im looking at this bumper guard on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...TQ:MOTORS:1123really cheap anyways it says its for 97-04 dakotas except sport ed well mines a sport so i asked him and all he could tell me is they are diferent from the outside they dont look diferent anyways can somone tell mewhats so diferent fromsport ed vs. regular/slt

 

something with the frame mounts I think... Only thing that one is good for is mounting lights lol.

 

i know its somthing with the frame mounts but if im not mistaken the frames are all the same off the factory any drilling i could do to make it fit?

 

I bought a bull bar for the front of my 04 dakota, and ran into the same problem. When I got it, the mount on the unit had three holes, but my factoryfront bumper brackets only have two. I asked on a post on here, but everyone said it should have three bolts on the factory bracket. I called Westin products, "who made the bar", and he said I had a Sport, which only has two hole bumper brackets. The thirdhole is in the frame, you don't have to drill it. I used the two factory bumper mounting bracketholes with factory bolts, and went to the hardware store and bought 2 -3/8" bolts. Worked fine, but the extra bolt is kinda a pain to hold while you get the nut to start.

 

that helps thanks now i gotta go order it.