Just pulled off the factory moldings becuase they were ratty. Should I just leave them off. Thats what I was thinking. Looks newer to me without them... what do you guys think?

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looks good without - save your money. bumpers needs leveling.

 

If u wheel go with out, its just something else to get cought up on or rip off :P.. Looks bigger with them off. Thats why i keep mine off. i got a 5'5 susp on my 97 ram 1500 damn good truck.

 

Looks great without them, how did you take them off? And i dont mean to jack the thread but how do you level the bumper mines the same way and i hate it.

 

Took all my mouldings and emblems off also. got tired of picking them out of the trees! Relocated my radio antenna to the back as well,kept breaking that off too.

 

sorry for thread jack but here goes. spray bumper bolts/nuts w/ pb blaster. loosen all nuts but do not remove them. bolts are in slotted holes. this gives you play where you can slide them around. i used a floor jack to hold mine level, then snugged up bolts, then tightened em up. you'll need breaker bar to loosen, 18mm deep well (i think). after fixed, don't pull from the bumper.

 

hard to tell from theno mldg shot but, I had leveled the rear bumper- Loosen, Floor jack with a pipe on the center to raise. tighten. Looks like it could come up a touch more now that I'm looking at the pic.

Removing the mldgs was bit of a chore. They have been on since 95 apparently. I used a sharp plastic scraper/spreader to slice the 3m tape right off the paint. Some crap was left on mine afterwards but, I then used thinner to do one prelim wipe then goo gone for most of the hard rubbing.

 

alright thanks for the help i need to do both of those whenever i get some time off of work