08 bumper on OBS

OBS-Addiction97 · Apr 17, 2014

Someone needs to figure out how hard it is to mount one of these!

superduty4x4 · Apr 17, 2014

OBS-Addiction97 said:
Someone needs to figure out how hard it is to mount one of these!

Build some brackets and bolt it on.

zilla68 · Apr 17, 2014

Lang said:
That bumper is crooked

photoshopped man, lol

OBS-Addiction97 · Apr 18, 2014

superduty4x4 said:
Build some brackets and bolt it on.

Wow thanks. It's so clear now on how hard it would be.

mustube · Apr 18, 2014

Even if you have zero fab skills, there's no way you wouldn't be able to do it with a stick of angle iron, some bolts, a drill and an angle grinder. It all depends on how well you can visualize stuff in your head.

superduty4x4 · Apr 18, 2014

OBS-Addiction97 said:
Wow thanks. It's so clear now on how hard it would be.

Obviously people HAVE figured it out as there are many OBS trucks with 08 bumpers out there. A while back I even saw a link to some web site selling the brackets needed. Get the bumper, mock it up and figure out what is needed, how hard can it be?

bluedge8 · Apr 18, 2014

I'm very interested, the moose killer bumper on my truck has to go.

FrankTheTank · Apr 20, 2014

I think the 08 van bumpers look better. But after seeing them in chrome, I think it only looks good in PTM

StrokerGuy86 · Apr 22, 2014

mustube said:
Even if you have zero fab skills, there's no way you wouldn't be able to do it with a stick of angle iron, some bolts, a drill and an angle grinder. It all depends on how well you can visualize stuff in your head.

Amen if you an visualize it then it will come haha. Im liking ths alot now nd im going to start looking for me a bumper and mock it up

Seven.Three81 · May 4, 2014

Here's my 97 7.3 with 6.4 bumper

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RSK · May 4, 2014

Seven.Three81 said:
Here's my 97 7.3 with 6.4 bumper

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looks really good...any pictures of what you did for mounts?

Obsledpuller · May 4, 2014

Overkill fab.com has a set for $100 but it takes 15-20 days to make them.

RSK · May 4, 2014

Obsledpuller said:
Overkill fab.com has a set for $100 but it takes 15-20 days to make them.

awesome, thank you very much...that is exactly what I was looking for.....

Obsledpuller · May 4, 2014

RSK said:
awesome, thank you very much...that is exactly what I was looking for.....

No prob man I've been debating going this route for quite some time just waiting on the right price for an 08-10 bumper for myself.

RSK · May 4, 2014

Obsledpuller said:
No prob man I've been debating going this route for quite some time just waiting on the right price for an 08-10 bumper for myself.

nice, my bumper is hanging off my 97....it needs a radiator support, injectors need rebuilding or o-rings or the hpop is crapping out, fenders are starting to have holes in them, and the bed is starting, so i gotta either move the truck or put 3-4k into it and keep using it for work. I'm already into it for 12k maybe 13k that's quite a bit for obs 7.3 with 290k on it.

StrokerGuy86 · May 4, 2014

Seven.Three 81 did this
Used my brackets off old bumper an the brackets on the 6.4 one . had to take side brackets off the 6.4 for wheel space. Used 2 inch spacers an bolted it to stock frame mounts

so could save money and time on new brackets

Ad8 PRODIGY · May 4, 2014

Gotta be ptm for me to really like it... nut sure how I feel on that chrome

Seven.Three81 · May 5, 2014

Touchups

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gnxtc2 · May 5, 2014

StrokerGuy86 said:
Seven.Three 81 did this
Used my brackets off old bumper an the brackets on the 6.4 one . had to take side brackets off the 6.4 for wheel space. Used 2 inch spacers an bolted it to stock frame mounts

so could save money and time on new brackets