crawdaddy

I just ordered my ACE stubby front bumper today. Can't wait for it to come in.

Any tips on the install? 2007 2dr

ANyone else like theirs? Pics?

Marmot mb

You need to grind off a bar behind the bumper so you need a grinder or sawzall.

Get 8 small nuts to mount between the oem fog lights and the bumper. This will recess your fog lights back into the bumper a slight bit, making it look beter and i think prevent trail / road damage.

Make sure you tighten the 8 bumper mounting bolts real tight mine came loose.

Its heavy you need two people. Plus also for the mounting bolts to hold nut on interior while other tightens bolts.

OH9JK

Pickup some blue loctite if you dont already have some.

You dont want that hardware coming loose!

aftahour

Thnx for the tips also. My bumper comes in wed. Waited a full month for it to come. Nye 20% off sale.

crawdaddy

Thanks for the tips

Still waiting for it to be shipped

I am thinking about 1" terraflex coil spacers or Daystar 3/4" coil spacers. Any input on this?

Marmot mb

IMO skip spacers get a Teraflex 2.5" coil lift inexpensive top notch quality and never look back. No need for new drive shafts or extra parts and you can run 35's trouble free

crawdaddy

I have this already

crawdaddy

The Bumper should be in tomorrow.

What exactly do I have to grind/cut off ?

Marmot mb

There is a bar that the oem air dam is mounted to, it runs side to side. You need to trim off a couple inches off each side. If you have a 2012 or up i believe you need an additional part to relocate something ( its late i forget what it is)

I used a grinder with a 1/8" disk to cut off the ends of the bar, filed it smooth quick and a shot of paint to stop rust.

If installing oem fog lights get some skinny nuts or some washers that fit over the new Ace fog light bolts, install them between the bumper and the lights. This will recess the fogs into the bumper just. Bit giving a cleaner flush look and i think help with potential damage off road.

Ps have two people to install the bumper, you need two to tighten the bolts properly, i warn you the upper center passenger bolt is a bastard to get the back up wrench on, extensions and universal ( wobble joints) are a good idea and a combination wrench of the right size.

Have fun takes about 2.5 hours with winch install. 1.5 maybe without winch.

aftahour

you do not have to cut anything. think he was talking if you have a 12+ u need to relocate the vacum pump and cut a bolt. you might need a metal grinder to open up one hole of eight that the bumper mounts to.