On Friday I was in a minor accident that damaged the front bumper. In short, the metal of the front bumper needs repainted ($216) and the valence/facia (that big plastic piece below the bumper that is painted on the sport model) needs repainted ($214) and the black plastic cover above replaced ($117).

I know some bumpers like the ranch hands cover/replace the existing bumper, and if I can get one for around the same price I would much rather have it (especially since the other guys insurance will end up paying the above costs regardless). What I can't find are many which are compatible with the sport edition that are reasonable in price. Can anyone provide any suggestions? Ranch Hand does not have any that are compatible.

 

There is actually a few for sale right now over in the classifieds section.

 

I searched through there and did not find any ones other than this one (which may or may not fit, waiting to hear back):
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/parts-s...s-850-obo.html

 

Anyone have any leads? All the ones I run across say that they do not fit sport models which I find a bit odd for the full bumper replacements.

 

Well I just hit some women the other day in the snow and You might want to try lcm or ebay if your looking to just replace your factory. I fiund all the stuff I need for around 300 shipped on ebay. Sports look good but there a pain to find stuff that fits. I have noticed that most stuff say not sport or off road and I would like to know why as well. And good luck with finding a bumpher for your sport and for 547 dont hold your breath. You might want to 2X your budget for a full front replacment.

 

My 98 sport is the same as a non-sport except the bumper and grill are painted. I think they changed the bumper, grill, and valence mid-year in 98. Can you post a picture of your truck?

Will

 

The front bumper and headlight assemblies on the '95-'98 Sport models are exactly the same as the non-Sports except the Sport bumpers are painted. Anything that will fit a regular Ram will fit a Sport model up to 1998.

 

not sure of your budget, but a buddy of mine smashed his up a little worse than yours, where he needed to replace it all. he bought a ranch hand type bumper/bull bar from a place in texas that replaced all the bumper/valence, etc. it was expensive, but it was real nice, real strong, and included the heavy duty headlight guards. i'll try to find a name. i think it was around $1000.

might have been here, but these are about $2000 shipped.
http://www.buckstop.biz/prices.html

might have been this.
http://www.toughcountry.com/products...ends/index.php