Hello,

I'm new to the site and also to the truck world. I just picked up a 99 F250 7.3 Diesel which needs a little TLC but I have a bumper question.

The truck came with a heavy duty industrial type bumper (see pic), so I wanted to install the original bumper and maybe put the industrial over the original.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/67440520@N02/6140629961/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67440520@N02/6140629661/

My questions are:
1) The original bumper I got was $35 and the guy said it fits F250, but he never mentioned what year. I believe the bumper is from 2005 F350 and mine is 1999 f250, are these years compatible?

2) I'm not sure if I'm missing any hardware, brackets, adapters to mount this new bumper. As you see in the picture, the red circled mounts is all i got to mount the bumper on, but on the bumper there is nothing to attach it to? The only thing that I have on the bumper is 2 brackets, which don't really fit onto my circled housings.

3) The only way I can somewhat fit this on is to mount the original on top of the industrial and then stick it all in there. I will have to weld the Original to the industrial in order for it to work.

Hopefully I'm making sense, but again I'm just curious what all do I need to mount a bumper and if I'm missing some hardware necessary for easier mounting.

Thanks for all your help!

A.D.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/67440520@N02/6140629961/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67440520@N02/6140629661/

 

Can you get a close up pic of the frame end ? ..there should be brackets bolted to the inside of the bumper

 

I will get some more pics posted. There are 2 brackets on the inside of the bumper, but they don't fit on the frame? It feels like the holes on the bumper are not lining up with the frame, they are slightly off. I'll take some pics after I put it on to show you how off it is so you can see it from the inside of the bumper.

Thanks again for your help!