Bumper's installed, now weve got to wire it up. First up, i found the pigtails for the OEM fog lights I built a harness using them for both fog lights, plus a deutsch connector for the lightbar This pic shows how tight the bumper & fog light is to the body, how i trimmed the fog light bracket for tire clearance, and the harness itself, safely tucked up out of harms way ...and the tie-in for the light bar. I reused some old OEM wire keepers to keep the harness tucked up nice and tight i bought a small 2-relay fuse box from Amazon ...that i mounted here in some free space next to the battery Im using 4 of the fuses. One for switch power, 2 for the two relays, and a 4th that i wired up now, but will be used for a future project. For control wiring, i found these cool flange connectors from deutsch that im using to pass power back & forth thru the firewall From the firewall (under the dash) the wiring comes to this plug which plugs into this 2-gang switch panel using a a pair of Carling Contura V switches cut a hole in the dash to make some room... ...and the switches are installed! ...from the driver seat ...and the completed project! So i picked up this bumper off of a 2020 Superduty, probably a year ago now. Its been sitting in the shed taking up space. Well no more! We're going to get it installed on the 96 Bronco. Since i dont have a diesel, ive removed the center air dam in favor of a lightbar We're using these adapter brackets from Complete Performance, which basically make the bumper bolt onto the truck Step one, get the old bumper off! We have to trim the body a little bit to clear the bumper. Before: ...and after: Because im running a 35" tire with only a 2.5" lift, the corner of the bumper needs trimmed as well as part of the plastic bracket for the LED fog light needs to be trimmed. This is before: ...and after: both sides trimmed, brackets installed fog lights installed and ready to go on the bronco ...and installed! Next up: Wiring up the lights |
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