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Ballin on a budget
I had interest on people wanting me to do a write up on this so here it is. Instead of getting a rollpan for my truck this time I wanted a little bit stronger of a solution so I tucked the rear bumper. To start the process I pulled all of the molding off of the bumper then I used masking tape to make the line where I needed to cut, started at the top of the bumper on the inside of the bed rail and ran it down to the bottom then I cut the ends of the bumper off
Then I took the bumper off and cut the top of the bumper off
Then I held it up where it needed to go to figure out what needed to be cut out on the bottom of the bed for clearance and removed the spare tire cable and figured out what else needed trimmed on the bumper and trimmed accordingly
Then after stretching the mount to fit around the frame I held it in place while my dad stuck the bolts in it then I tightened them down
Then I welded the ends to the bed and welded every hole in the bumper closed
Then I ground down all the welds and went over the bumper with the grinder so paint would stick
Then I went over it with body filler and sanded it back out smooth and primered it
Then I put the license plate lights and plate back on and tucked the wires back up
And that's as far as I've gotten until after I tuck the front bumper, build a cowl hood and paint it
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Then I took the bumper off and cut the top of the bumper off
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Then I held it up where it needed to go to figure out what needed to be cut out on the bottom of the bed for clearance and removed the spare tire cable and figured out what else needed trimmed on the bumper and trimmed accordingly
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Then after stretching the mount to fit around the frame I held it in place while my dad stuck the bolts in it then I tightened them down
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Then I welded the ends to the bed and welded every hole in the bumper closed
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Then I ground down all the welds and went over the bumper with the grinder so paint would stick
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Then I went over it with body filler and sanded it back out smooth and primered it
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Then I put the license plate lights and plate back on and tucked the wires back up
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And that's as far as I've gotten until after I tuck the front bumper, build a cowl hood and paint it