74 dart sport bumper gap

if you want to lose the 5 mph impact brace you have to buy braces, but if you don't mind the weight, you can drill a hole in the impact pistons, remove the rubber boot and weld them while they are pushed in, some say they have a large spring in them ,and dangerous to take apart, so i pushed mine in and welded them so they wouldn't push back out ,put the brace that goes across and bolted my bumper back like original, but was able to do away with the plastic filler between body and bumpers, didn't have to buy braces that way.mine was a 74 duster.