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Oct 25, 2010 | 10:17 AM

luxury

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From: Chippewa Falls, WI

Front bump stops

I need new front bump stops for my 2003 4X4. I see some folks here use Energy Suspension. When I look online, they all have a single attachment bolt, but my stock bump stops have 2 bolts (forward and aft of the bumper). Are the energy suspension bumps stops really a direct replacement? Is there a hole under the stock mounting plate (doesn't feel like it, but I haven't pulled the old mounting plates yet) or do the ES bump stops use one of the factory bolt locations?

Oct 25, 2010 | 11:49 AM

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i went throough the same thing you are and ended up getting the newer style squarish bump stops. i think its 03 and newer they started putting the square ones on anyway.......

Oct 25, 2010 | 12:43 PM

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The ones in your pic will work. I used urethane traction bar snubbers on mine.

Nov 1, 2010 | 08:56 AM

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Thanks for the input. I ended up getting a slightly different Energy Suspension model (in black). They are smaller than the OEM stops, but made from a harder material. The OEM stops have a mounting plate and 2 bolts, but there is a hole in the frame between the OEM mounting bolt holes, so any stop with a single bolt will work. The stop bolt just barely cleared a bolt that runs horizontally through the frame.