Okay guys, here's your opportunity to have a lightweight front bumper on a HD!
I had Joe Gambino of Precision Fabrication build me a fiberglass replacement upper bumper for my HD truck. Now that the mold is built, making more is the easy part. For guys who want the weight savings but not the cost of switching to a L front end, or that want to keep the unique look of the HD front end, here's your opportunity.
HD bumper vs L bumper
The HD factory bumper is 3 pieces, a steel center section, a plastic top pad, and a plastic lower valance. So HD guys can't just ditch the metal like L guys can with a full bumper cover. Joe made me the metal piece and top plastic pad from 1 solid FG piece. So not only is it light, with the top 2 pieces now 1, it's less seams for a cleaner look, yet if you scrape with the bottom still being OEM plastic valance, you won't trash it either like a full FG bumper.
Install
Just like the L-bumper mod, the bumper bolts to the grille shell, and 2 simple brackets are fabbed for the lower corners. THe entire front end can come off in 2 minutes for wrenching and not worrying about scratching the paint or leaning way over the front. THere's molded in indents for where the holes go for the foglights and lower valance, so its literally just popping a few holes where the indents were, and the lower valance bolts right up. The fogs will also bolt right up.
weight savings
Bumper alone, shed 20 lbs. Bumper brackets are around another ~10 lbs. Frame horns can also be cut back to the core support for another 20 lbs, or cut back to the a-arms if you have a power rack for 40 lbs. So weight savings are anywhere from 30 to 70 lbs depending how far you want to go, which off the front end is HUGE!
Quality
Quality is insane. I've had TONS of cf and fg parts over the years, and this was hands down the best fitting piece I've ever had. No warping, no waviness, no pits or lumps, it's frigging dead nutz on! My OEM bumper was used as the mold, so it's perfect, and this is not something made overseas, or even made here but by some illegal working in a sweat shop lol. Gambino makes these himself, and you guys see from the pics, the fit and finish is spot on. He lets them cure in the mold for several days to eliminate any chances of warping, with them being low volume, you get that extra attention to detail vs. a mass produced piece.
Cost
$375, which IMO is an insane price for a hand made, exact fit, top quality, ultra-light weight bumper! Even with shipping, which won't be cheap, it's still a great deal. Now's the time to grab one. Once the mod goes into storage or tossed, it's going to be near impossible to get them done again. Joe isn't just in the fiberglass bumper business, he's in the racecar business, his wait list is a year long to get in there and he does everything under the sun racecar, so when opportunity knocks, you gotta jump at it. So if you want one, you gotta jump on the opportunity while this mold is still on the stand and grab one if you want it before it's too late!
If anyone wants one, shoot me an PM and I'll send you Joe's #. Trying to get a list so he can know how much material to order, and can pop them all out back to back before packing the mold in storage.
I had Joe Gambino of Precision Fabrication build me a fiberglass replacement upper bumper for my HD truck. Now that the mold is built, making more is the easy part. For guys who want the weight savings but not the cost of switching to a L front end, or that want to keep the unique look of the HD front end, here's your opportunity.
HD bumper vs L bumper
The HD factory bumper is 3 pieces, a steel center section, a plastic top pad, and a plastic lower valance. So HD guys can't just ditch the metal like L guys can with a full bumper cover. Joe made me the metal piece and top plastic pad from 1 solid FG piece. So not only is it light, with the top 2 pieces now 1, it's less seams for a cleaner look, yet if you scrape with the bottom still being OEM plastic valance, you won't trash it either like a full FG bumper.
Install
Just like the L-bumper mod, the bumper bolts to the grille shell, and 2 simple brackets are fabbed for the lower corners. THe entire front end can come off in 2 minutes for wrenching and not worrying about scratching the paint or leaning way over the front. THere's molded in indents for where the holes go for the foglights and lower valance, so its literally just popping a few holes where the indents were, and the lower valance bolts right up. The fogs will also bolt right up.
weight savings
Bumper alone, shed 20 lbs. Bumper brackets are around another ~10 lbs. Frame horns can also be cut back to the core support for another 20 lbs, or cut back to the a-arms if you have a power rack for 40 lbs. So weight savings are anywhere from 30 to 70 lbs depending how far you want to go, which off the front end is HUGE!
Quality
Quality is insane. I've had TONS of cf and fg parts over the years, and this was hands down the best fitting piece I've ever had. No warping, no waviness, no pits or lumps, it's frigging dead nutz on! My OEM bumper was used as the mold, so it's perfect, and this is not something made overseas, or even made here but by some illegal working in a sweat shop lol. Gambino makes these himself, and you guys see from the pics, the fit and finish is spot on. He lets them cure in the mold for several days to eliminate any chances of warping, with them being low volume, you get that extra attention to detail vs. a mass produced piece.
Cost
$375, which IMO is an insane price for a hand made, exact fit, top quality, ultra-light weight bumper! Even with shipping, which won't be cheap, it's still a great deal. Now's the time to grab one. Once the mod goes into storage or tossed, it's going to be near impossible to get them done again. Joe isn't just in the fiberglass bumper business, he's in the racecar business, his wait list is a year long to get in there and he does everything under the sun racecar, so when opportunity knocks, you gotta jump at it. So if you want one, you gotta jump on the opportunity while this mold is still on the stand and grab one if you want it before it's too late!
If anyone wants one, shoot me an PM and I'll send you Joe's #. Trying to get a list so he can know how much material to order, and can pop them all out back to back before packing the mold in storage.