Does the front bumper have a up or down adjustment?

greendurango · Oct 18, 2008

I have a question.

I recently had a Westin safari bar put on and I looks as if the front bumper may have dropped some. Is that possible? Does the front bumper have a up or down adjustment? How do you adjust? Anyone else experienced that before?

Thanks :?

MWeed · Oct 18, 2008

Yes, you can adjust the front bumper. Do it at the brackets that bolt to the frame.

greendurango · Oct 18, 2008

thanks, how do you get to the bolts that need to be loosened? thnaks

IndyDurango · Oct 19, 2008

Its the same two bolts use took out to slide in the Westin supports.

Loosen them up, place a floor jack up under the center of the bumper (I had to put something under mine to get it up high enough), jack the bumper up level. With the jack in place supporting the bumper where you want it, retighten the bolts. Get them very tight.

You're done. Bumper is straight and the Westin is on.

HTH,

IndyDurango

greendurango · Mar 19, 2009

I know this is a old post, but my bumper still looks like it's down too far. Does anyone have a up close pic or know how much the gap is supposed to be between the bumper and the grill and the bumper to the headlights? I'm having a hell of a time with this thing because you can't get a jack underneath due to the radiator support and you can't raise it by the plastic bumper cover.

Any ideas? :wall: :wall:

IndyDurango · Mar 20, 2009

You loosen the bolts and jack up the bumper, not the rad support. I had to sit my jack on a double stack of 4x4 posts to get it high enough. Once you get it loose and the jack to where you have moved the whole thing, it gets easy.

Get those bolts TIGHT when putting it back in place. There are only two of them.

Here's a photo of what I think is the proper gap with a Westin in place.

IndyD

greendurango · Mar 20, 2009

Thanks! Could I lay a heavy board like a 2x4 across the safari bar mounts that stick out on the bottom and jack it from there? The gap I have between the bumper and the corner light is so much I could access the corner bolt to remove the headlight between the bumper. Is that too much?

dizzyD · Mar 20, 2009

Show us a pic, we'll say if it's right.

greendurango · Mar 20, 2009

here's some pics of the bumper front, both sides
thanks

FSTDANGO3 · Mar 20, 2009

Looks ok to me
Steve
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IndyDurango · Mar 20, 2009

No, it's tilted downward. Same issue I had. Once the bolts are loose (tighten enough to barely hold then reposition) you can pull that up and into place. Just tighten up real good once it's in the right place.

IndyD

greendurango · Mar 20, 2009

I made some adjustments to the bumper, does this look even? thanks

Kid Durango · Mar 20, 2009

looks like you got it tilted back up to it's proper position.

Here's a shot of my old 02 D?You can see my bumper was a little low too!

IndyDurango · Mar 20, 2009

Much better. You got it!

:clap:

What process did you use? Board on top?

IndyDurango

greendurango · Mar 20, 2009

well I layed a 2x4 across the top of a floor jack, the board pushed up on the westin mounts and raised it into position! glad that's over!

dizzyD · Mar 21, 2009

Looks like you need to get the driverside pushed in a 1/4" in comparision to your otherside.
Everthing else looks great!

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