Blue KJ in PA wrote:
I see what you did there
Back to the OP....
To remove the front bumper you have to remove the grill, pull out the pop rivets in the wheel wells, remove some rivets from the air dam, remove some funky Christmas tree clips near where the grill meets the bumper and finally disconnect the wiring to the headlights ( on drivers side of kj ). Do all that and you can pull the bumper off.
Taking the bumper off should be a 1/2 hour job... best bet to find what works for you is spend a Saturday pulling it off and then take measurements/photos to build off of.
I wouldn't weld to the front cross member... best to fab the bumper with mounts that fit into the uniframe and mount like a front hitch or backbone.
here's the
install instructions for the Detours Backbone. Might give you some good ideas for mounting the front bumper...
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