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Old 05-31-2011, 03:16 PM
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Hello everyone i am here to conduct a poll for a new trans am bumper. 02 phoenix, qcon and myself are in the process of making this happen. I have 2 styles to choose from. The one chosen in this poll will be the one built. So if your interested in one please vote. Details of pricing and order arrangements will be posted on a seperate thread at a later date. (Keep in mind this is for the front bumper only). Here you go:

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LT4Vert, please do a mock up of some wicked T/A bumper designs!!
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So what everyone calls a splitter will be part of the bumper or no?
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pretty slick
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are you smoothing the license plate cover like pictured? this is gonna be wicked
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I voted for version 1. I'd get one if it's made. I was actually planing on getting my front bumper re-painted this summer, its got alot of cracks in the paint from bottoming out. So this would be a no brainer for me. My superhawk hood and this bumper would look sick!
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Make the Version 1 and I promise I will buy one! Only change I'd make would be to go ahead and shave off the remainder of the little divider thing thats in the middle of where what used to be the divider for the foglights and vent. Here is a photochop of a very similar bumper I did a couple years ago:



I got the idea from here:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/11242092-post47.html

Posted my chop here:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/11242266-post50.html

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Originally Posted by ChevyChad
Only change I'd make would be to go ahead and shave off the remainder of the little divider thing thats in the middle of where what used to be the divider for the foglights and vent.
I'm gonna disagree with this, it flows with the body lines on the door, take it away and it will look odd.

Is this gonna be made of urethane or fiberglass?
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Originally Posted by TransWS6Am
I'm gonna disagree with this, it flows with the body lines on the door, take it away and it will look odd...
It does not look bad at all or disagree with he lines of the door here:



It looks so out of place in this pic:



Looks like someone just took a stock bumper and chopped the divider out. There is no smooth way to terminate the little nub at all where it goes into the intake, and that makes it look totally out of place IMO
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V2. The V1 looks "incomplete/separate". From a design standpoint the V2 looks like one piece. The V1 looks like someone bolted a splitter onto a bumper. The only thing I am confused about is that on the V2 bumper the two pictures look different, where the bumper meets the splitter.
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Originally Posted by ChevyChad
Make the Version 1 and I promise I will buy one! Only change I'd make would be to go ahead and shave off the remainder of the little divider thing thats in the middle of where what used to be the divider for the foglights and vent. Here is a photochop of a very similar bumper I did a couple years ago:


I like this design best ChevyChad, still subtle and not too many lines (only thing I would add would be the 5 LED lights in the vent openings like the OP versions)...BUT if I had to choose out of the two versions from the OP I would go with V2 just because it doesn't have that many lines and cuts, imo, too much lines and cuts just looks kinda tacky.
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I like how V1 looks more aggressive, but how the splitter sits flush in V2.... but I dont like the "notches" on the bottom of V2 under the "scoops". If it were flat like in V1, I'd go with V2.....therefore, I have not voted yet.
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Btw ChevyChad..why don't you make a bumper like the one you photochopped on your ride. I promise I will buy one if you do! lol
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I dont have the time/ money/ resources to, or I would have already done it by now LOL.
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Originally Posted by ChevyChad
Make the Version 1 and I promise I will buy one! Only change I'd make would be to go ahead and shave off the remainder of the little divider thing thats in the middle of where what used to be the divider for the foglights and vent. Here is a photochop of a very similar bumper I did a couple years ago:

I got the idea from here:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/11242092-post47.html

Posted my shop here:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/11242266-post50.html
Hey thanks for the cred Bud! Your photoshop skills are far better than mine! Since then I think I've decided to go Smoothy with my front bumper instead of the larger scoops and maybe a molded splitter like the Vette style ones as an integral piece.
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hahaha.. I dont even have photoshop, I use good ole MS paint I just had a lot of patience when I did that
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Originally Posted by 99'CajunFirehawk157
So what everyone calls a splitter will be part of the bumper or no?
Yes it will be.
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Originally Posted by 98_TA_EMLC
are you smoothing the license plate cover like pictured? this is gonna be wicked
Yes sir i am.
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They both look good to me. Let me know when they will be available ill buy one. Will you offer it painted?


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