New Rear Bumper and Front Brushguard

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Love them or hate them, here they are...

New brushguard just installed.

This thing is solid as a rock and fits perfectly into place. I'm very happy with the way this turned out. Still debating on whether or not to add the lights to the front...

Side view.

Here you can see how it secures down. The nuts on the U-Bolt control how tightly it sits, and the plastic rest gives just enough to make it sit extremely firm into place. It doesn't move an inch no matter how hard you shake it!

Rear Bumper Side View

Yeah, I ended up with the corner guards. They started to grow on me after I initially saw them. Kinda like how I didn't like the Chevy Avalanche when I first saw it either. Again, this thing is TOUGH! There is no movement at all in the corner guards.

Another Rear view

Notice the plastic sticking out between the bumper and the tire. That actually will be trimmed down. So while this isn't exactly a "bolt on" addition, it does in theory give you a better departure angle in the right circumstances. As that whole space would be be where the bumper was stock. You do also have to trim the stock fender flares slightly. I'll explain below.

Closer rear shot

You can see here that the bumper actually wraps slightly around the body. This is why the fenders have to be trimmed slightly, but in return you get a lot of body protection on the rear 1/2 that wouldn't have been there otherwise.

Another rear shot

The fit is perfect. I had to call Jim in Oregon because I just didn't think it was going to fit. Sure enough once I got it perfectly into place everything lined up milimeters into place.

Part of the problem lining it up was that I did the install myself, which must have looked hilarious to anyone walking by. The rear bumper weighs considerably more than front bumper does, even with the winch installed. And to make it worse, most of the weight is in the corner guards making it weird to hold solo from the center.

First I tried just lifting one side and setting it on the hitch, but as mentioned, the thing is meant to fit perfectly on the H2, and has to be pretty much lined up, and slid on horizontally.

I ended up taking a ratcheting tie down from the top of one corner guard to the other and then putting it on my back so I could support the weight with my back, and have both hands free to slide it into place. Amazingly enough I got it on with no damage to my truck, or my body!