bumper tuck

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  1. Lord Tone

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    Successful front bumper tuck !!! now to figure out how to do the rear
     
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    Here's a pic
     

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    Rear has been completed
     

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    do you have any pictures of how you did it or what you did? ive just done the front and interested in to see how much work the rear involves.
     
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    Cool.
    If you must have the big bumpers, they definitely look better tucked.
     
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    Honestly its fairly simple i tucked the rear bumper in about a hour and a half

    1st-remove the 4 mounting bolts(16mm) from the back of the bumper

    2nd-remove the 6 bolts(16mm), mounting the bracket to the car.the first 4 will be visible and the other 2 will be located above the end or the leaf springs after that just pull the brackets up and out.

    3rd-you measure out the length of how much you want it tucked and mark it on the brackets(make sure its even on both sides and dont mark it out from the base plate you'll be trying to cut the weld allday)

    4th-get a sawzaw and make sure you have plenty of blades your gonna be cutting through about a inch and a half of steel rod in the section you marked

    5th-your gonna wanna take the two peaces your left with after cutting out your desired length(mine was 1.75 inches) and weld it back together
    after that just reverse steps 2&1
     

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