2015 Bumper On 3/4 and 1 Ton Obs Trucks

[89obsSB]

I don't like those front bumpers on the 2015 trucks, even less on ours. The rear bumper looks great on our trucks though. I'm looking for a deal on one for mine.

I may be able to come up with two that are wrecked from the body shop at the dealership I work at. And maybe make one good one out of it.

 

[618 Syndicate]

I may be able to come up with two that are wrecked from the body shop at the dealership I work at. And maybe make one good one out of it.

They're effin proud of em, even at salvage yards.

 

[JesseObs]

Having both in the driveway i can tell you that the 2015 won't fit the OBS

Its probably much wider right?

 

[Donald Mitchell]

It looks like it will hang down below the body line. A few measurements would help.

 

[JesseObs]

Having both in the driveway i can tell you that the 2015 won't fit the OBS

Is there a chance you could measure the width of the 2015

 

[Caman96]

I had both in the driveway a little while back until I got rid of the wide one. I did measure them once, can’t remember numbers, but was something like 1 1/2” or so.

 

[ULSD_Sucks]

Its probably much wider right?

Yeah, I found a video on YouTube once where a guy put one on his but for the life of me, I can't find the video so here I am revisiting an old thought. I do remember he did have the cut it in half and shorten it up a bit but the corners matched up beautifully. I've been wanting to do this to my 3500 for a few years now as I don't like the tiny stock bumper. I like a lower bumper that will at least hide as much as the body line does from a forward view and the angles and curves in the bumper almost make it look like it was designed for it.

The photo of the white truck is exactly how I invisioned mine with the same ram air hood. It really shakes up the front end giving it a beefy look. I'm not sure of the weight of the new bumpers but if they are lighter in weight, I'm sure your truck and pocket book will thank you over time by removing weight off he front end this making the bushings and ball joints last longer. Especially for someone going from a 950lb 6.5L to an 1,100lb 12v so shaving weight anywhere you can would help the IFS.

The rear bumper conversion is really simple. Just need 2 pieces of 2x2" square and 2 pieces of (I'd say atleast 1/4" thick) flat bat cut to size. Holes are already the same, just need longer bolts. 2x2" serves as the spacers between the mounts and the frame and the flat bar just adds rigidity when bolted through the trailer hitch mounting holes so the front swap can't be much more difficult except cutting and welding it back together. I'll take the new bumper over that dumb looking hood graft from the NBS any day.

There was a guy in a 6.5L group on Facebook running tow trucks that had move bumpers that sat super close to the ground like a Peterbilt drop bumper and probably weighed 200lbs.

Now the hard part is finding one of those new style bumpers without getting reamed. I can measure and cut it but I'll have to pay someone to weld it since I can't weld.

 

[Dirt road chevy man]

I made a few crappy edits of OBS 3500s and 2500s with these 2015 bumpers and wanted to see what you guys thought of them, These are Only EDITS but I personally thought they didn't look bad (The Beige GMC is the worst I know)

Here’s my truck with a 2015 half ton bumper edited in place thinking of doing this might be buying the bumper this weekend

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[Dirt road chevy man]

Here are a few edits of my truck two with half ton and the other two with 3/4 and 1 ton bumpers