Ordered my bumper today! whoohoo!

Is that for real!? Some sweet photoshop work...?
Where are the writeups and instructions for that mod?

um that is what happens when a nissan tech is placed in a room with a sawzall and an xterra and told to make a frontier..

Here is my front bumper. Got it installed on Saturday. Piece of advice, check to make sure you have all the bolt hardware. After I already had the stock bumper off I decided to sort the bolts and realized I was missing quite a few (more than half). A quick run to the local harware store and $2.50 later I had everything I needed.

The install is simple, but getting the stock bumper off is a bit tricky when you don't know where all the little clips and bolts are located.

Herculiner?

Yeah. I got the bumper bare, cleaned it, primed it using a PPG self etching primer and then rolled it with Herculiner (I sprayed the inside with Dupli-Color bedliner). If I had to do it again, I would just get the powdercoat and be done. It took an entire weekend to prep and coat that beast.

looks good...

Sweet job! Now do your sliders!

Jim,

If you are still keeping an eye on this thread. Would a Warn XD9000i winch fit in the bumper?

The sliders were also Herculined, along with the lower part of my doors.

XD9000i would fit great.

Thanks Jim.

what happens to the air bag sensors in the bumper...when you take the stock bumper off?
miles

They are not in the bumper. The bumper will NOT prevent your airbags from going off.

thanks..jim..when is the next batch of sliders ready to go out? ordered them but cant remember if you said 2 weeks or 3 weeks till the end of production?

email me your real name and I'll check.

jim I sent you a private message with my real name...

Maybe I missed it but does anyone have any pictures of their bumper next to an X with the stock bumper? From the pictures I've seen it looks like you almost lose ground clearance with the new bumper. Maybe the stock one really sits that low, just the plastic gets in the way. Anyone else notice this?

I don't have a pic, but I can assure you, you do not lose ground clearence.

Not sure what would give you this impression. I can assure you that the opposite is definitely the case. You gain nearly a foot out by the tires. In the center, the skid bolts to the crossmember, so at worst, you aren't loosing anything there, but I'm pretty sure the stock skid/splash guard thing hangs down lower.

This one has a spacer lift, but just look at all that clearance. Look back at the very first pic in this thread. See all that black plastic by the tires. That is where the stock bumper sits.

Ah everytime I see an 05 with the bumper I am so Amp's up about getting mine. The wait is killing me.

How many holes are on the top of the bumper? Correct me if I am wrong, 2 for lights and 1 for the winch control connection.

2 for the light, 2 for winch control (you have the option of left or right)

Mine has a 5th hole I drilled for my CB antenna.

GAH!!!......I waited too long. Jim has lowerd his multi-order discount from 10% to 5%.....

A man's got to feed the family.