Tremor Modular Bumper Install - DIY

[Mcfly]

Great looking truck, where did you buy the fender flares from?

Thanks, the flares are rough country sport flares. You can buy them paint matched or textured black. They technically are not for our trucks but they fit with some finagling.

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[jwrezz]

My ocd wouldn't allow me to live with that gap between the bumper and grille. Other than that it looks...

LIght bar!

 

[jwrezz]

Oops! Already discussed. Awesome build! Love it! Flares, bumper, orange hilites, overall improved off-road capable look of the truck.

 

[Mcfly]

Oops! Already discussed. Awesome build! Love it! Flares, bumper, orange hilites, overall improved off-road capable look of the truck.

Thanks! I'm happy with it. I would love to throw 35's on it but my efficiency is around 2.1 to 2.3 and I don't want to make it worse. Here's the light bar I'm thinking.

 

[jwrezz]

Yeah, I'm super happy with the warm weather returning and getting 2.8-2.9 consistently. I hope all the mods I want to do and my right foot can maintain above 2.0!

 

[teksavy]

BRAVO! I love the look. What wheels and tires do you have on your truck? How much range loss? Thanks for sharing!

 

[Mcfly]

BRAVO! I love the look. What wheels and tires do you have on your truck? How much range loss? Thanks for sharing!

Wheels are TRX T200, they are not cheap but are 29 lbs and rated for 2456 lbs each.
https://trexwheels.com/product/t200-machined-clear/

Tires are Nitto Recon Grappler AT size 275/65/R20. Works out to a 34 inch tire. I went with the SL rated, lower weight, 48 lbs each.

Combined tire and wheel weight is 77 lbs, I think slightly less than the stock wheel/tire combo.

My current efficiency is 2.3. I think stock I was around 2.5. Keep in mind besides the tires i have a 2 inch front level and no active airdam.

 

[teksavy]

Wheels are TRX T200, they are not cheap but are 29 lbs and rated for 2456 lbs each.
https://trexwheels.com/product/t200-machined-clear/

Tires are Nitto Recon Grappler AT size 275/65/R20. Works out to a 34 inch tire. I went with the SL rated, lower weight, 48 lbs each.

Combined tire and wheel weight is 77 lbs, I think slightly less than the stock wheel/tire combo.

My current efficiency is 2.3. I think stock I was around 2.5. Keep in mind besides the tires i have a 2 inch front level and no active airdam.

Great info. Thank you. Love that deep dish look you have going on. Do you think I could fit those tires without a front level?

 

[Mcfly]

Great info. Thank you. Love that deep dish look you have going on. Do you think I could fit those tires without a front level?

These tires probably would not fit without a front level. The stock bumper was pretty close to the tire.

 

[Trucked Up EVs]

I thought my Tremor build was complete until I saw another lightning owner post his modular bumper install a few weeks ago on Reddit. I can't take credit for being the first. I'm stoked how it turned out. It really finished up the build and looks oem. I think if Ford built this trim it would've looked pretty close to this. Part list below. The Modular bumper is 3 sections, the 2 side "wings" and a center section shared with the Raptor R/37 and Tremor 402a package. It has mounting points in the center for aux lights, bull bars, or even a winch. The tremor side wings have single fog lights. You'll probably want to mount a Raptor skid plate to complete the look. I mounted one up previously, trimmed for the stock bumper. You can get it looking better if you trim it for the modular bumper. Mine has a bit of a gap but I don't feel like starting over. I painted the side wings avalanche, center section magnetic gray, and the lower part ingot silver to match the skid plate. The bumper sections came black.

As for the parts, it's easier and cheaper to source the center section from ebay. Most are dealer take offs. Look for a Raptor 37 or Raptor R used bumper, the base Raptor bumper is one piece, won't work. Make sure the one you pick comes with the 2 bumper mounts. On the pictures of the back side, look for plates with 3 long bolts sticking out. Also make sure it comes with the center grill trim and the 2 covers that go on the sides of the center grill. Lastly see if it has the radar mounting plate. Your going to discard the raptor side wings and mounting brackets. Save all the hardware, you reuse some when mounting up the tremor side wings. I was able to find the fog lights new on ebay sold as a kit, China knock off. It came with the brackets. The rest of the parts I bought new from ford. If your shopping online watch the shipping charges, that's where they get you.

For Install, you have to remove the frunk tub, upper facia, and the mounting bracket to reach the bumper bolts. I removed my wiring harness from the stock bumper and wired it up to the modular bumper. I was able to swap the adaptive cruise control radar to the modular bumper, but had to swap it to the mount specific to the modular bumper. Luckily my ebay center section came with it. When mounting the modular bumper up I left the side bumper wings loose, tip from the reddit post. Then tightened them after I got the bumper tightened down and the upper facia installed. The only problem I ran into was getting the upper facia back on. It's a very tight fit with the modular bumper, pain in the ass. I hope I never have to take it back off. I ended up trimming the rubber pieces on top of the side bumper wings. After lot's of curse words and sweat I finally got it seated and clipped in. Maybe you could put the facia on first and then mount the bumper, tighten the bolts from underneath. I was too stubborn to back track and start over at that point. I wired the fogs to my aux switches.

Parts
Bumper Center section: Used Ebay, came with mounting plates, radar mount, and plastic trim pieces.

Bumper side wings: New Ford RL3Z-17E784-BA and RL3Z-17E785-BA

Side Defectors: New Ford RL3Z-17626-BA and RL3Z-17626-BD

Parking sensor retainer rings: New ford RL3Z-15A862-DA, RL3Z-15A862-DB, RL3Z-15A862-RA, RL3Z-15A862-RB

Top rubber filler panel: New ford RL3Z-17626-BF and RL3Z-17626-BE
(you might be able to get away with trimming if your ebay center section came with the raptor ones.

Fog light kit: New Ebay, knock off, also sold on amazon. Came with the brackets, wires and fog lights. You will need to buy the mounting speed nuts and bolts. Link https://ebay.us/m/JMKpLN

Are those Frame-mounted rock sliders you've added as well?

 

[Mcfly]

Are those Frame-mounted rock sliders you've added as well?

No, that would be nice. They're the stock raptor running boards.

 

[FloridaMan655321]

I thought my Tremor build was complete until I saw another lightning owner post his modular bumper install a few weeks ago on Reddit. I can't take credit for being the first. I'm stoked how it turned out. It really finished up the build and looks oem. I think if Ford built this trim it would've looked pretty close to this. Part list below. The Modular bumper is 3 sections, the 2 side "wings" and a center section shared with the Raptor R/37 and Tremor 402a package. It has mounting points in the center for aux lights, bull bars, or even a winch. The tremor side wings have single fog lights. You'll probably want to mount a Raptor skid plate to complete the look. I mounted one up previously, trimmed for the stock bumper. You can get it looking better if you trim it for the modular bumper. Mine has a bit of a gap but I don't feel like starting over. I painted the side wings avalanche, center section magnetic gray, and the lower part ingot silver to match the skid plate. The bumper sections came black.

As for the parts, it's easier and cheaper to source the center section from ebay. Most are dealer take offs. Look for a Raptor 37 or Raptor R used bumper, the base Raptor bumper is one piece, won't work. Make sure the one you pick comes with the 2 bumper mounts. On the pictures of the back side, look for plates with 3 long bolts sticking out. Also make sure it comes with the center grill trim and the 2 covers that go on the sides of the center grill. Lastly see if it has the radar mounting plate. Your going to discard the raptor side wings and mounting brackets. Save all the hardware, you reuse some when mounting up the tremor side wings. I was able to find the fog lights new on ebay sold as a kit, China knock off. It came with the brackets. The rest of the parts I bought new from ford. If your shopping online watch the shipping charges, that's where they get you.

For Install, you have to remove the frunk tub, upper facia, and the mounting bracket to reach the bumper bolts. I removed my wiring harness from the stock bumper and wired it up to the modular bumper. I was able to swap the adaptive cruise control radar to the modular bumper, but had to swap it to the mount specific to the modular bumper. Luckily my ebay center section came with it. When mounting the modular bumper up I left the side bumper wings loose, tip from the reddit post. Then tightened them after I got the bumper tightened down and the upper facia installed. The only problem I ran into was getting the upper facia back on. It's a very tight fit with the modular bumper, pain in the ass. I hope I never have to take it back off. I ended up trimming the rubber pieces on top of the side bumper wings. After lot's of curse words and sweat I finally got it seated and clipped in. Maybe you could put the facia on first and then mount the bumper, tighten the bolts from underneath. I was too stubborn to back track and start over at that point. I wired the fogs to my aux switches.

Parts
Bumper Center section: Used Ebay, came with mounting plates, radar mount, and plastic trim pieces.

Bumper side wings: New Ford RL3Z-17E784-BA and RL3Z-17E785-BA

Side Defectors: New Ford RL3Z-17626-BA and RL3Z-17626-BD

Parking sensor retainer rings: New ford RL3Z-15A862-DA, RL3Z-15A862-DB, RL3Z-15A862-RA, RL3Z-15A862-RB

Top rubber filler panel: New ford RL3Z-17626-BF and RL3Z-17626-BE
(you might be able to get away with trimming if your ebay center section came with the raptor ones.

Fog light kit: New Ebay, knock off, also sold on amazon. Came with the brackets, wires and fog lights. You will need to buy the mounting speed nuts and bolts. Link https://ebay.us/m/JMKpLN

From the front I like. It would be really sweet to get replacement badges of the blue lightning letters on the side, rear lightning bolt, and on the charge door to match in color. That would really scream Tremor edition

 

[Avocadodude]

I should have done this instead of my $5k repair after backing over tree stump. . If only I saw this a year ago.

 

[Mcfly]

So after living with the install for a week I think the bumper needs some adjustments. It's fine as is but would look better if it was pushed forward about an inch. I found a bumper spacer kit, link below. As it is now you can't install a light bar on top of the bumper. The upper valance is in the way. Hopefully with the spacer the valance will go back on easier. I'll update after I install the spacer kit.

https://www.wickedtrucks.com/2021+-ford-f-150-3-4"--bumper-spacer-system/p2288

 

[Grumpy2]

It is hard for me to imagine our truck and yours started as twins! I think the Lightning would still be in production if yours were on the showroom floor!!

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