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| Based on his experience with such matters, Schneider chose to mount the bumper brackets to the vehicle first and hand-tightened them enough to hold them in place, but left enough slack for movement and final adjustment. | Schneider hooks up the wires to the Warn winch then places it in the winch mount and hand-tightens it in place. "It really fits well," said Schneider. "It didn't require any shims to make it level." |
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| With the winch mounted in the bumper it took the entire 4WP crew to lift the bumper into place while Kenny Reitan (under the vehicle) secures the bumper mounting bolts. | Now Schneider secures the fasteners that hold the bumper and the winch in place. |
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| Fab Fours provides access to both the winch controls and the plug-in for the remote operation of the winch through designed-in holes/access panels in the top of the winch mount bumper. | Next step is to mount the Warn driving/spot beam lamps to the Fab Fours bumper. |
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| Schneider measured and marked the position for the new driving/spot beam lamp mounting holes. He then center-punched the mark, drilled a small pilot hole, then the 3/8-inch mounting hole. And then test fitted the Warn lights. | Before connecting the heavy-duty cables a Blue Man Group hand wraps them in split plastic for protection against chaffing, routes and connects them to the closest battery, the one on the driver's side. |
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| With the hood closed, and checked for smooth non-interference operation Schneider did the final tightening of the bumper bolts, aimed the lights and the big Ford pickup is ready to tackle any burly, off-road situation. | Installation of the rear bumper was even easier, so we didn't include the step-by-step. It matches the front bumper, uses the factory lighting and looks great. |
SOURCES:
www.fabfours.com
www.warn.com
4 Wheel Parts Performance Center
2500-B Marine Ave.
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
310-973-6115
