Dick Harrell LT1 front bumper
You know guys these arent exctly hard to make. They take a while and are tedious but not hard. A friend of mine did a wide front end to house some 315s and did a DH style nose, himself in his garage.
Build a jig to hold your bumper and he bought some stuf that turned into foam and stuck to the bumper and shaped the foam to how he wanted the bumper and fenders. Then he bondoed and shot some quick paint on it to give a smooth non porous finish. Then you make a fiberglass mold off that. Then you just use your mold to make the final parts in fberglass, and you finish it up with lots and lots of test fitting and trimming.
Build a jig to hold your bumper and he bought some stuf that turned into foam and stuck to the bumper and shaped the foam to how he wanted the bumper and fenders. Then he bondoed and shot some quick paint on it to give a smooth non porous finish. Then you make a fiberglass mold off that. Then you just use your mold to make the final parts in fberglass, and you finish it up with lots and lots of test fitting and trimming.
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Just having bigger opening...no it would not. Theres a shield that blocks the radiator from the grill . The bottom feeder stock set up works well for the radiator, I wouldnt mess with it.
I would only go in if it was as close as possible to the photoshopped pics, I think that perfectly ties into the body lines, dropped would look too extreme.
I like the less is more approach, and being subtle.
I'll be talking with a few local guys once the ice leaves and I can get my car out lol.
I like the less is more approach, and being subtle.
I'll be talking with a few local guys once the ice leaves and I can get my car out lol.
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You know guys these arent exctly hard to make. They take a while and are tedious but not hard. A friend of mine did a wide front end to house some 315s and did a DH style nose, himself in his garage.
Build a jig to hold your bumper and he bought some stuf that turned into foam and stuck to the bumper and shaped the foam to how he wanted the bumper and fenders. Then he bondoed and shot some quick paint on it to give a smooth non porous finish. Then you make a fiberglass mold off that. Then you just use your mold to make the final parts in fberglass, and you finish it up with lots and lots of test fitting and trimming.
Build a jig to hold your bumper and he bought some stuf that turned into foam and stuck to the bumper and shaped the foam to how he wanted the bumper and fenders. Then he bondoed and shot some quick paint on it to give a smooth non porous finish. Then you make a fiberglass mold off that. Then you just use your mold to make the final parts in fberglass, and you finish it up with lots and lots of test fitting and trimming.
That photochop was dead on. 
This fiberglass bumper is like 5 years old. No cracks.
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I will be back in town tomorrow, and Im gonna do the photoshops saturday morning . Im going to do a couple different angles on happysems car of my design . And then Im going to blend McNords lower LS1 design into the LT1 bumper for Mark . So look for them Saturday afternoon sometime.
I will be back in town tomorrow, and Im gonna do the photoshops saturday morning . Im going to do a couple different angles on happysems car of my design . And then Im going to blend McNords lower LS1 design into the LT1 bumper for Mark . So look for them Saturday afternoon sometime.
You are the masta!
Really hope this gets a chance to take off!