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I have a home built bumper I bought off another member. He’s a pretty talented fabricator and has been fooling with ebs for a long time.
He used to build bumpers and sell them on this site.
I’m having trouble fitting the front bumper that came off his truck. Now my truck was definitely in some sort of fight involving the front end. The passenger bottom rail has a big dent in it. And the top of the drivers had what looked like a perfect ballpeen hammer dent in the top.
I was able to get the drivers dent out but not the passengers was along the corner of the tube and could only do so much.
But when installing the bumper the frame rails are to wide to except the bumper. I had to grind down the walls of the quarter inch tube on the bumper to make it fit. Wasn’t much and was just on the bottom of the inside edge of the drivers.
Problem is the holes are off. From what i could find is that stock the bumper holes are 27in apart. Mine 26 3/8s The bumper is 26 1/16
Is the bumper wrong, the frame, or the 27in stock size? I was going to try and move my frame rail in. Now idk. My frame rails are a quarter inch off in elevation though. That I would like to address.
Problem is the driver core support was caved in at one point. So both rails have been hit and idk which one to bend up or down
These are not the bumpers I want in the end. But the price was right and what I had was absolutely garbage. I’m going to weld on bc broncos frame steering stiffener plate and paint the frame. After that it will be hard to move that rail I’m thinking.
I’m also welding on bumper reinforcement tabs. The are slotted so using this bumper should be okay
Just don’t want to be married to these in the end.
I know that’s a lot of questions in one post. But if you have any ideas pls lmk.
He used to build bumpers and sell them on this site.
I’m having trouble fitting the front bumper that came off his truck. Now my truck was definitely in some sort of fight involving the front end. The passenger bottom rail has a big dent in it. And the top of the drivers had what looked like a perfect ballpeen hammer dent in the top.
I was able to get the drivers dent out but not the passengers was along the corner of the tube and could only do so much.
But when installing the bumper the frame rails are to wide to except the bumper. I had to grind down the walls of the quarter inch tube on the bumper to make it fit. Wasn’t much and was just on the bottom of the inside edge of the drivers.
Problem is the holes are off. From what i could find is that stock the bumper holes are 27in apart. Mine 26 3/8s The bumper is 26 1/16
Is the bumper wrong, the frame, or the 27in stock size? I was going to try and move my frame rail in. Now idk. My frame rails are a quarter inch off in elevation though. That I would like to address.
Problem is the driver core support was caved in at one point. So both rails have been hit and idk which one to bend up or down
These are not the bumpers I want in the end. But the price was right and what I had was absolutely garbage. I’m going to weld on bc broncos frame steering stiffener plate and paint the frame. After that it will be hard to move that rail I’m thinking.
I’m also welding on bumper reinforcement tabs. The are slotted so using this bumper should be okay
Just don’t want to be married to these in the end.
I know that’s a lot of questions in one post. But if you have any ideas pls lmk.