isuzu emblem is upside down and its bothering me (its like hanging an american flag upside down, bad juju)
    LOL, I got that from the Planet guys. I do need to fix the background, but it is staying red and upside down. Gotta cut out all the extra tape. I have it that way so if I flip it one day, I can get one good pic, sort of a sense of humor to keep me from freaking out if it happens...

    Quote Originally Posted by pbkid View Post
    2. getting there bro... getting there...
    ok, for example, between the headlight and the grill: why cant you build something with 2 gussets and fill in the face (to create a triangular angled back look) and do the same on the side between the headlight and the fender, except build 3 smaller angled pieces?
    That is doable, i kept thinking it had to be attached to the bumper, I was thinkin maybe a brush guard type top, but your way would work as well. I am gonna have to look at that, I do have a lot of 1" square tubing I could use. I could weld it straight onto the fenders and the radiator frame....good idea Jack.

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