Last post was long so writing a new post about the tire rub. As previously mentioned, jmcracken1214 had bought 2 new front tires to match the back ones, then realized the old front tires were smaller. This made it seem like the tires were too big.
I pulled off the bumper to take a look and it turns out the tires aren't the problem. The lines on the body match up extremely well (for a 96) so I don't think it's been in any multi vehicle wrecks, but the original owners definitely hit something from the front right. The bumper doesn't have any cracks or major dents, but this explains the missing trim below the bumper as it was clearly torn off. Some ripped up pieces of plastic were still attached. Also the plastic funneler to the bug catch (it's after midnight the name escapes me) was lopsided and has a big crack. Whatever they hit, it was short enough to not mess up the bumper but strong enough that it bent up the brackets on the right side. My first guess would be tree stump.
If anyone knows where I can get that trim below the bumper I would appreciate the info. Right now the front of the truck kind of looks like Homer Simpson's upper lip ha. I'm guessing I won't have much luck at junkyards looking at wrecked trucks and the parts stores didn't have them online.
I remembered to take a few pics. The little red rectangular pieces on the far left and right just above the tires show where it hit. You can see the cracked funneler after I straightened it out. It was hanging lopsided since the right side screw was stripped and the clip was broken. I bought some epoxy for that crack.
View attachment 61153
Bent brackets meant there were some bent screws and broken washers. My dad has buckets of screws and washers to replace so easy enough. Not the most exciting pics but here's an example.
View attachment 61154
Hard to see the bent parts from this pic. If you look carefully the top middle is wavy while the bracket I left attached is perfectly straight. I'll hammer these as straight as I can and hopefully that'll be enough to solve the tire rubbing. I'll post more pics tomorrow once I put it all back on.
View attachment 61156