Yeah you have to splice those connectors on the 03 too. It should have come with pigtails. I don't think I ever hooked mine up, but I did put them in to fill the hole.

I'll send you a pm about the washers.

 

Looks really good, I dig the home made Saudi Grill. I need to get off my butt and make one soon.

 

Exclusive of adhesive drying time that grill took maybe 45 minutes. Easiest modification I have ever made. The expanded metal is on the roofing aisle at home Depot and costs 249 cents. I didn't have to cut it at all. The metal is a pretty close match for the lower radiator metal. It comes with two little hinges that come off easily with pliers.

Only reservation is that if you have to take the bottom off, as I did, for a bumper, what is left on the bottom of the grill is not very substantial. I've already driven on the highway and it was fine but I am going to affix a metal strip across the inside of the bottom of the grill next time I take it off. If you don't have to cut the bottom off it is very substantial. And, in any case, if you have to replace the metal part it is just another 2.49 cents.

 

Those washers will fill a couple of holes. Haha. A good start.

I probably should have put the turn signals in when I had it off but the installation was not immediately apparent to me and I didn't want to bother with the instructions just then (cold, late, cussing too much). It did come with pigtails. I put it all back in the envelope with the unused instructions for future study.

 

For now my bumper is staying stock unless it starts to fall apart. Then it will probably be a tjm for me

 

Brittish4x4 has them in San Antonio and on eBay for 995 plus 150 shipping. I paid a happy meal less than that. Six months ago they were 850 . . I was going to get one for Christmas but then the price changed and I am in Texas so I have to pay sales tax on top of that. I had a 'cheap" twinge. It is a nice looking bumper and DiscoMike said they are well built. I really like his bumper but I couldn't get anyone to make it. Now that the oilfield has idled so many welders where I live I might have had better luck now or soon. But if you look at my before picture you'll probably understand why I was in such a hurry.

 

Are the horizontal slots on the front on each side for the turn signals you mentioned? Do you know the approx, size of these holes? I'm leaning towards this bumper now and curious if I can throw some small LED light bars on each side.

 

They are for turn signals (or maybe parking lights... yellow) that come with the bumper. I didn't wire mine so I'm not sure. They also have a smaller white portion with separate bulb. I didn't read the instructions so I am not sure what the white part is for. But I'll look.

I'll just put a tape measure in front of it tomorrow (in the light) and snap a shot of the included light.

 

Okay here is what I have. First, the openings for lights in the face of the bumper.



I've taken some measurements (best I could do... Flash ruins pictures but without it you can't see anything).



That is 5 inches wide. Now for the circular opening.



That is 4 inches wide. There is a bracket inside, recessed 1 inch.





And here is a picture of the included lights. 6.5 inches wide.



Hope that helps!

 

Also, I found the can I used to spray the grill. It is called flexidip.

Finally, I failed to mention that standard length drill bits will not work for the two pins that are actually bolts that go vertically through the frame. They are just too short. That is a major problem. I have one pin on each side at the moment but I need to finish the holes for the additional ones.

I have chassis paint from Harbor freight for all of my new holes (3.99).