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Originally Posted by pjmoreland
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Thank you! I did come across his thread in my searches. I need to pull my brackets back off and measure to see which bracket I started with.
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Originally Posted by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402
From my angle and best guess, the bumper mounts (literally) approx. 8" from the frame rails.
My sport bumper's top is 8/10” behind the bed’s body, located below the tail lamp bezels, and 4/10” below each tail lamps bezel phillips screw center. That's a guide only, I had to modify the brackets shown in the OP to fit the frame rails, and slotted the bracket bolt holes to allow for small adjustment.
My frame rails in a 2WD, SWB, with leafs has a 5.3" bolt pattern for the brackets. Most rails are 5" or 7.1", IMO. My brackets are not reproduced, and I wouldn't want reproductions anyway.
Is your truck 2 or 4wd?
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Thanks for chiming in! It is a GMC 2wd SWB with leafs. I will measure from the back of the frame rail to the bumper mounting surface. These brackets looked like they came originally with the truck, since they mounted up easily, I will have to measure if they are 5.3" bolt pattern or if they just got slotted at some point in their life.
If they are the 5" 'coil' style brackets, I'm concerned that the modification to slot or re-drill 3/10" toward the rear will still not bring the bumper in close enough.
Will take some measurements/pictures this week. Thank you for the help