I just had to remove my bumper trim a few weeks ago to straighten my bumper after hitting a washout.... It broke the first 3 or 4 clips on the drivers side, and I used bolts and nuts to secure mine, and it worked fine.

here's the thread: https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...oday-pics.html

 

bumper looks great, i kinda liked the grill gaurd, but its your truck

 

Yea I remember that, you the one I got the idea from actually to just bolt it up. I'll probably do it tomorrow after work.

 

How well did your ebay black headlight fit?

 

Yeah this looks really good, everything like my front end and I actually was thinking about getting a black bumper, looks even better with the white truck to give it some dark contrast. And I have had problems with the plastic screews, my fix was I used self tapping screws, and just painted the heads black, and its hard to tell they are they're. And I had broken the bottom peice off that, and used a bolt with two nuts and havent had issues.

 

They fit perfect. My only issue installing them was dealing with the bumper being slanted becuase of the brush guard.

 

yer welcome for the idea then


yours would look even better with black bolts on a black bumper....

 

As you may have guessed I'm a big fan of the "monochromatic" look So I like it! And you guys wonder why I like black bumpers.

I have the same problem with my lower Valance...and yes you get what you pay for. Apparently the Chinese can't build a cheap part that fits like OEM.
I think it needs billet grill inserts to break up the black just a bit...but that's my deal.

 

i like the black look, and you should definatly do the billet grill and bumper inserts, it would look bad ***

 

I forgot the black rear bumper and smoked tailights...oh wait...Hey! You're gonna get your truck done first! NO FAIR!