AEV Bison Bumper

[TeamNotYou]

Has anyone found part numbers yet? Would love to switch to these bumpers if possible

[newdude]

No idea but from having seen one in person you'd need quite a bit of parts, not just the bumper.  

 

The bumper, impact bar behind it, plus the front fender extensions as well since everything under the headlights is different from a regular Silverado.  

[64BAwagon]

The wiring harness for the sensors and fog lights is unique to the Bison

 

[Bikerjon]

Wow sounds like a lot of work!

[Transient]

I've been looking into this and found 1 issue that would prevent the AEV front bumper from being used on the 2019-22 trucks.  Where the turn signals are located in these trucks, there is a foot step in the bumper.  It may be possible for a modification to retain the turn signals and eliminate the foot step holes on the bumper.  After all, the Sierra AT4X doesn't have the same top of the bumper with the foot steps, so I wonder if they're plastic inserts like the regular rear bumpers on our trucks.  I haven't been able to get close to a vehicle with these bumpers, but I have been doing a bunch of research on this conversion.  Yes, there's a bunch of unique pieces we'd need to purchase for the front bumper, but anything is possible with enough patience. 

 

AEV is now selling all the skid plates (except for the front skid plate at the front bumper) and rear bumper on their website.  It's possible that with a little time they may choose to sell the front bumper, too.

 

I've looked into doing the conversion on my truck (2020 Trail Boss LT), but it's going to be expensive.  AEV wants $3,000 just for the rear bumper, not including the Baja Designs lights and brackets.  That's more expensive than the ZR2 suspension upgrade kit from GM Performance.  If you got all the pieces for the front and rear bumper, plus all the skid plates including the front skid plate via the dealership, you're into this project for the cost a supercharger kit professionally installed. 

Edited October 7, 2024 by Transient