Merging two bumpers together - Page 3

romeo291 · 02-08-2010, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by widebody_Q

Looks like the little mspaint diagram I made. Shouldnt be too hard, just cut the sides just after the fog light of the LS430. Its going to look real nice

Yeah, it looks like the second set of ideas you sent me will be my approach. Thanx mang.

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Originally Posted by eg6ky

Just remember, if ur using an epoxy of some sort, ur gonna want it within a certain temp. Range for it to work correctly. Doing this in the cold may not be the best idea. I hope u make this happen cuz it'll look sick!

Good point man, I am gonna get one of my friend to let me use his garage to work on this project so I don't have to worry about temp. Although it IS getting warmer, so when I find time, it might be alright. We'll see.

20sburning · 02-08-2010, 05:27 AM

Hmmm... I was thinking that cutting it at the chrome would be good, but I think Agi is right

eg6ky · 02-08-2010, 01:50 PM

Yeah, I'd just be happy with a 98 front end haha

NELSON09 · 02-08-2010, 11:55 PM

...sorry dude, I like the bigger clears in the bumper myself. hate to be the dlck and give neg feedback, jmo, you know how that goes. we all want what we don't have though and believe you mee - I definately feel you on the need to finagle with things. will watch this thred though and i think Agi has the right approach there. Way beeter than multiple cuts and trying to section each spot.

romeo291 · 02-09-2010, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NELSON09

...sorry dude, I like the bigger clears in the bumper myself. hate to be the dlck and give neg feedback, jmo, you know how that goes. we all want what we don't have though and believe you mee - I definately feel you on the need to finagle with things. will watch this thred though and i think Agi has the right approach there. Way beeter than multiple cuts and trying to section each spot.

lol, you don't have to be sorry for having an opinion man. I welcome all opinions, negative or positive. I've been wanting to do this conversion ever since I saw it in my vip mag. It's not about "I want what I can't have" on this conversion, it's more like "damn, that looks hella good".

NELSON09 · 02-09-2010, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by romeo291

lol, you don't have to be sorry for having an opinion man. I welcome all opinions, negative or positive. I've been wanting to do this conversion ever since I saw it in my vip mag. It's not about "I want what I can't have" on this conversion, it's more like "damn, that looks hella good".

There you go man. Get it on. Good luck with the proj too. I'm sure it'll come out well, not to mention the satisfaction you'll get when you see every other LS

romeo291 · 03-15-2010, 09:14 AM

Okay, I finally got around to starting up this project.

First, we laid the two bumpers next to each other to gauge where to cut and what approach we would use:

romeo291 · 03-15-2010, 09:15 AM

SECOND, We masked off the line where we wanted to cut on both bumpers. We used the chrome lining as a guide to keep our line as straight as possible.

Then we started cutting, making sure to score it first before actually cutting through. Don't forget to wear some kind of eye protection, and that plastic gets really hot. Don't try to flick it off, cause it'll stick to your hands and it will burn you. Speaking from experience.:

romeo291 · 03-15-2010, 09:16 AM

We cut the LS430 front bumper first, because we wanted to practice our cutting before cutting on the LS400 bumper and we wanted to see how it'll sit on the car as well.:

romeo291 · 03-15-2010, 09:17 AM

We found that the LS430 bumper was shorter than the LS400 bumper, so we'll have to cut the ends and extend it. The problem w/ using the ends of the LS400 bumper is the height of the LS430 bumper is much greater than the height of the LS400 bumper, so the easiest approach is to just extend it rather than trying to build from the ends of the LS400 bumper.

Next, we roughed up the front and back sides of all the pieces we're merging so that the fusing compound would stick/grab better:

romeo291 · 03-15-2010, 09:18 AM

After roughing up the fusing points, we drilled holes on the top piece and the bottom piece and tied them together w/ zip ties. We did this for every 2.5" all the way through the entire bumper. I forgot to take pictures of this process. After tying them together w/ zip ties, we began to mask up the front of the merged bumpers and laid the fusing compound on the back side:

Using a heat gun helps speed up the curing process. I recommend heating it for about 15 minutes and let it dry:

This fusing compound is awesome. Now, I need to let it cure completely overnight just to ensure it is super strong and then we'll extend the bumper and lay the compound on the front side. After that, we'll sand it down nice and smooth and start prepping it to get painted. More updates coming soon.

dbltakegs3 · 03-15-2010, 09:44 AM

I seen it done somewhere

NELSON09 · 03-15-2010, 09:52 AM

You're SO right. This is going to be good. Look at that two tone one he just posted. Thanks for sharing the progress pics and good luck with the rest of the proj.

romeo291 · 03-15-2010, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by dbltakegs3

I seen it done somewhere

Yeah, I've seen it done before as well, I got the idea from a car in one of my Japanese VIP magazines. I posted it in the beginning pages. Very cool mod though, that's why I am doing it.

PS, if anybody wants the bottom half of the 98 LS400 bumper, lemme know. I got the fogs and side markers too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NELSON09

You're SO right. This is going to be good. Look at that two tone one he just posted. Thanks for sharing the progress pics and good luck with the rest of the proj.

Thanx man.

genetic · 03-15-2010, 10:42 AM

nice! can't wait to see it on the car

widebody_Q · 03-15-2010, 10:59 AM

Looks good so far. I am glad you didn't give up and actually tried it

romeo291 · 03-15-2010, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by widebody_Q

Looks good so far. I am glad you didn't give up and actually tried it

Thanx man, hopefully I can find more time tomorrow to work on it some more. I was never going to give up on this project, just finding the time to do it proves to be quite difficult.

dbltakegs3 · 03-15-2010, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by romeo291

Yeah, I've seen it done before as well, I got the idea from a car in one of my Japanese VIP magazines. I posted it in the beginning pages. Very cool mod though, that's why I am doing it.

PS, if anybody wants the bottom half of the 98 LS400 bumper, lemme know. I got the fogs and side markers too.

Thanx man.

It's gonna look sick. I do have a 98 ls400 also, maybe you can make me one.

romeo291 · 03-15-2010, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dbltakegs3

It's gonna look sick. I do have a 98 ls400 also, maybe you can make me one.

We can make that happen if this project goes through smoothly.

edwinbong · 03-15-2010, 05:58 PM

looks good

02-08-2010, 05:27 AM	#42
20sburning Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 1,696	Hmmm... I was thinking that cutting it at the chrome would be good, but I think Agi is right __________________ http://www.facebook.com/20sBurning http://libertyvip.net/2010/06/10/debut-chris-20sburning-ls400-ucf20/

02-08-2010, 11:55 PM	#44
NELSON09 Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Costa Mesa, CA Posts: 1,194	...sorry dude, I like the bigger clears in the bumper myself. hate to be the dlck and give neg feedback, jmo, you know how that goes. we all want what we don't have though and believe you mee - I definately feel you on the need to finagle with things. will watch this thred though and i think Agi has the right approach there. Way beeter than multiple cuts and trying to section each spot. __________________

03-15-2010, 09:14 AM	#47
romeo291 Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 589	Okay, I finally got around to starting up this project. First, we laid the two bumpers next to each other to gauge where to cut and what approach we would use: __________________ Team RPM <> FYSH Clothing Co. <> I/S/O Blog

03-15-2010, 09:15 AM	#48
romeo291 Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 589	SECOND, We masked off the line where we wanted to cut on both bumpers. We used the chrome lining as a guide to keep our line as straight as possible. Then we started cutting, making sure to score it first before actually cutting through. Don't forget to wear some kind of eye protection, and that plastic gets really hot. Don't try to flick it off, cause it'll stick to your hands and it will burn you. Speaking from experience.: __________________ Team RPM <> FYSH Clothing Co. <> I/S/O Blog

03-15-2010, 09:16 AM	#49
romeo291 Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 589	We cut the LS430 front bumper first, because we wanted to practice our cutting before cutting on the LS400 bumper and we wanted to see how it'll sit on the car as well.: __________________ Team RPM <> FYSH Clothing Co. <> I/S/O Blog

02-08-2010, 01:50 PM	#43
eg6ky Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: KY Posts: 177	Yeah, I'd just be happy with a 98 front end haha

03-15-2010, 09:17 AM	#50
romeo291 Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 589	We found that the LS430 bumper was shorter than the LS400 bumper, so we'll have to cut the ends and extend it. The problem w/ using the ends of the LS400 bumper is the height of the LS430 bumper is much greater than the height of the LS400 bumper, so the easiest approach is to just extend it rather than trying to build from the ends of the LS400 bumper. Next, we roughed up the front and back sides of all the pieces we're merging so that the fusing compound would stick/grab better: __________________ Team RPM <> FYSH Clothing Co. <> I/S/O Blog

03-15-2010, 09:18 AM	#51
romeo291 Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 589	After roughing up the fusing points, we drilled holes on the top piece and the bottom piece and tied them together w/ zip ties. We did this for every 2.5" all the way through the entire bumper. I forgot to take pictures of this process. After tying them together w/ zip ties, we began to mask up the front of the merged bumpers and laid the fusing compound on the back side: Using a heat gun helps speed up the curing process. I recommend heating it for about 15 minutes and let it dry: This fusing compound is awesome. Now, I need to let it cure completely overnight just to ensure it is super strong and then we'll extend the bumper and lay the compound on the front side. After that, we'll sand it down nice and smooth and start prepping it to get painted. More updates coming soon. __________________ Team RPM <> FYSH Clothing Co. <> I/S/O Blog

03-15-2010, 09:44 AM	#52
dbltakegs3 Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 184	bumper I seen it done somewhere

03-15-2010, 09:52 AM	#53
NELSON09 Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Costa Mesa, CA Posts: 1,194	You're SO right. This is going to be good. Look at that two tone one he just posted. Thanks for sharing the progress pics and good luck with the rest of the proj. __________________

03-15-2010, 10:42 AM	#55
genetic Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Garden Grove, CA Posts: 402	nice! can't wait to see it on the car __________________

03-15-2010, 10:59 AM	#56
widebody_Q VSC Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: NY Posts: 5,529	Looks good so far. I am glad you didn't give up and actually tried it __________________ See it first on the Liberty Blog. Updated daily! http://libertyvip.net

03-15-2010, 05:58 PM	#60
edwinbong Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 21	looks good

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