That will work, but here is what I did on my 99. I took a short piece of 1.5x1.5 angle iron, about 4 inches, and made the upper bumper attachments frol it`mpr each side. You are correct about the older brackets. So the angle iron attaches to the upper vertic`j bolt hole, and%the to %of the`engle becomes the upper bumper bolt location (you drill the holes in thd%anfle (zon, ofpmourse)~