I have a 2003 F250 Superduty. I bought a Warn M12 winch for it and a Warn bumper.

So I want to know if there is any problems when I remove the stock bumper? What I'm wondering about is the Air Bag Sensor going to be a problem? Is it attached to the bumper or is recessed up in by the rad or somewhere, where I don't have to worry about it?

Warn M12 12,000lb winch.


Winch & bumper.




2003 F250 Superduty, 'Before'.


Have the bolts all removed. There are just 6 bolts that have to come off and a couple of wiring clips to remove.


And the bumper removed. I also removed the towing hooks. They had to go.

I won't have the new bumper installed for a day or so. I have to find a strong guy with some spare time to help me lift it up into place...

I got my winch bumper mounted today. No time to get pics of it.

The bumper has slots, where the bolts go through, which allows you to raise/lower the bumper.

When I mounted it, I raised it as high as it would go. I'm wondering if that is the right thing to do, or should I set the bumper to the lowest mounting position?

Try to put it as close to the grill as the stock one was, or as close as the new one will let you. You don't want too much gap between the two. Did you find the Airbag sensor? Most are mounted to the frame or cross member not far from the bumper.

I did not find the air bag sensor. I think that's a good thing.

All-in-all I'm pretty happy with it. The bumper I bought is 'Plain-Jane'... next trip into the mud, I have some defence.

A few pics of the finished job.