Custom Bumper Project

[Marlin]

yup, ill try to work somethin up on 'microsoft paint' when i get home... but i think you get the idea....although i would DEFINATELY not loose the grill... it makes the front of the VX what it is...

ill try to explain more-
build 90degree gussets off of the bumper angled back towards the hood... then all you would have to do is cut a piece of metal to go over the gussets, and BOOM you have a full integrated look, and it slopes back to make it look 'integrated'... do the same as you have on the bumper only with 2 angles on the corner.
i wouldnt try to go between the grill and the bumper personally... i would just do the area between the light and the grill, which would also include the part below the light, until you reached the joint in the bumper, then it would turn to match the bumper along the corner and onto the fender.

Gotcha, I was trying to avoid connecting more to the bumper. The idea is that it is removable. Right now it weighs somewhere around 50lbs. The more I attach, the heavier and more awkward it gets. I will have to look at that, and the bar across the grill can be just the one under it, and maybe one at the top. I was thinking more along the structural lines.
Thanks for the inspiration though, I will post up pics when I am done...

[pbkid]

ya no problem lol.... cant wait to see what you come up with

[Triathlete]

I don't think you would want to connect it to the radiator supports...could cause some later maintainence nightmares. At the most you might at 10-20 pounds to the bumper by welding the "facia" to the bumper.

[VCrossfan]

Who's VX is this, I like the "Cladding Cage"

[Ldub]

Who's VX is this, I like the "Cladding Cage"

Green Dragon aka Grampa Bob

[nfpgasmask]

I say all you guys who make a mockery of the super-model-gorgeous-face of the VehiCROSS are ALL WHACKED!

Bart

[Marlin]

I say all you guys who make a mockery of the super-model-gorgeous-face of the VehiCROSS are ALL WHACKED!

Bart

Turns out that I never really thought Cindy Crawford was all that attractive either...

[VCrossfan]

I say all you guys who make a mockery of the super-model-gorgeous-face of the VehiCROSS are ALL WHACKED!

Bart

G1 Bart...I look at Grampa Bob's fab'd a nonintrusive VX face saver...

And I remember reading up and seeing pic's on Grampa Bob, he was one of the early VX off-road fanatic's and put his VX through the off road test often..

Thx Ldub I knew you would know....

[Triathlete]

Who's VX is this, I like the "Cladding Cage"

Yep, like Dub said, Grandpa Bobs...however it has been sold and I don't know who owns it now. The "cladding cage" is just a front bumper....the very first VX front bumper. Sorry Marlin, even if you would have beaten Orion ya still would have been #2!

But I have to say again your newest rendition of your bumper is far better looking than the original

[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