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Old 08-26-2014, 07:07 PM   #1
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Tucking sport bumper

I am thinking about moving the bumper closer in. Does anyone have any experience moving it. I have the correct brackets, just thinking about drilling new holes and moving it in some. Any one have problems with this or experience?

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Old 08-26-2014, 08:49 PM   #2
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Re: Tucking sport bumper

Just got the same bumper not long ago, on the longbeds you have the extra frame length to move the brackets foward, on the swb the shackles are in the way to move up, I was considering cutting my brackets and re-welding them together.
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Old 08-26-2014, 10:08 PM   #3
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Re: Tucking sport bumper

I tucked mine as close as I dared.



But I did so by fabricating my own bumper-bracket/hidden-hitch:

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Old 08-26-2014, 10:24 PM   #4
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Re: Tucking sport bumper

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I tucked mine as close as I dared.



But I did so by fabricating my own bumper-bracket/hidden-hitch:

That's a slick hitch! Btw, I never realized your truck has that orange stripe separating the blue and white. Such a great color choice, the contrast really makes it pop.
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Old 08-27-2014, 08:18 AM   #5
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That's a slick hitch! Btw, I never realized your truck has that orange stripe separating the blue and white. Such a great color choice, the contrast really makes it pop.
x2. That IS a nice hitch/bracket combo.

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Old 08-27-2014, 08:55 AM   #6
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Re: Tucking sport bumper

You should sell those if they aren't already on the market.

Great idea and looks nicely made!
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Old 08-27-2014, 08:33 PM   #7
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Re: Tucking sport bumper

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I tucked mine as close as I dared.



But I did so by fabricating my own bumper-bracket/hidden-hitch:

That's trick! So did you only use the four bolts for the bumper? Looks like four would be fine on that mount...
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Old 08-27-2014, 11:46 PM   #8
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Re: Tucking sport bumper

Thanks for the kind words.

There are only four bolts holding it to the frame (two vertical, behind the square tube)

I've been meaning to finish brackets out to the outer four bolts of the bumper, but haven't gotten to it yet. I haven't decided if they will bolted or be welded to the hitch. I really just needed the license plate and some way to pull my trailer right away.

Underside/backside is like this:

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Old 08-28-2014, 08:52 AM   #9
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Re: Tucking sport bumper

I'd like to drill the holes to move mine in before I put her back together. It's currently just a bare chassis. Does anyone know how far up the bracket needs to be moved to tuck it in? Or even if you know how much space is there originally to work with..
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Old 08-28-2014, 09:18 AM   #10
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Re: Tucking sport bumper

does the tailgate hit the bumper ?
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Old 08-28-2014, 12:08 PM   #11
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There is the thickness of corrugated cardboard between the bumper and the tailgate (that's what I used to space it).
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Old 09-07-2014, 03:09 PM   #12
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Very nice set up. I need something like that.
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Old 09-08-2014, 08:34 PM   #13
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Re: Tucking sport bumper

nice I like that. I might try that on my 86
k10 that came with one.
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Old 09-08-2014, 11:43 PM   #14
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Re: Tucking sport bumper

Agreed this is a nice looking way to do things
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Old 09-09-2014, 08:19 PM   #15
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I'd like to drill the holes to move mine in before I put her back together. It's currently just a bare chassis. Does anyone know how far up the bracket needs to be moved to tuck it in? Or even if you know how much space is there originally to work with..
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1.5 inches is about it ..Drilled my holes out as far as I could toward the front without the bumper dipping down . Have to be careful ,my tailgate actually just touches the top of the bumper when let down & that's not good >have a line across the bottom of tailgate because of this ,.
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