NBS rear bumper progress picz!

[Southern Pride]

Nah I know how tight it gets in there...

Guys I had a buddy look at it today and I had my whole entire bumper painted and he said that they wouldn't be able to weld it because it will ruin the paint job on the outside???? Is there any truth to this? I didn't think them welding would ruin the fresh paint I've had put on this thing??

 

[Southern Pride]

I actually put it on today and saw that when I raised it up to where it should be the outter bracket holes lined up so now I'm going to attempt making the spacers and bolting it in that way if welding will ruin $ I spent on paint. No way I'm paying to have this thing painted again.

 

[tylerhodgson699]

i just mounted up a nbs on my obs tonight, took me a couple hours, posted on facebook and heard you are having problems? its VERY easy! wish i woulda took pictures to show you better, but i will explain my best!

1) Take your OBS bumper brackets off your OBS bumper.
2) Remove all brackets off NBS bumper. leave the two top bolts in the NBS bumper (you would have to take off the black black ontop of the bumper to get them out.)
3) Take your OBS bumper brackets and put them on your NBS. You will notice you can only get the bottom bolt in and it appears you would have to weld a tab to get the top bolt to work, WRONG! drill a hole on the top of the bracket for the top bolt to go into, I made mine oval because i just drilled a hole first and it wouldnt line up right on the truck. Drilling them oval will give you some side to side adjustment.
4)Once you have done that on both mounts, put your mounts on your NBS bumper and tighten then two bolts up on both sides, I left mine loose so i could adjust if needed.
5) Slap the NBS bumper on and bolt back into stock location. (2 bolts on each side) You may have to oval out those holes too because currently my bumper is tilted up a bit, I havent taken the time to mess around with it yet. Also you will notice it hits a bracket off the frame cause it to be tilted a bit so you will probably have to do some trimming.

If there is anything you dont understand I can get some pictures for you, or answer any questions.

Also, I took off my OBS licence plate lights and put them in my NBS bumper, they fit perfectly. I just added in a little wire because like you said, they are too short. Here is my finished product after ~2 hours of work.

Once I got one side figured it out, it probably took 10 minutes to do the other side. You may also want to over size the bottom bracket mount a bit to give you some adjustment

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[DRAGGIN95]

It look's good!

 

[Fobroader]

i just mounted up a nbs on my obs tonight, took me a couple hours, posted on facebook and heard you are having problems? its VERY easy! wish i woulda took pictures to show you better, but i will explain my best!

1) Take your OBS bumper brackets off your OBS bumper.
2) Remove all brackets off NBS bumper. leave the two top bolts in the NBS bumper (you would have to take off the black black ontop of the bumper to get them out.)
3) Take your OBS bumper brackets and put them on your NBS. You will notice you can only get the bottom bolt in and it appears you would have to weld a tab to get the top bolt to work, WRONG! drill a hole on the top of the bracket for the top bolt to go into, I made mine oval because i just drilled a hole first and it wouldnt line up right on the truck. Drilling them oval will give you some side to side adjustment.
4)Once you have done that on both mounts, put your mounts on your NBS bumper and tighten then two bolts up on both sides, I left mine loose so i could adjust if needed.
5) Slap the NBS bumper on and bolt back into stock location. (2 bolts on each side) You may have to oval out those holes too because currently my bumper is tilted up a bit, I havent taken the time to mess around with it yet. Also you will notice it hits a bracket off the frame cause it to be tilted a bit so you will probably have to do some trimming.

If there is anything you dont understand I can get some pictures for you, or answer any questions.

Also, I took off my OBS licence plate lights and put them in my NBS bumper, they fit perfectly. I just added in a little wire because like you said, they are too short. Here is my finished product after ~2 hours of work.

Once I got one side figured it out, it probably took 10 minutes to do the other side. You may also want to over size the bottom bracket mount a bit to give you some adjustment

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Damn man, that looks awesome.

 

[tylerhodgson699]

Thanks guys, I joined here but spend most my time on GMFS or fullsizechevy, looks like i might spend some more time over here. Once i get my fitement to where its perfect I may pick up a SS bumper cap

 

[slim]

that looks real good man! you made it sound easy

 

[Alwayssomethin]

haha I know southern pride, and I both spend quite a bit of time over on GMFS as well haha. Thats awesome. saved me some serious headache, excited to try this again now. did you use a truck or suv bumper? I have both, a lot of people complain about the bulky look of the truck, so I may try this with the SUV bumper (2" Narrower), and see what kind of fit I get on my obs.

 

[Alwayssomethin]

damn, I just realized your truck is the Black RCSB w the XD hoss' I drool over all the time! LOL

 

[Solid94]

Truck looks clean. I hope Griffin can get some help out of that well detailed instruction. Any plans on the front bumper?