Truck Parts & AccessoriesA bull bar is a stylish accessory that is meant to endow your vehicle with a muscular and mighty appearance. However, apart from aesthetic features, this product toughens up your vehicle, giving extra protection for its front part.Nowadays, the automotive market offers a wide range of these accessories, including, grille guards, push bars, all featuring only slight differences in the construction, but still fulfilling the same purpose.
The bull bar, grille guard, or push bar installation is quite simple requiring no special equipment, so it will hardly take you half an hour. Well, you’ll see it for yourself. Required Tools: hand wrenches, ratchet wrenches, screwdrivers, sockets, penetrating solvent (if necessary) Bull Bar Installation DIY: Step-by-Step Instruction. Unpack the bull bar and mounting hardware and prepare it for installation. Locate the mounting holes under the front end of your truck or SUV.
Note, that some American-built trucks and SUVs come with pre-installed tow hooks from the factory. These tow hooks are mounted using the holes you will need to install your bull bar. Second Step: Attaching the Bull BarOnce the mounting brackets are in place, the bull bar is ready to be secured onto them. Just line up the holes on the bull bar and holes in the brackets and bolt them together. When everything is finally centered to your liking, go ahead and tighten up the bolts and nuts, implementing the last required step.
Special cases: Cutting Your Own Holes For BracketsThis might be necessary if you have brackets designed to pass through holes, however, your bumper or bumper cover doesn’t have any. First, you have to determine the spots where the holes will be drilled. For this purpose, ask your friend to hold the bull bar over the center of the bumper and mark the spots where the lower brackets have to be attached. Then, use a compact portable saw or a die grinder to cut small holes in the bumper. Relocating The License PlateSome bull bars might block the front license plate on your vehicle. In this case, you might need to get specially-designed license plate relocator brackets not to break the law of keeping the front license plate visible.
This relocator is usually placed on your factory plastic license place holder or instead of it. As you see, the bull bar installation is indeed a very easy process, requiring not much effort yet bringing highly pleasing result. We are sure that the bull bar installed on your truck or SUV will make your vehicle stand out from the crowd and draw admiring glances on the road.