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May 27, 2007 | 09:55 AM

#16

jrussell

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Originally Posted by 53 ******

on the 06's they are not the same...the Laramie takes a different bumper completely the only thing that is the same is the fog light brackets and the bumper mounts them selfs...but what the skins mount to is totally different.
I just changed my SLT to a Laramie yesterday

Hey Mark, I've been thinking about doing the same thing. Where did you get the Laramie bumper and how much was it?

May 27, 2007 | 11:51 AM

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53 willys

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Originally Posted by jrussell

Hey Mark, I've been thinking about doing the same thing. Where did you get the Laramie bumper and how much was it?

I scored mine in the DTR classifieds

$100 bucks......with fog lights.
I know the plastic Laramie front is like $212 unpainted from my dealer. I don't know how much the metal backer is??
mine got damaged in shipping so thats why I know how much the plastic part is but my metal backer was fine so I never got a quote on it.
member "phloop" (sp?) went Laramie-SLT and he said it was around $500 for everything.

when I went to picked my Laramie bumper up from the paint shop..the guy ended up asking me about me SLT bumper..and next thing I know he says I give you the paint job and $200 bucks for your old SLT bumper

I said DEAL!!

I was stoked

May 27, 2007 | 11:56 AM

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jrussell

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Wow, you made out pretty well on that deal!

Does your body shop guy happen to need another SLT bumper for $200 and a paint job??

May 27, 2007 | 11:42 PM

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07CTD4x4

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I got my SLT bumper to...in white! Collecting dust in my garage after I added my Frontier full replacement.

Kyle

May 28, 2007 | 02:14 AM

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53 willys

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From: Utah

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Originally Posted by jrussell

Wow, you made out pretty well on that deal!

Does your body shop guy happen to need another SLT bumper for $200 and a paint job??

he told me they are always looking for spares.... so yes he just might take you up on that

May 28, 2007 | 10:11 AM

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bmoeller

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From: NW IL

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Originally Posted by HOV

I can think of three good reasons the bumper is made like that:

1. It will absorb energy in an impact, protecting you and your passengers
2. It saves weight, allowing you to tow or haul more
3. It has less chance of injuring whoever you may happen to t-bone

The truck has been designed in such a way that gives it a 5-star crash rating - that was rated with the stock bumpers, not some 1,000# steel bumper spiked man-trap of killing destruction.

1. Where the bumpers are attached to the truck, is pretty thin metal. Will still give to some extent.

2. My Lonestar bumper weighs ~250#. I can carry it by myself without any trouble. Put it on without any help. Only maybe 175 extra pounds of payload. Not really that big of a deal.

3. YOU are my crumple zone. If you are the jack*** that cuts me off, and causes me to hit you, kiss my ***. Other than that, sorry.

Put my bumper on after hitting Bambi.

Got lucky though. Minimal damage.