DO NOT CUT anything. Take a torch, heat up the crash bars for at least 45 seconds until you see some visual pitting. Take your 2lb rubber mallet and give it 3-5 good THWACKS. Job done in 3 minutes, no need to paint, sand or make any permanent mods. I just did this to my 2021 and it's GREAT.
@@DaneHinkle you should have crash bars in front (between the tire and front bumper) and behind (between tire and doors) your tires. I bent the front crash bar toward the front bumper and the rear crash bar toward the rear of the vehicle. I have a 2021 so there was some electrical cables that could have pinched, so I pulled the anchor and allowed them to get out of the way. Good luck.
Cutting the crash bars makes more sense than these work-around “solutions.” Crash bars will not make a difference when it comes to 99.99% of accident scenarios. Some are literally fretting over a negligible matter; like being pre-occupied by the odds of getting hit by lightning.
I took my crash bars off instead of cutting them up and just cut the bolts to take it out. I’m put them back in opposite sides some point and see if wheels still clear
Hey Ron, as I was searching for ways to adjust front bumpers on the F150 I stumbled across this video. Good information here. I've also heard that you can take the crash bars out and flip them upside down to give more room but I have no idea if that's true or has already been meaning comments. With you taking the bumper off you might be able to answer my question. Is the front bumper adjustable? It appears someone hit the front plastic pad on bumper hard enough to either bend my bumper or knock it out of adjustment. The drivers side where the bumper wraps around the side the gap there is quite a bit bigger than the gap on passenger side. I wonder if that can be adjusted to fix it. I've subscribed to your channel
That Dude Ronn wellll, after some thought I think I’m going to spring for a true 4” lift. I think that’s the sweet spot. Especially with 35s. I keep seeing lots of rubbing issues like what you’re describing.
@@tmbennettart just so you know, it's only some slight rubbing on the back side of the front wheel well, a lil cutting of the cardboard backing will fix that easily
@@tmbennettart I just put a 4in Zone offroad lift on my 2018 F150 and i put 20x10 with 35s and it BARELY rubs, but it does. im gonna do what that dude ron did and take the bumper off, and saw off the bolts. seems easy!
Hi Ron, you might not want to take those crash bars out after watching the crash test for the 2015 F-150 supercrew (w/ crash bars) vs supercab (w/o crash bars) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zGAF2Fmfx2A.html . Does the Raptor have crash bars? If so, could you swap these in to clear bigger tires without sacrificing crash protection?
@@harryjohnson3617 I cut my crash bars out myself and trimmed the plastics and she still rubs on the rocker guess I’ll have to cut that off too I don’t wanna have to buy 33s
@@stevenkennedy7181 i just cut my crash bars out today with a matobo grinder an sawzall. Zero rubbing now. Yea man i feel that, it sucks cause they dont look right with 33s. What kinda rims you have on it. What size rims
Unless you got some skinny 33's they will rub! My 305/55/20's rub a little at full turn. I plan on just spreading the crash bars a little I just need another quarter inch front and rear.
I did find that out about the Nuts, but I disagree with the cutting the crash bar part, you can get the bolt out enough to cut the bolt and leave the crash bars intact.
Cutting the crash bars is easy & doesn’t compromise the structural integrity of the truck. In terms of accident/crash results without the front crash bars; the loss of crumple zone is negligible. Think about the sheer physics & angle of the impact that would need to happen to make the bars “worthwhile.” The question might be … why are the bars there in the 1st place? It’s because the industry mandates are overkill in accounting for the 1% events. Just like TPMS, because a select group of people don’t bother to check their tire pressure on an occasional basis. CUT the bars & be done with it; this video is complete nonsense, as a mechanical engineer.
Well....if you actually watched the video, then you know I didn't take the bumper off to get to the crash bar, that was an after thought, once I saw the accessibility to them once I did have the bumper off. And it just simply made more sense to "uninstall" them rather than cutting them......so your mechanical engineer opinion aside.....and with all due respect.....your comment is nonsense
