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The bumper/air dam looks very good and my only suggestion is to use the same mesh in the upper grill as well so the look is 'unified'. Then it won't look pieced together as an afterthought.

Dont rush Ben. Take the time and do it as YOU want it. I`ll be here till the end

I think rounding off the bottom grill will make it look best. Also I’d use the same mesh on both top and bottom grill.

You're definitely on to something with that front end design. It's really interesting to watch your creative process. You work more like a sculptor as opposed to engineer, in that you don't tend to do renderings and plans. You just go right into the metal work, modify, adjust and finalize. Fun to watch! For continuity, you might have someone water jet some vent mesh that matches the factory upper grill pattern. Surely there's a fan or a business out there looking for promotion that would do it for you, right?????

Super interesting seeing the front bumper design evolve. A few small thoughts though: for the front splitter that sits beneath the bumper and the internal portions of the bumper that channel air towards the cooling components: beveling the edges so that air flows right in opposed to hitting a right angle will likely have a big impact on performance and aero. Keeping a central fin around the middle of the bumper would definitely help you add some rigidity to the structure and if you want to preserve the current spacing look, recessing the fin and beveling the leading edge would help conceal it and channel air exactly where you want it. The incorporated fog lights in that space between the middle and outer gaps on the bumper was a good idea that plays toward the resto-mod aesthetic you were talking about. Last thought is that using a plastic or lightweight alternative to metal for the mesh would keep the weight down a ton and definitely benefit performance. Looking forward to the build's continued evolution. Keep it up.

I love this build!!! The bumper is looking great, do the splitter off carbon fiber!!

Ben has really built something to be proud of here on KZfaq. Over a half million subs is impressive by any standard.

Putting the same mesh in the grille would tie things together. I would also modify the lower grille so you could use the same aluminum trim pieces that frame the bottom of the original grille. You should have an extra pair from the first Mustang. I didn't like your first attempt but this one is looking good. The first one would be a good wall hanger for outside the shop.

Definitely coming along nicely. I’m kind of starting to see where you’re going with it and I’m diggin it. Going to look great once it’s done.

The mustang looks amazing with your own custom made body kit, for sure will look even 🔥 after body work and paint 👏🏼👏🏼

Fantastic job on the front bumper. I agree, I think it makes the Mustang look way ahead of its time and not cheesy - amazing work! I am kind of digging the no splitter look. Keep it up!

Now looks amazing without splitter .. cannot wait to see it painted

Ask someone to come in and 3d print the front of the car. Than that person/company can extract the pattern from the upper grille and recreate a lower grill with the same graphics. Since they have the full front scan they could also provide the frame for the lower grille to fit exactly in your new bumper! This is just a simple 3d print away and it doesn’t cost much either! Regarding the mesh you welded on there in the back… keep that as well. It fills a good blackout function if you will not have a intercoler all the way facing this hole! Awesome build Keep it up! ✌️

I just realized something Ben. You're into a whole new level of talent! I follow two other builder channels, Half Ass Kustoms and Bad Chad. Both of them are great fabricators and they build as they go. That's a rare talent as far as I'm concerned and you've got it!

Side vents on the bumper really fit this car with a two stripe paint job it'll look nice in that middle section. Your custom work is inspiring to say the least🤘🤙

Nice fab work! I’d split those two outer grilles a few inches back from the bumper face to make four ducts, and vent the front brakes with the outer vent ducts and use the inner to cool the engine, etc. and of course the lower center grille is still there to do it’s job. That expanded metal mesh is heavy and you can even buy it at Home Depot and Lowes…. It’s pretty generic. I’d look to see if I could find something else that few people, if any, have seen. Maybe someone with a punch press or a CNC plasma cutter could make a nice one off pattern. Can’t wait to see the next video! Stay Safe!!!

Bad Chad would be envious of that bumper. Plus Lowe's and Home Depot have aluminum coils for flashing and fascia it might be cheaper and as good and easier to transport.

I think the bumper looks class young man. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished job. Good luck with the rest of it. Paddy from Ireland.

I love the way you designed the front bumper it looks really good! Looking forward to seeing the other side of the Mustang take shape also the color you choose. Following along with this build has been awesome, excited to see what it will look like once finished!

I'm loving this build! Nice to see a mustang done different for a change!

Now it needs a drag wing on the back Awesome brother looks beautiful. Keep after it. Thanks for sharing.

Would be good to make the smaller vents functional with some ducting directed to the front brakes. Definitely prefer it without the splitter - a lower profile sheet metal one or carbon one would work well. Nice work! 👍🏻

Congrats. Front bumper looks terrific. Splitter will hopefully be thin.

been following you for a while and i think it's awesome how you try new things and build the car the way you want. i realize it's unfinished and you're far from done, but the side vents on the rear quarter just look out of place with those 90 degree angles up against all the swoops and curves of the body and wide body kit. just my thought, obviously your car and design, but you ask for comments. definitely gonna keep watching whatever you choose. thanks for giving me something to watch :)

Definately makes it look aggressive sir!! You are a modern day Picasso with Metal!! Shout out from TENNESSEE!

We love this series. Continue doing everything right.

Bumper and the front end is coming together pretty nice it's surprising the more you get done the more this is growing on me I'm anxious to see it all done a little fine-tuning will make all the difference keep up the good work enjoy the videos

12:58 good job, you followed the placement of the existing design elements on the stock fascia and bezel to your custom splitter/bumper. You get a cookie! hehehe As you play around with designing things you'll figure out little things like this make the whole thing come together in the end.

this build is turning out to be an amazing one.REALLY LOVE THE BUMPER and the design you did Great JOB.

Looking a lot better now that the ugly splitter has gone. Got to rethink the side profiles. As the bumper curves to join the wheel arch there's the original mustang crease. You can't have that I needs attention either a filler panel or adjusting how the side panel needs to sit to cover it up.

I love the direction this is going. It's looking like old school muscle. Still wishing I could do this with my old trans am, but I just don't have the skill.

Put your oil cooler and trans cooler in the middle. Use outer vents for brakes. Looks good!

Hi VTuned, for the middle vent on the bumper, try louvers instead of the mesh. The mesh looks good for the side vents, but not sure for the one in the middle.

I love the bumper, Ben! I wish the LED lights could wrap around the top, outside, and bottom edges of the vent hole (no LEDs on the inside edge). I just think that would look pretty sick, but you definitely know way more about this than I do! LOL 😂

Cut the hole in the bumper to resemble the upper grill. Splitter use some custom made from carbon. Haven't you thought about building a Kevlar bumper?You have a nice base to make a negative form.

20:01 yeah, you definitely nailed it with the grilles in the bumper. Did you know there are probably 1000 different mesh patterns? you can even get custom mesh made if you want. The tech term for it is perf metal and it's available in aluminum, steel, brass, copper. What I would do is replace the stock mustang grille so either it matches exactly, OR you do something similar, rectangles running lengthwise. I think it'd be best that they match though.

If you can get honeycomb steel mesh that is the way to go. That is the mustang style for the grills.

The thumbnail (without asplitter) is the way to go. It looks so clean and so professional.

Glad to see you're having fun with this. Keep going with the mods to make something insanely awesome. It would be great if the mods were also functionally helpful.

I think a little more rounded would help the look/flow. I think it looks cool, but more rounded in the corners would help tie it all together

I been following this build but this custom bumper made it way more interesting!

I had to admit… it’s starting to look pretty good … reminds me of the late 60’s Trans Am racing Mustangs … keep up the good work!!!

WOW! you are absolutely insane! i dont know where u getting those ideas and whatnot, but your work is flawless

Great take on a classic, the design is really coming together

Dude… Keep doing what you’re doing, you’re always gonna have haters telling you you’re copying this guy or that guy. You do you brother. You got vision and mad skills.

The more you get into this project your skills really shine man ! Keep up the great work 👍 👏

Ben, the bumper design is fantastic. This is going to be a sick Mustang.

Looking good. Only thing I would recommend is matching the mesh in the grill and the center bumper. Your doing great though. Keep it up bud!!!

Love the aggressive bumper.. reminds me of the early 90's Stock car.... Project coming around !

came out a lot better than i expected. good job.

Front end is looking good,That Big ol Coyote will appreciate all the air it will get.

Christ, is this thing still not done? He's been building it since before the pandemic.

Love the bumper. Honeycomb mesh for both grills would look great.

Wow, it’s going to be a beast! Man you should chrome that bumper would look bad ass!

Personally I think angling the bottom of that bumper back a bit would look better, and also I think for me the main vent in the bottom is a bit wide, I'd go slightly narrower and probably keep the shape of the original.

Man!! I LOVE the creativity and quality of your work. I hope all people see your great job

This is one of the bets channels on KZfaq. Love this project. Watched all the Mustang episodes yesterday.

MAD MAX Mustang love this build

Even though the 65 is a classic, your front end work is really going to stand out, making this car special! Nice to have a McLaren around as a parts runner car. 😄

Dam can’t wait to see it done it’s gone to be 🔥

Don't know why but 1970 2002 bmw come to y mind. In my opinion you shoul match the grill and get rid of that gap between the bumper and grill. Also make the connection bumper/fender flair in curved line. Great work, Loved Samcrac saying you to finhis it! Hilarious... Price wise with all the hours you put (and the missing ones) that one of a kind mustang should never be listed under 55k. Keep on the great work and videos V

The bottom valance should maybe follow the same curve as bumper… might look killer

I was a bit skeptical about the bumper initially . Have to says looks fire . Your thoughts on a thinner splitter spot on . Great job :)

Bruh! This mustang build is sick! You truly are a visionary with your building skills. This car gonna be worth 250k easy once completed. I love the front end it looks aggressive AF bro! Keep up the great fab work. This is going to be one killa azz mustang ❤

Thank bumper is looking sweet, I was kinda skeptical about it first but looking saweet! Holy zoomed in on the Bronco Batman....lol

Great fab work can't wait to see the car finished 💯✌️

💯 It needs a splitter. I liked the size (not thickness) of the other design. I think integrating it into the side skirt extensions will make it killer

Looks fantastic. With the bottom grille maybe it would be an idea to use the same material and make the main grille look the same as well.

An inter cooler of some sort would look cool asf sitting behind that new grill 👀

I think the front looks a lot better without the splitter.

Impressive. Can't wait to see it all welded up. Superduty. Next thing you know you got Westen Chaplin at your door offering to put a Cummins into it.

The bumper is coming together and looking great💯👍🏾

That bumper looks great, can't wait to see it painted. Steve from N.B

Ben, you need to move the master cylinder into the engine bay. If you had left the fender stock it would’ve been a hassle but doable to remove it every time you needed to add fluid. It’ll be a massive pain to work on the brakes now. Go ahead and move the unit now. there’s plenty of room in the engine bay

Bumper is looking awesome! Keep the content coming Ben. Love ya work. Cheers from Sydney Australia MATE 🇭🇲👍🦘🇭🇲🇺🇸🇭🇲🦘👍🇭🇲

Looks amazing Ben. Leave it the way it is.

Bumper look great especially when you add the Led lights. Pretty sweet...

Great work! Love the custom work. The bumper reminds me of a ‘71 Olds.

That bumper came out sick good job on that one BTW that lip thingy not digging it too much. Great job on that project

She's coming out NICE, only thing I would have done differently is angle the bottom side of the center cut up to serve as a scoop for the radiator.

You did a great job. Your hard work paid off. Love the channel

Looking GREAT - love the bumper and grill work.

Looks amazing.

bumper turning out nice, the splitter is a hard sell but im sure you will make it look nice.

Bumper looks great. Still think you should go with a thin splitter in the front like they do on Nascar's

Bumper looks like a BEAST it's AWESOME! 💙😎

Looks great Ben, I like it better without the splitter, but this is your car. You are so talented.

The car is looking sick Can't wait to see it painted

It would be cool if you could match the Upper mess with the Lower three. The expanded metal is good, but you can do better but it take more time. Love the mods!

Bumper looks mean! Thinking the grills need to match. That splitter was well not cool. Maybe a much lower profile splitter. Over all looken great. Keep up the energy. Can't wait to see the finished product. 👍

Very smart with air flow.. Hope it all helps.. look's amazing..

Looks good. Also looks like a late model f250 bumper in a way.

When modifying stuff always takes a lot of time, as you have been doing is fitting then remove to change things or fit better, as with big car business they have more guy's doing things on one car and still takes a long time, you are doing well and you will get it looking the way you want it 👍🏽👍🏻

Everything coming out great keep up the good work thank you for the video

The bumper looks great !!!!

That looks killer!!

Get Nate to CNC you a grill for the bottom, maybe matching the top grill if possible

Damn that stang looks amazing! You're so right about the build. It is for YOU, not for us. We're just here for the ride and loving the content! Ben, keep it coming. I love it!

Dude the bumper looks sick!