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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 10:27 PM
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well i took my lower valence off today because i wanted to look and see what i could do to fab up somethin to look good. i was thinkin maybe black diamond plate in place from the top of the frame rails up to the bumper? idk gmme some ideas here. heres two pics i took today
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 10:55 PM
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oh your lookin for a front bumper well i did a rear one not to long ago still not done i just got to make some mounts and herculiner it along with my rockers









Here is the design (small scale) for the front i have




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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 10:58 PM
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^ nice! i wanna build one for the rear too
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 11:02 PM
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yeah and it was pretty cheap 165 bucks for the steel about 40 for welding wire and when i get paint thats another 60 bucks (but im doing rockers also)
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 11:03 PM
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bout how long did it take to build?
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 11:05 PM
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God your tires are bald. Are you willing to chop your frame up front to make it more angled? Like the prerunner trucks do sometimes?
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 11:06 PM
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**** yea idgaf haha its only there to look good aint it?
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 11:08 PM
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Well chop the frame and make a skid plate going all the way down to crossmember. Maybe angle tubing on both sides going down?
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 11:18 PM
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bout how long did it take to build?
a week but i did it a work so i kept gettin taken off of it but i probably got a good 3 or 4 days of work in it just been busy at work and cant make mounts
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 11:23 PM
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Scroll down to Loco Local guys bumper.. see how he welded it on the frame how it is? Ehh.. Chop that bitch at an angle and angle a plate all the way down unless you want like a offroad beefy bumper. If not, do prerunner... or just take off the chrome bumper and chop it further up and angle it.

https://www.f150forum.com/f6/bull-ba...-85729/index3/
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