tiger4life

iTrader: (16)

The stock bumper has 2 threaded studs on each side that go into the fender right under the headlight. My aftermarket bumper doesn't have those studs and I don't recall ever seeing them on aftermarket bumpers. I took the stock bumper off before but never really looked at the studs. Are they removable so I can transfer it to my new bumper?

tiger4life

iTrader: (16)

Quiet in here. Guess I'll see whenever the bumper is taken off.

lowKut

iTrader: (3)

The majority of aftermarket bumpers come with some cert of hiccups.
I had a similar issue with mine. A good body shop should be able to take care of that for you as they did on my kit.

Advil4u

those 2 studs are actually brakets and is held by a rivet

tiger4life

iTrader: (16)

Advil, how did you secure your bumper in that area?

Kyle Harty

iTrader: (17)

Just checked as I will be dealing with this soon, if the stock brackets not easily removable or you don't want to take them off Sewell has new brackets for $12 each before the CL discount.

The rear bumper is the same way, one of my stock brackets broke when I was installing the aftermarket and I got a new Oem one from ebay cheaper than Sewell, could check there for the front too, if not you know Sewell has us covered.

tiger4life

iTrader: (16)

Thanks Kyle! So the right side bracket is 5253530160 and the left side is 5253630150.

TTurboPimp

iTrader: (12)

You can remove the bracket and use bolts and nuts.....done it many of times