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michael collins > 1983 Ford Bronco > Front

Here is the bumper that was on the bronco when i got it. the grill guard is welded to the bumper. an...

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here is another view of my helper and the front bumper.

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Here is Christian and the stock old bumper.

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Here are 2 of the 4 bolts that hold the stock bumper on.

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after the 4 bolts were removed the bumper was tossed aside. The new bumper fits the bronco so much b...

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the new bumper is 28" on the mounts. this was off a suburban.

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out side to outside frame spacing is 39.5"

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Here she is naked no bumper. I did a fast wire wheel cleanup

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Here is the front end after i removed the stock bumper and primed and painted the frame and exposed ...

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Here i am test fitting the new to me bumper. it was off a full size chevy so there will be work to d...

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Here is another test fit shot. you can see the long chevy mounts on the rear. the chevy frame was 4"...

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The front fenders have a "Tooth" that hangs down on the front. i decided i woud remove it and set th...

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Here is the drivers side done and retesting the fit of the bumper.looks good to me.

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Here is the lower part of the front fender i cut out. there is a plastic inside liner i removed that...

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Here is the "Tooth" on the pass side. it was fine with the stock bumper but out of place for the new...

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Here is the front angle of the "tooth" i am removing.

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here is the front without the bumper. looks strange.

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this is the pass side with the fender cut out but not the plastic liner. This is a good place to cat...

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I just followed the body line around the side. i had to leve the triangle on the front there was a s...

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Here are the fender ends i cut off the pass side of the front fender.

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Here is the new bumper being test fit. i want to tuck it in so it does not stick out too far.

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Here is the test fit after the pass side was all trimed.

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Here is the pass side after i clipped the tooth off. much nicer looking.

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Here is the pass side all trimed up and ready for the bumper.

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with both fenders cut and the correct height spacers this is almost where i i want the bumper to sit...

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here is the pass side all clipped and waiting for the new bumper.

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Here is another view with the paint.

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I knew i was going to install a winch someday. i wanted to make this as strong as possible. I got th...

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Here is how it will connect to the rear bumper mount.

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I used angle iron to mount the back bumper mount to the frame.

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Here is another shot of hoe the rear of the front bumper mount goes.

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here are the side getting paint added.

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Here is the rear mount. i cleaned it real good and hit it with primer and paint.

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Here is the driver side all bolted in place. these are 1/2" grade bolts and nuts with poly lock nuts...

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Here is the pass side of the bracket.

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I need to drill out the back so i could bolt the rear of the bumper to it.

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center bumper mount to center bumper mount hole is 38" inches.

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the front horns are 2" wide.

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you can see the other rear bolt mounts in this pic as well

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another frame shot after i painted the valence.

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with the back worked out i needed to get a front mount. these were cut off the rear bumper andgoing ...

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Here is the pass side mount. you can see the 3 bolts now. These were in for test alignment only.

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here it is with the rear holes drilled. There are 10 1/2" bolts going to the frame now where there w...

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Here is the bottom all cleaned and painted ready for the install

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Here it is all bolted in rear mount and front mounts. i jumped all over this bumper and it does not ...

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Here it is bolted in place. This thing is not going anywhere.

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Here is a side shot of the bumper installed. it looks good time to paint the top side of the bumper.

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Here is the bumper all painted and ready to go. It got a spot for the winch and a front reciver poin...

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Here it is from the front all painted.

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Here is the drivers side all painted. this sure does improve the front end looks.

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this bumper is kid tested tuff said my son Christian

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Here is a shot i like ground up. this bumper really works for this front end.

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Here she is out on the street.

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well the police stopped and said it was law to have a front license plate and a big fine for not hav...

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Here it is cut and drilled. ready for the install.

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Here it is on the beast with the plate. time to get new plates this one is beat up bad...

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Here s the new front plate mount.

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another shot of the front plate mount

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here is the last picture of the mount

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Here is the new grill guard. it is just 2"X3" square tube. i welded amd ground smoth. it is so tall...

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Here is the spot the grill guard is going to go. you can see the squares i cut out with the plasma c...

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here is a front view of the new grill guard.

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here is a driver side view of the new guard

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Here is the new grill guard all painted. It looks good and gives a good place to hold onto when work...

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