front bumper / bull bar fitment

[nazt]

fitting some bull bars tommorow, not looked at the job yet, will i have to remove the front bumper? where / are there many bolts retaining, how do the side plastic end caps attach?
thanks in advance Matt

[Tramp]

removing the front bumper is easy, its just 2 bolts in each front wheel arch, on the 'ears' that stick out from the chassis,

when i fitted my bull bar, (it was a vitara one) i had to remove the bumper to attach the bull bar brackets, the L shaped ones that go from the chassis, to hang under the front bumper
i then had to refit the bumper before fitting the bull bars, because it wouldn't slip down the back with the bullbar in place
so:
-remove the front bumper
-fit the Lshaped brackets
-refit bumper
-fit bullbars

easy peasy, you don't need to remove the plastic end caps off the bumper, and you may need some bolts to hold it all together, i think i used x4 m8x120's for the chassis and x4 m10x50's to bolt the bull bar to the brackets, (if i remember right, you might be best measuring yourself!!!) I used zincplated bolts to stop them corroding, but they did any way,


Luke


p.s. to remove the plastic end caps, its just a few plastic 'push' clips, that can be easily prised out,

[nazt]

tramp my friend thats awesome mate, will tackle this tommorow then. this post was very informative cheers for the step by step too, i could just see me fitting the bull bars then wondering how do i get that bumper on lol. cheers mate

[nazt]

tramp, was exactly as you described mate, that was awesome info. cheers

[Tramp]

no worries, glad you got it sorted,

i bet you will need advice on spot lights next

Luke

[nazt]

well actual;ly ...lol