Well, I continued to scour the internet for the proper mounts and came up with nada. So I decided I was going to just make it work.
I figured I'd explain what I used and did in case it might help someone else.
I stumbled upon
these mounts which, I knew weren't going to work, but I thought I could use them to mock something up and maybe try to modify or make my own.
And thats exactly what I ended up doing.
So I bolted them up. They came with all the hardware to mount them and a bumper, which was great. I had remove the hooks and trim some plastic on the bumper to get them to work. I realized I ordered the Silverado mounts instead of the Tahoe ones, so maybe the latter would have been better, but they looked exactly the same in the photos and the Silverado ones were chaper.
To my surprise, the part that bolts to the bumper was angled in. So I bolted them tight to the frame and straightend them with my
extremely precise metal working tool. They are aluminum after all, and the thought I had of cutting and welding on a new piece went out the window for me since they werent steel.
Then it was mock up time.
It was at this point I realized, "Hey, I can probably just make this work right now with a little drill action." So thats exactly what I did.
Note: This bumper is purely cosmetic for me. I'm not installing a winch on it nor P.I.T.-ing anyone any time soon, so I wasn't too worried about strength here.
So I set the bumper where I wanted it, and where I thought it looked best, marked my holes, and drilled em. You can see the difference between these and the correct mounts here.
Getting the bumper in the exact height I wanted them ended up in having to bend the brackets with a floor jack a bit.
Alas, it worked! And it feels sturdy enough. The bar is definitly not going anywhere.
Here is the final result:
Now to find white replacement lights for Scene and Take Down modes!
