 These are the factory holes...  These are the factory holes on the rear frame horns where the brackets will mount. |  Here the rear is all setup...  Here the rear is all setup and ready to go. I have the hardware for each side laid out within reach. After unpacking the bumpers, I used their boxes as protection for the chrome as well as my knees. |  One other thing I had to do...  One other thing I had to do was make access to the forward bumper bracket bolt from the inside. I moved the stock rear crossmember back as far as I could to make room for the new under-bed gas tank I had installed already. Those in a similar situation will have to hole-saw an opening to get in there with a socket. |
 After playing with things...  After playing with things for a bit, it seemed easier to bolt both sets of brackets to the frame before putting the rear bumper on. Here's what it should look like from under the truck. |  Here the rear is all setup...  Here the rear is all setup and ready to go. I have the hardware for each side laid out within reach. After unpacking the bumpers, I used their boxes as protection for the chrome as well as my knees. |  I'm sure you need license...  I'm sure you need license plate lights in every state in the country, so I also got a pair of stock style replacements from BOTP. These pop right into the holes on each side of the license plate area in the rear bumper. |
 After I wiped all my grubby...  After I wiped all my grubby hand prints off, things were looking pretty sharp. This was a big help for me since my truck was a Flairside (Ford speak for stepside) complete with an aforementioned blacksmith bumper! |  The front bumper on these...  The front bumper on these trucks is fairly straight forward, or at least it should be. There are no bumper brackets per say; the bumper bolts straight to the front frame horns. This leaves little adjustment, especially if someone or something unwantingly "adjusted" it at any point in time. |  Some time ago, my truck was...  Some time ago, my truck was subject to this style of "adjusting", and came with a tweaked front bumper and mangled left front fender. As best I could tell, the frame horns seemed fairly straight though-until now. With the new front bumper held in place, there seemed to be a little discrepancy in where the bumper bolt holes should be. |
 To figure out just where the...  To figure out just where the holes were off, I had to find the middle of the bumper and compare that to the center of the grille. I found the center of the license plate mounting holes and the center of the top bumper bolt holes and these gave me a good idea of the overall center of the bumper. |  It seemed like the left frame...  It seemed like the left frame horn was mostly the culprit. I don't have a port-a-power set or a frame straightening table, so I would have to slot the holes. |  For me, the easiest way to...  For me, the easiest way to do this was to use a small pneumatic body saw to get in the hole and cut clean lines. A torch would have made a bit of a mess and it was too small to get in there with a cutoff wheel. |