bumper sink in

well trying to sink in the bumper on the malibu and I drilled holes in the shocks but they wont compress...Is there a spring or something in there? Im thinking of pulling the shocks off and cutting all thats behind the mounting plate off then compress and weld....Also removed the inner bumper structure for some weight loss.

What are you going to do about a front end collision, those shocks are all you have in case of impact. I have seen others f@#k with the bumper and thought it was a jeopardizing my life is not worth it.

dont plan on hitting anything...

I dont either, but sh@t happens. That is why i have not gone with fiberglass doors or a fiberglass front end, re think the bumper.

I think where he's driving, there's nothing in front of him to hit but the finish line.

your lucky you didnt go boom that is compressed gas in there not shocks, read the warning label before applying heat to that bumper shock.

its oil not gas...The warning label dont scare me with just drilling holes. anyways I tried to light it on fire, Its not flammable (I like lighting stuff on fire ) But if it gets hot it expands and can explode the shocks

I had to wet coat mine. Powder coating was out of the question.

I would have just fabricated up a bracket instead of ruining those shock's.

well we got the bumper sunk in without any fabrication we just used the factory brackets and didnt even mess with the shocks and it turned out great. I dont have pics of all what we did but I could type it up if anyones interested.

Man right on, it looks damn good!

turned out great and the car looks so much better. I cant believe it fit right up there so well with just some measuring and a jack using the factory brackets.

Nice, bro.

yea i never would have thought not to use the shocks at all .....DUH .......looks good man

It still has the factory shocks in working order, just if they do compress its gonna do some damage now which sucks