Dissent front bumper, 2021 HE

[CharlieS]

Hi- thanks, those are Bud Built sliders. Install was very straightforward, just 3 hours total I believe. The only awkward part was having to drop the gas tank shield.

Depending on material, they can be very heavy (I needed a floor jack to install the larger stainless skids, where I was able to install the aluminum ones without). The gas tank heat shield is the biggest PITA on the whole install. The driver's side bolt for the transmission skid where it goes under the cat. conv. can be a bit tricky, but not horrible.

 

[vipergrhd]

Just waiting for flush mount bezels from Baja Design to complete the install. Finally got the personalized plates as well after a few months.

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That looks AWESOME!

 

[gluaisrothai]

Depending on material, they can be very heavy (I needed a floor jack to install the larger stainless skids, where I was able to install the aluminum ones without). The gas tank heat shield is the biggest PITA on the whole install. The driver's side bolt for the transmission skid where it goes under the cat. conv. can be a bit tricky, but not horrible.

I don't have skids, just sliders- i.e. rails that run just under the rocker panels, anchored to the main chassis rails.

 

[CharlieS]

I don't have skids, just sliders- i.e. rails that run just under the rocker panels, anchored to the main chassis rails.

Sorry, I misread your post. My apologies.

 

[CharlieS]

To try to recover a bit: I've installed two sets of budbuilt sliders solo and they're pretty straightforward. I found the area near the kdss lines near the driver side front wheel well to be the trickiest part, there is that one small bolt that ia tricky to access. As long as you don't drop any of the nut lollipops on the hole (don't ask...) the rest is pretty easy. Rob's video is very helpful, I watched it several times. I don't remember dropping the stock gas tank skid for these installs, maybe I'm just blocking it out?

 

[gluaisrothai]

To try to recover a bit: I've installed two sets of budbuilt sliders solo and they're pretty straightforward. I found the area near the kdss lines near the driver side front wheel well to be the trickiest part, there is that one small bolt that ia tricky to access. As long as you don't drop any of the nut lollipops on the hole (don't ask...) the rest is pretty easy. Rob's video is very helpful, I watched it several times. I don't remember dropping the stock gas tank skid for these installs, maybe I'm just blocking it out?

I was blocking out the lollipops, they were fun for sure. Very creative. But yeah, the Bud sliders require the tank skid to drop for access to a couple of the attach points. Now I installed the sliders using jack stands, and a trolley jack to lift them into place. I’ve since dropped the tank 3x for an unrelated supercharger project that suffered from bad parts so that’s a pain point for me. Anyway I’ll throw in another photo showing how the Dissent tie-in skid bridges to the factory engine skid once the flange is cut off. Wide angle perspective looks a little weird.

 

[Tex68w]

Looks good; glad to see someone not running the Rigid 6" lights. I am looking at doing a Dissent full front like yours later this year, but was leaning toward the Squadron flush mounts as well so it is nice to see someone else go with that option too (though I'm still undecided on the bullet lights). Please post pics once the lights go in--did you go amber or clear?

Agreed, not a fan of the Rigids or bullet lights and plan to run BD Squadrons myself should I get this bumper.

My flush mounted 3" lights ended up being low ditch lights the way they angle in the bumper -- maybe yours are different with the full bumper

Ordered some 15 degree offsets that should be here today but if I don't like it I'm gonna get the 6" SAE cutouts

I cut these out myself for a Diode Dynamics 3" and 2" pods

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I like this idea, very cool. Care to post a close up of the plate and lights?

 

[customcruiser]

Agreed, not a fan of the Rigids or bullet lights and plan to run BD Squadrons myself should I get this bumper.





I like this idea, very cool. Care to post a close up of the plate and lights?

More pics I'm my build thread

 

[gluaisrothai]

I went with the SAE squadron fogs. Not in love with the looks…I might black out the bezels and switch to the amber Pros. Thoughts?

 

[Tex68w]

I went with the SAE squadron fogs. Not in love with the looks…I might black out the bezels and switch to the amber Pros. Thoughts?

Just change the lenses.

 

[gluaisrothai]

Just change the lenses.

That wouldn’t be enough. The pros have a more powerful LED array, and the lens for the SAE has a cutoff that I don’t believe can be move to the pro light.

 

[Tex68w]

I find the standard Sports to be more than enough for a fog light. I don't bother with the SAE nonsense.

 

[sreyes1103]

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where did you get those wheel center caps?

 

[jdha777]

where did you get those wheel center caps?

7cm TRD center cap decals from a seller on etsy