Did you swap to a newer grille? Looks great.
I really wanna see some rear bumpers with dual cutouts. I am buying a chrome replica dual exhaust bumper, but i am expecting that it wont last too long brfore the finish starts to look kinda crappy, wanna see what is out there that I can change to from there.
Yes I did. I've been a fan of the M1 mesh by Smittybilt. It keeps a touch of chrome that can tie into the other chrome accents of the truck. I got lazy about blacking out the chrome on the truck though those rain guards will be leaving soon.
And my rear bumper has the dual exhaust cut outs
Any trouble putting a 2013+ grill and bumper on your 2012? Planning on doing the same. I assume all the moumting points are the same? Did you have to modify anything? Truck looks good!
The grill? No. However, each bumper had its own set of challenges. For the rear bumper, the mounting brackets bolted up to the existing holes. I had to grind off the hitch boss because the bumper couldn't be fitted right otherwise.
The two most bothersome things about the installation were dealing with the parking sensors and installing the license plate with the new LED lights and license plate bolts, which are one and the same.
For the front, there are slight changes between models. The frame mounting area is slightly different.
Basically, the top right hole is a slotted hole rather than what we have and I believe the stationary one is to the bottom right or left or whatever. Also, where both mounting areas are indentical parallel images of each other, the late model trucks have mirror images of that hole pattern. Also note, I did have to do some drilling but nothing major.
The single most difficult thing was the fitment of the front bumper. To which I'm waiting to hear from Go Rhino on their pointers for improved fitment.
I have a couple of warnings. I lost 2" of lift from my 6" lift after mounting the bumper and winch. Massive wheel rub, since I'm running 35s on 20s on 2" spacers. It's next to impossible to get back. I'm resorting to have custom coil springs that can better support the weight. Next, try to have a good supply of decent mounting hardware. What I got from Go Rhino was incomplete and couldn't handle a lot of torque, i ended up using grade 8 nuts and hex bolts for everything, even to attach the mesh panels and the fog lights.
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