Darkhorse Style 18+ Front Bumper

[Snooty]

Update?? paint?

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[WolfMxbee]

Update?? paint?

Not yet, I been focusing on suspension and performance, paint is next, just got a LVA S650 Front Lip

 

[thecloneranger]

Not yet, I been focusing on suspension and performance, paint is next, just got a LVA S650 Front Lip

Where we at?

 

[WolfMxbee]

Where we at?

Literately took everything apart today to prep for paint haha, got lazy since the install but heres pics of the splitter, working on making it chassis mounted due to to much air pressure causing pockets which is causing hood to shake at speeds above 70 (horrible california driveways causing splitter to bow down creating a gap in between splitter and lower bumper) fixed the bow but still working on hard mounting it with brackets

White wheels are going, tried something, loved it then grown out of it

 

[SnowFox]

Dangling heart pendant from the un-painted bumper? Bruh..

 

[Fordphanatic]

What is with the dangling heart thing? Does your car identify as a Nissan 300Z? Asking for a friend

 

[WolfMxbee]

Lmao just like my white wheels, loved it then grown out of it

 

[RazzaRossa]

White wheels were giving me tremors too...

 

[Snooty]

Can't figure out if I like it or not. Every one I have seen that is painted, they paint the the section under the headlights the matching colour, not black or grey like the DH....

 

[WolfMxbee]

Can't figure out if I like it or not. Every one I have seen that is painted, they paint the the section under the headlights the matching colour, not black or grey like the DH....

I seen a same velocity blue and i did not like it, it was paint matched like you said but i will be doing the grey two tone, I am actually planning on doing it in gloss since I seen a dark horse with carbon that fills in all the grey area and love the gloss better then the matte, however the nostrils are grey on the actual dark horse but i will be doing them in black along with the grille

 

[WolfMxbee]

I finally painted HALF of my bumper didn't cheap out on any materials and came out amazing, i know someone gonna ask how come i didnt take it somewhere to do it and because I simply do not mind working on other peoples cars but i do NOT want someone working on mine, overspray, damage, etc. Plus i plan on taking it back to the canyons sometime soon and rock chips will hurt me for paying someone to paint it, so i think it came out good for a DIY, my velocity blue paint came today just waiting for more clear and working on a custom grille, I can still reinstall the original dark horse grille but looks tacky so Im gonna try a mesh which the cervinis gave me inspiration with the open grille they have, I paint past the indent that surround the gray so i can sand it smooth and get a finer line for the blue so stay tuned

Also it looks bad under the left headlight but this is 2 days after, its just water marks from hitting a puddle this morning

 

[WolfMxbee]

Alright its been a full week that the gray had a chance to fully clear, for a DIY paintjob i think i didnt pretty good, not perfect but gonna let it clear and then wet sand it and polish it

Rest of the car is filthy and color is a tad off but with some carbon fenders and hood should fix that lol also new wheels on the way, again lol so hopefully should be mounted next week and the rest of the grilles will get painted gloss black soon

 

[WolfMxbee]

Heres with it washed

 

[WolfMxbee]

Freshly Updated, got new wheels, all trim painted gloss black with the clean white impact and radiator bars showing through, custom cutout the holes for the sidemarkers from the S650 since it did not have them and wired it up

Tow hook is functional, currently working on mounting the splitter and my license plate back up, heres the rear setup

 

[WolfMxbee]

I ended up destroying my lva splitter, the company is working with me to get a new one but for now went with a American Muscle S650 open box special, $60 almost like new vs $140 retail i believe but came out pretty good, so learned something, I attempted to bolt my friends Performance Pack S550 2022 splash shield on and nope, stuck out past the bumper by like 6 inches+ so DH style bumper is way shorter in length but wider on the sides, purchased the S650 Polyurethane lip and it lined up with most of the bolt holes so Im assuming the lower grilles down are all 3d scans of a S650 bumper cause all the grilles on ebay match the same designs as the ones that came on my rep bumper but anyways heres some pics, splitter rods are the same ones as the rears on my diffuser to help bring the lip higher up for driveways, still not sure if i like them but tired of bumper flapping at high speeds, now its solid, theres a little bump in the middle of the splitter but i just need a heat gone, came folded in a box

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