has anyone tried this, I like the look of just the small metal piece in front and was wondering if itd look good or look like crap.

 

only problem i could think of is your grille surround is straight across whereas the new ones have a dip in it...

 

ya, but my bumper has a small dip in it under the grill, kinda similar to the dip in the new ones

 

hmm...im an idiot...always thought they were straight across...well hopefully someone can chime in with some useful info then...

 

not much of a dip on the '97 style.....dramaticially bigger dip on the '98+. To bolt on a '98-05 bumper on your 93-97 truck, i believe you need new frame horns to mount the bumper onto it. I know there's a member over on RPS with a really nice black '97 and older lifted w/ a black edge bumper conversion....and still has his stock grille/headlights.

 

^ I think that guy is on here too, unless I'm thinking of a different truck

 

heres the entire 05 clip on my old 93

 

Here ya go -

 

fawk that looks nice

 

that looks pretty good

 

that does look real good, fix that gap a lil and i think itd be pretty sweet. thanks guys

 

ew no it doesn't! If you are gonna swap, swap the whole clip. that gap looks like assbutt

 

aww it looks like it is smiling!!


why not a b-series bumper? or explorer? just a thought..

 

unless you cover that gap with 4 KCs dont do it, looks like a mistake

 

That's that awesome piece of *** right there. I like it.


x2! but i don't think it'll be a mistake.....just cover that gap with KC's.

 

i asked this question once and got the same answers that your getting..

what i would like to know is.. what needs to me made to mount it..
pictures of custom brackets and how it was put on would be nice..

 

ya, i think that black ranger looks real good with it on there, just needs to snug it up a bit, but pics of brackets would be great

 

i havnt installed a new bumper on my 93 ranger but i lifted my bumper the other day from a body lift install. for some F'd up reason the company sent me bracks that required notching the frame. well i just drilled a couple custom holes in the frame and mounted the brackets. it worked flawlessly. its probably similar with the new bumpers, anybody else raise their bumper on the newer fords?

 

just a bump to revive the somewhat old thread... Im interested in it too. I think it looks awesome. Any info on the mouning/fAbbing? edwards1687?

 

I like it, its a big improvement on a dated look. I agree the gap needs addressed.
John

 

That's not my truck but if i remember correctly he just fabbed up his mounts out of some steel plates i couldn't imagine it would that difficult with a welder.