finally got around to raising my rear bumper after adding a body lift a while ago. very easy to do over all...just remove the 6 bolts holding the bumper on, measure up 2" and drill new holes, reinstall bumper. and yes you can only really raise it 2 inches, otherwise there is no room to drill holes. but the 2 inches is enough, as it looks normal again.

what it did do, however, is leave me a little gap between the bumper and hitch. so i hit up walmart, bought some $20 fog lights, and fit them on top of my hitch. they work very well there, and give me plenty of light. rather than drilling the hitch, i used double sided tape to position them (and keep em from making noise or moving) and then ran a hose clamp around the hitch to lock em in place. here's some pics, and a few of the mud i added a couple nights ago


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couple more

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Tell me more about your snorkel???interested

 

looks good man, my body lift should all be here friday so i think im putting it on that weekend. i was going to do the same thing with the lights. there nice and protected there.

 

that's a damn good idea for lights!! i like that a lot...

snorkel still working for ya??

 

looks good, What size tire ya gunna run now, Oh and a fun way to wash your truck is to run it through a pond, thats what we did with my friends dads bronco, He just got back from a mud bog and didnt want to wash it so he ran it through our pond, lots of fun, Lift kit looks great, And did you custom make that bar across your bumper to fit the lights on BC i only have two and would like to hav more just dont know where to put them, I like your set up, Thanks


BNB

 

I just fitted 2 flood lights on the back of mine too today. Instead of raising my bumper to factory height I mounted them on the bumper itself. They're just the right height so when the tailgate drops it doesn't hit them. I like them so far, we'll see how much light they throw tonight!

 

ya i originally only had 2 mounting tabs for the lights up front. i bolted a piece of steel stock to the tabs and drilled 4 holes for the lights. works and looks good

snork's working alright, but the airbox isn't sealed yet, so we'll see how it is when i get around to sealin it. more for looks at the moment than anything else

 

You can only raise the rear bumper 2"? I just took my rear bumper off today. I'm installing the 3" BL on Saturday. I havent actually looked very closely as to where im drilling the holes. Is it possible to take a couple pictures of the new mounting brackets for the rear bumper if you dont mind?

 

i didnt purchase mounting brackets for the rear bumper. it is just bolted right to the frame rails. all i did was take the bumper off and drill the holes as high as i could. there's only enough space on the frame rails to go up 2".