Chopped my bumper for more clearance

[AnthonyD1978]

I dislike most aftermarket bumpers based on aesthetics and weight. The only aftermarket bumper I like is the AEV one, but it provides very little function over the OEM one so it's hard for me to justify the price and labor to put it on (I will be getting their rear bumper). I decided to chop my OEM one since I had also done this to my 5th gen 1500. The end pieces were already pretty mangled underneath too.

I had long ago removed the air dam which I think gave close to 6" of extra clearance. Chopping the bumper gave me another 6.5" of clearance in front of the tires.

After the cut (I used an angle grinder) I deburred and painted the edges and added some automotive door trim to give it a "finished" look. I'm happy with how it came out.

 

[gimmie11s]

Youd did an awesome job.. looks almost OEM. Im sure youll have people ask "what package" that bumper came with.

Looks ZR2 Colorado-ish in it's execution. Very nice!

 

[AnthonyD1978]

Youd did an awesome job.. looks almost OEM. Im sure youll have people ask "what package" that bumper came with.

Looks ZR2 Colorado-ish in it's execution. Very nice!

Thank you sir!

That first cut is always a little nerve racking!

 

[Iowa Wagon]

Looks clean! I’ve only see one other person on IG chop theirs… I may have to do it in the future.

 

[el_barto]

Looks really good! As said above, looks ZR2–ish.

Have considered trimming mine, but haven’t caught it on any rocks yet, so I’ll leave it for now. Cant justify cutting into the bumper yet

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

Hell yea man that looks great

 

[Pronto]

You are a brave man to take an angle grinder to your truck like that. I get all antsy just having to drill a hole in my boat.