new wheels and more

[dbl08frontier]

Wow...

That is one good looking truck.
Good combo of lift, tires, wheels, cap and bumper.

Good Job!

[emu]

thx at all

Originally Posted by ATXfrontier44

you dont happen to have a few pics of the mounting brackets that held the old bumper in place???? and how did you cut your bumper?? what tools and what prep work did you do?
Thanks
Miguel

sry no pix of the mounting. its just screwed, 2 per fender, clipped under the grill and two more screws to the crossmember behind it and at the front skid.
the crossmember itself is screwed to the frame and thats were the new bumper is attached. but this is different to the frontier.

i cut the bumper with an airsaw and sanded the edge thats all.

as far as the wheels are concerned they are from dotz.
DOTZ Leichtmetallräder - Felgen Alufelgen Leichtmetallfelgen
they are also avaiable in black but i would have had to wait two more weeks so i decided to take the silver ones.
i will have the powdercoated black anyway so

[ATXfrontier44]

Originally Posted by emu

thx at all



sry no pix of the mounting. its just screwed, 2 per fender, clipped under the grill and two more screws to the crossmember behind it and at the front skid.
the crossmember itself is screwed to the frame and thats were the new bumper is attached. but this is different to the frontier.

i cut the bumper with an airsaw and sanded the edge thats all.

as far as the wheels are concerned they are from dotz.
DOTZ Leichtmetallräder - Felgen Alufelgen Leichtmetallfelgen
they are also avaiable in black but i would have had to wait two more weeks so i decided to take the silver ones.
i will have the powdercoated black anyway so

My bumper is the same one if i am correct. I also have the one piece bumper but i want to put the two piece bumper that come in higher models.

[emu]

why don´t you just paint the lower part of the bumper.
thats what nissan does to the se and le models here in europe.

best thing would be, remove your bumper and take a look yourself.
you will have to remove the innerfender to get to the screws (painintheass), the grill to get to the clips and the front skid for the rest of the screws.
it will take you not more than 1/2h.


i finished the last metal works today and started painting. i hope that i can finish it tomorrow. more pics of the bumper coming soon

[ATXfrontier44]

Originally Posted by emu

why don´t you just paint the lower part of the bumper.
thats what nissan does to the se and le models here in europe.

best thing would be, remove your bumper and take a look yourself.
you will have to remove the innerfender to get to the screws (painintheass), the grill to get to the clips and the front skid for the rest of the screws.
it will take you not more than 1/2h.


i finished the last metal works today and started painting. i hope that i can finish it tomorrow. more pics of the bumper coming soon

I dont know yet I might paint it. But me and another member want to do a swap I get his chrome bumper and he gets my black plastic bumper. I have tried to get the bumper off i know the inner fender is a pain, but i only loosened it up and took some pics.

[emu]

if u want to do a swap you can swap only the whole bumper, upper and lower.
once cutted you cant reattach the lower part, without making a custom bracket or glueing etc.

[emu]

i finished th front bumper yesterday.




i still have to fab the licenseplate mount.

custom sliders and a rear bumper will follow

[bigdog]

wow, that looks really nice. ich mochte das!
Have you thought about attaching a bull bar to this?
Did you make that mesh grill?
Also what lift kit did you use?

[emu]

bullbars aren´t allowed in austria any more.
only crappy plastic pieces or steeltubing with a flexible mounting

yes i made the mesh grill, its made of powdercoated aluminum mesh.
i cutted the plastic honeycomb out and attched the mesh between the chromed part and the mounts.
i tried painted steel mesh first but i had probs with rust so i swapped to the aluminum.
there are pix of the first version in the custom mesh thread.

i run a ac3" bl and ~3"sl.
the suspensionlift is an ome with custom spacers. 45mm spacers front and 50mm rear.
i have hd-springs in the front due to the extra load of the bumper+winch

[call 911]

Great job on the bumper and grill!