Went for it. Started at 8am and finished at 1pm. As usual, not as bad as it seems when studying up on the process. -amazingly simple really.
Before shots front and back:
Basic tools.
Drill w/ 1/8 bit
Phillips screw driver
10mm socket and wrench
13 or 14 mm socket
22mm socket
Tin Snips
Piece of card board.
Five old body screws
FRONT:
Remove the battery to get to the left side shock bolt.
Disconnect the accordions at the bumper via 2 each 10mm bolts.
Remove 22mm shock bolts.
Pull bumper off.
Lay bumper on its bottom, punch drill bit through card board to prevent getting squirted in the face by pressurized goo. Drill shock tubes and compress. Remove the shocks from the bumper w/ 13 or 14mm socket. I can't recall which..
Remove the shock covers from the body and trim approx. 1.5" off of the front with tin snips, and notch out the center for clearing the head of the shock t- bumper bolt.
Slip compressed bumper shocks into place. Hold covers up to body/shocks and eyeball a cut around the mounting bolt heads.
Remove shocks.
Reinstall covers.
Reinstall shocks onto bumper.
Remount bumper and just flex the accordions out to get bumper in to align the 22mm bolt holes and install bolts.
Align bumper. Compress as needed. -make measurements, whatever.
Drill up into the shocks through both layers and drive in an old body screw. Tighten until the head twists off so the rubber sleeve can cover.
Cut accordion ends at the bumper in the first valley and reinstall onto bumper ends.
Eyeball and trim accordions in the first valley that overlaps the end cap.
Use a nice new tube of black silicon with new tip for control and gingerly fill the gaps in your cuts.
BACK:
Its the same basic process with the obvious deletions, and a few additions.
No need to remove the shocks.
Trim the points off of the rubber filler shelf.
If you have been holding out. I suggest you go for it.
