Need pics of 2 inch body lift with stock bumper

[broncofoo]

Hello all, I am a proud new owner of my first Ford Bronco. I am currently working on getting her lifted. I am going 3.5 suspension and would like to go either 1 or 2 inch body (leaning toward 2). I would like to stick with the stock bumpers for now, but would like to see how bad the gap is.

Please help me out and post some pics of 2 inch body lifts with stock bumpers.

Thanks!!!

 

[gladrich]

1973 with 2 inch Body lift & stock bumpers..

 

[kyle]

Another option is that you can shim the bumper up 2".

This Bronco has a 2" body lift.

 

[matt69]

Here ya go.

matt

 

[matt69]

and here is a shot of my new bumper.

matt

 

[broncofoo]

Doesn't look as bad as I thought it would.

Kyle,

How did you shim the bumper up two inches? Can you snap some pics? It looks great.

 

[kyle]

I got 2” longer bolts for the top and bottom of the bumper. On the top side of the bumper the bolt passes through the bumper and the bolt is secured to the bumper with a nut. Then probably about 1.5” down the bolt is another nut, this nut sits on top of the frame (this gives you your spacing and makes the spacing adjustable). The bolt then passes through the frame and is attached to the frame with a nut on the underside of the frame. Since the top bolt secures the spacing, on the bottom all you need to do use 1 bolt and 1 nut. I used a bolt with a long shank on the bottom to hide the look of exposed threads.

At first I thought it might look a little jimmy rigged, or not be secure, but I think it looks okay and it isn’t going anywhere. It’s kind hard to explain and make sense and this is the only other picture I have (if you zoom in you can get a better idea):