Bumper Options

[Fleeingpepper]

This is a double post but whatever..
1988 had the same bumper and brackets, right? Found one for $30.

 

[dcZ71]

Id just get an oem from a junkyard and leave the valence imo.


edit: and yes that one from an 88 will work

 

[JohnnyRingo]

4x4 trucks don't need air dams... its just more **** to get broken

more **** to have to cut to fit tires is more like it lol

 

[CodyB]

Im feeling you on the bumper situation, But mine is due to my own actions....... But right now Im gonna tag along with your thread instead of making my own... I know my frame is warped right now, but Im going to concentrate on the bumper since you get to see that... It got dented and roughed up bad enough to peel metal back and start rusting, Ill grab some pics later... Im thinking about hammering it out to near perfection, weld all the holes up, scuff it up really f'n good, body work it and paint it. OR fix the rust and slap some rattle can on it to stop it, and get one of these http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SSE-950-70101/?rtype=1 Its a fiberglass/urethane cover thats paintable, Slap over it and call it good. What do you guys think about this?

(I gotta go to a collision center in town and find out how much I need to fix it, and get it done right. I may have to chop off the frame horn up front to fix my bumper problem, pics later to show yall whats wrong with it...)

edit: or I could get a new bumper from what used to be FBI. http://www.rollpans.com/product.asp?idno=8620

 

[Greg]

Cody, you can get a new smoothie for a lot cheaper than that.

 

[CodyB]

I saw that at the old FBI... What do you think about working mine over first?

 

[Greg]

**** man, try it out. See if you can get it back to normal.

 

[CodyB]

The chrome is messed up bad in front of the driver side frame horn where it met a concrete culvert. Truck won but not without any marks...

 

[Mike]

Just wrap the strap around itself a couple times it will pull against itself and grip. It will at least get it sitting normal and bend your brackets straight again.

 

[Fleeingpepper]

Well I bought a strap that had metal hooks on the end. I know, metal hooks scare the crap out of me too! So I made sure nobody was in the line of fire if they popped.

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Bend the end out enough to get it out of the tire's way, but the dent is basically right on a mount. And I couldn't get a strap all the way around the bumper. It looks a lot better and I don't need a new grill or turn signal switch. The lights even all work! Still hoping I can beat out the fender. If I do have to replace the fender, do I have to take off the hood to do it? I got a new bumper for $30 with mounts off craigslist too cause the dent wouldn't come out.