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Will continue this tomorrow.....

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The gaps on top were ever-so-slightly wider than the old bumper. So if you walk out of the store and catch someone back there with a millimeter ruler, punch him right in the left ear.   Old shot f

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Got the new bumper '14 on my '12 so I thought I'd share before and after pics and some things I ran across.   Pics of '12 bumper. fitment and gaps were a little tighter than the new '14 bumper. For

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I had to trim the black plastic that wrapped around the corners of the bed. I also had to grind a piece of metal on the inside of the end steps so it didn't rub on the bed. Otherwise fit good and is nice to have the steps.

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Has anyone found a work around for the backup sensors? I just did this swap. New sensors don't "talk" to my truck, but the old sensors don't fit in the bumper 

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On 3/9/2019 at 11:41 PM, Kulo29 said:

Has anyone found a work around for the backup sensors? I just did this swap. New sensors don't "talk" to my truck, but the old sensors don't fit in the bumper 

Just did this swap on my 2010, ended up using the sensors and the sensor mounts out of my original bumper. Had to open up the holes in the bumper with a die grinder, painted all the sensors and mounts with a silver spray bomb. Also put a little silver paint around the edge of the hole where it was ground, to keep it from rusting. Backup sensors work fine. HTH.

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