Bull bar attaches to tow hooks, but no tow hooks!
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From: Paintsville Ky.
It's not about it being hard to cut. It's that the OP is worried about how it will look. He doesn't want the cuts to be visible once everything is done.
His bull Bar mounts through the Tow Hook holes in a 4WD valence which he doesn't have. That's why it's a bigger deal to him.
His bull Bar mounts through the Tow Hook holes in a 4WD valence which he doesn't have. That's why it's a bigger deal to him.
but thats just me.
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Yea, He said he's gonna try and if that doesn't look good then he will get a 4x4 valence.
I must have miss where he said that.
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I know when I installed tow hooks on my truck with nuts and bolts I never could have done it without taking the bumper off. If you had threaded backing plates instead of just nuts you could just slide the threaded backing plate in there w/o taking off the bumper. I know because at one point in my truck's existence it had a brush guard on it.
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Cut it. I did the same with mine. I can get a pic for ya tomorrow if you want. Its really easy to cut. I also added some of that plastic edge protector stuff( real name slips my name right now 
) that normally goes on a car doors edge to protect them, to clean it up even more. Completely unnoticeable unless you really get up close and investigate.
Edit - ugh thats an ugly post. Hopefully it makes sense.
) that normally goes on a car doors edge to protect them, to clean it up even more. Completely unnoticeable unless you really get up close and investigate.Edit - ugh thats an ugly post. Hopefully it makes sense.
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From: Marshall, Tx
I installed my bullbar without taking the bumper completely off. Just loosened a few of the mounting bolts and lifted it up enough to get a wrench inside the frame horn. I also didnt not have factory tow hooks and thus no holes in the front valance. I just cut enough away to pass the mounting bracket thru and once assembled you cannot even tell that my cuts were made.
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SUCCESS!!!!! Just cut it with a dremmel. I did take off the bumper. I might have been able to do it, but it was way easier to just take the damn thing off. Ill have pics up later in the thread in my sig
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Okay heres what I did. I had to remove the bumper. I prob could have just loosened and raised up, but I figured I would need to make some adjustments to the brackets, so I just took the whole thing off, bumper and valance together. Here are the L brackets mounted to the frame.
Then we put the bumper and valance back on and using the highly scientific method, guessed at where it should go. (Held it up and markered with a sharpie)
We tried cutting out just a small gap for the bracket, but ended up cutting around the whole pipe to make it fit nice with the dremmel
We cleaned it up with a polishing head and viola! Since TX is a two plate state, we undid the plate and put the bottom screws through the top holes in the plate holder so you could see it thought the gap.
All in all, pretty clean!
Then we put the bumper and valance back on and using the highly scientific method, guessed at where it should go. (Held it up and markered with a sharpie)
We tried cutting out just a small gap for the bracket, but ended up cutting around the whole pipe to make it fit nice with the dremmel
We cleaned it up with a polishing head and viola! Since TX is a two plate state, we undid the plate and put the bottom screws through the top holes in the plate holder so you could see it thought the gap.
All in all, pretty clean!
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very nice after all the un-needed effort
1. you do not have to remove the bumper. makes it a ton harder IMO. the picture above shows the frame cutouts you use to slip the bolts into
2. even a 4x4 valance requires cutting. the 4x2 required more cutting...but both need some trimming
1. you do not have to remove the bumper. makes it a ton harder IMO. the picture above shows the frame cutouts you use to slip the bolts into
2. even a 4x4 valance requires cutting. the 4x2 required more cutting...but both need some trimming
