Chinese Steel Bumpers: Installation

R2D 2 bolt holes on the righ side dog leg or just 1. I can't see clearly for all the underseal. Like it !!!! My dog leg has 2 that don't quite line up & are well over 1/2" from the side of the tow bracket.... Guess I'm missing a bunch of washers.
Do you have a pic of the left side dog leg ? Did it mount to anything ?
Yours is nice & tight against the body, which mine isn't but I'm trying to get there.

Are you noticing my Star Wars references with your user name ?

I don't have any pictures but I spent an hour or so moving it around and drilling some new holes, trimming a few bits off, the fit ended up ok.

When I bought mine I accepted they're cheap bumpers knocked out of a factory in China that probably don't have the finest build tolerances.

I'll make a video for you today outlining all the bolts and what I did to make it fit etc.. (easier for me to upload that I think)

Yes haha loving the star wars references with my name :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

What the heck is wrong/different with my 1999 LHD soft top ?
After cutting 1/2" off the back side of the front bumper top the uprights now foul the leading edge of the lower spam panel. So more cutting needed to get it back enough for the corners to fit into the wheel arches.

And then there's the rear bumper.....
The right side bracket lined up OK with the bumper but the left was out. So much so the bolts wouldn't go through.
The holes on the chassis bracket where the bumper holes overlapped were scribed.
There wasn't enough metal on the edge of the chassis bracket to extend the holes so the end plate was cut off and moved over 1/2"





So the left side finally fitted


But the right side was still out...


The reason... The corner strengthening plate for the spare carrier was hitting the corner of the body


Cut out a small piece of bumper and at last it fitted

All in, this took a couple of days rather than a couple of hours on a vehicle with no bumpers on it to remove, so all installation.
Quality Chinese products.