V bumper upgrade for black/silver CTS owners!

[250motorsportz]

Found this auction. Decent price for a brand new painted CTS-V bumper cover! They got it in black & silver. Good luck!

http://cgi.ebay.ca/03-06-CADILLAC-CT...QQcmdZViewItem

[banks217]

dam wish i had money right now

[Paco.]

What's the deal with these they just pop on and use the cars existing (lower)grill??

[SvB4EvA]

Originally Posted by Paco.

What's the deal with these they just pop on and use the cars existing (lower)grill??

No you would need to get a V lower grille for this bumper. The big upper grille is interchangeable with both bumpers (stock, sports, and V grilles).

[Paco.]

Originally Posted by SvB4EvA

No you would need to get a V lower grille for this bumper. The big upper grille is interchangeable with both bumpers (stock, sports, and V grilles).

Do i have to change the whole bumper or just the cover??

[ImAShakiraholic]

thats a nice find. I'm thinkin' about it

[SvB4EvA]

Originally Posted by Paco.

Do i have to change the whole bumper or just the cover??

cover

[Paco.]

Originally Posted by SvB4EvA

cover

Cool thx! Where would I find a lower V grill to go with that cover?

[SvB4EvA]

well... thats the problem, there are some on eBay. search for cts-v lower grille, u will see what i mean

[the cadillac kid]

to do the V bumper mod you'll need more than just the bumper & lower grille.....
do a search or look in the FAQ, the parts & part numbers & costs are there.... expect a day's work + ~800-1800 in parts (depending on where & what you buy)

[SvB4EvA]

Originally Posted by the cadillac kid

to do the V bumper mod you'll need more than just the bumper & lower grille.....
do a search or look in the FAQ, the parts & part numbers & costs are there.... expect a day's work + ~800-1800 in parts (depending on where & what you buy)

eh, thats not totally tru... U can avoid the brake duct thing all together and as for the fog housing brakets, Brent has a write up some where on how he worked around that.

I havent done it myself yet, so I am not gonna get into specifics... I'll let someone else chime in.

EDIT: i did find this http://www.cadillacfaq.com/faq/answers/v-frontend.html But I just talked to Jon the other day and he just did this conversion. He said the biggest pain was cutting his own brake ducts (optional).

He said nothing about:

25750634 Right Bumper Extension (new inner fender well cover)

25750635 Left Bumper Extension

25752695 Lower Air Deflector (the lower engine cover/deflector)

I never heard of anyone mention any of those parts being needed. Those are all the plastic liners under there. I am assuming these would be needed if u wanted the brake ducts to be functional. Even tho Jon cut the base CTS ones him self.

[LUVMY04V]

Originally Posted by SvB4EvA

eh, thats not totally tru... U can avoid the brake duct thing all together and as for the fog housing brakets, Brent has a write up some where on how he worked around that.

yeah the easiest thing to do is buy the sts-v brackets from someone that has done the fog conversion. (they are almost exactly the same other than the bottem brackets are longer and the nose is too


check this thread http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums...s-v-front.html

[LUVMY04V]

Originally Posted by SvB4EvA

eh, thats not totally tru... U can avoid the brake duct thing all together and as for the fog housing brakets, Brent has a write up some where on how he worked around that.

I havent done it myself yet, so I am not gonna get into specifics... I'll let someone else chime in.

EDIT: i did find this http://www.cadillacfaq.com/faq/answers/v-frontend.html But I just talked to Jon the other day and he just did this conversion. He said the biggest pain was cutting his own brake ducts (optional).

He said nothing about:

25750634 Right Bumper Extension (new inner fender well cover)

25750635 Left Bumper Extension

25752695 Lower Air Deflector (the lower engine cover/deflector)

I never heard of anyone mention any of those parts being needed. Those are all the plastic liners under there. I am assuming these would be needed if u wanted the brake ducts to be functional. Even tho Jon cut the base CTS ones him self.

u used them but im not sure if it was "necessary" or not??

[FlyFlip420]

LOL...I did it and the ONLY thing extra I did was change out the bracket to the STS-V bracket like brent shows above....did a little cutting of those posts, and put it all back together No extensions, or air deflectors, or anything else......Cost me $400 for the bumper already painted, and about $20 for the fog brackets(thanks again )

[SvB4EvA]

yea thats what i thought guys... mike u failed!

or maybe u were just trying to blow smoke up the guys ass to buy time so u can save up and buy one? hahahaa