This has been a real experience. After pulling the front bumper fascia from my Big Bend, I cut the bumper per the instructions:
Their pic, from the instructions:
My cuts. I put a piece of paper behind each cut to make them more visible in the photo.
The distance between the top of the two...
He called just as I was posting. I have two choices, both of which MAY force it to fit. He said that they outsource the manufacturing. Their R&D guys looked at the pics that I sent and agreed that the brackets aren't formed correctly.
Don't want to hijack the thread....
I have matte black vinyl letters, but still don't like the idea of white outlines. I'm considering painting the letters in carbonized grey to match the body color and then applying the black vinyl letters after the paint cures.
Ordered vent shades and bug shield in matte black. I also ordered a set of side nerf bars in matte. They had exactly what I've been looking for, thanks!
I went for matte on my Carbonized Grey BS because it will match the bull bar and rear hitch bumperette that I'm installing. Even without the matching accessories, I think it's a better look.
Here's what the back of the fascia looks like. I'd hoped that I would be able to remove the letters while I had the front removed from the BS, but nope.
That looks brutal. Mine didn't have a hitch installed, so I elected to do it myself after reading up on installation and seeing that someone would have to cut the bumper. I have no reason to think that the average dealer mechanic could cut it better me, so I am doing it myself. It's just not...
Huh.... I bought my BS a month ago and an incentive wasn't mentioned. I'm wondering if that went into the dealer's pocket, or if I'm owed a check from Ford. I haven't had any luck with my local dealer when I asked them about the various missing parts that I've discovered since the purchase, so I...
I think that using butane is a terrible idea. Buying all those lighters and spending the time to transfer the gas to the Bronco seems like a huge time sink, not to mention a waste of all that plastic.