Bumper/Grill/Headlight Conversion

imelmo · May 5, 2012

Finally got mine finished (well, for the most part). Used an '05 bumper I got from Doug and an '05 Harley Grill, Harley headlights, and an '05 header panel from Certi-fit that I got a while back for another truck. Took the bumper apart then prepped, primed and painted it and the grill. Then just unbolted all the old stuff, transferred the speed clips over, and put all the new stuff on.

Only issues I ran in to were 1) the bottom grill clips are different for the '05 so I couldn't use my old ones. I'll have to pick some up. 2) I've got 6 plastic push-in clips that came off the '05 bumper when I took it apart but can't remember where they went and didn't notice a place where they'd go. 3) the plastic ends of the bumper stick out from the fender a little. Not sure how to fix that. 4) the paint's a little off but I expected that since it's new paint vs 9 year old paint. Doesn't bother me anyway since the whole truck is gonna get wrapped soon anyway. 5) I need to get the plastic piece that goes underneath the bumper.

Here's some pics.

A before pic for comparison:

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Dustball8504 · May 5, 2012

Looks great! Completely changed the look!

Daryl@TDP · May 5, 2012

Looks great man. I ran into the same.problem with my conversion with the plastic ends sticking out on the top bumper pad. I haven't found a fix but I think its just how the bumper pad is made and not being original. I am going to redo mine with a Harley grille and a bumper pad from Ford.

07_powerstroke · May 5, 2012

Looks alot better!

JAP · May 5, 2012

Half way done with the Saints theme.

17BLKplat · May 5, 2012

That before and after is wild! Dang!
Looks killer! :evil

Lowdown89 · May 5, 2012

Looks great! I really wanna swap my front end soon

JD3020 · May 5, 2012

Looks great!

I helped a buddy do a conversion on his E99, and it was a major PITA, partly because he assumed some things and did it wrong IMO. He had a shop buy a "kit" which was $900. Everything showed up in boxes covered in i believe Japanese lettering, so it was all knock-off ****. By the time we were done it was close to $1100 including a non-painted top piece, which does stick out the sides BTW, and no bottom valance.

I also noticed on my brothers 06 that the top piece sticks out a little bit past the fenders, but not near as much as my buddies E99. But it also looks like his top piece is cheap made POS so thats not helping either. :slap:

Dustball8504 · May 5, 2012

The top piece probably sticks out to line up with the factory fender flares that most of the 05-07 trucks have. That would be my guess atleast.

Keanoknick · May 5, 2012

That turned out great! Still my favorite color on a SD.

imelmo · May 5, 2012

Dustball8504 said:
The top piece probably sticks out to line up with the factory fender flares that most of the 05-07 trucks have. That would be my guess atleast.

Hmmm. I'll have to check on that. A fender swap may be in order if that's the case.

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Daryl@TDP · May 5, 2012

imelmo said:
Hmmm. I'll have to check on that. A fender swap may be in order if that's the case.

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Its just a small stick on fender flare.

Dustin34520 · May 5, 2012

Looks sweet! I like that you painted it to match. I'm going to do the same to my dark blue 2003. Found a company on eBay that has all of the parts for like $700ish. Here is the link. After that I think is all I'll need is the header panel, pigtails? and to paint it. I want the HD grill too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/05-07-FORD-...Parts_Accessories&hash=item35b258b047&vxp=mtr

Agjake11 · May 5, 2012

looks great. you need to post a pick of the front looking at the corner so i can chop it onto mine

primetime1267 · May 9, 2012

That looks awesome.. It is def. on my list of items to do. Do you have to change out the header panel if I already cut it for my 05 lights?

imelmo · May 9, 2012

From what I've read, cutting the header panel is fine. I just ordered a new one though since it was only like $75 or so.

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MINK · May 9, 2012

Looks much beter!

03_PSD · May 9, 2012

looks good. i need to order a hd grill!!

JAP · May 9, 2012

primetime1267 said:
That looks awesome.. It is def. on my list of items to do. Do you have to change out the header panel if I already cut it for my 05 lights?

imelmo said:
From what I've read, cutting the header panel is fine. I just ordered a new one though since it was only like $75 or so.

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Only thing that sucks is that if you use a cut header panel and an 05 grille, the grille wont have any retainers in it other than the top screws.

Dustin34520 · May 9, 2012

JAP said:
Only thing that sucks is that if you use a cut header panel and an 05 grille, the grille wont have any retainers in it other than the top screws.

Thanks, I was wondering about that myself. I'll opt for the new header panel.