JohnnyFamous
New Member
Can you post links of the items you bought please.
Sponsored
Sponsored
AverageJoe
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Joseph
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2023
- Threads
- 5
- Messages
- 122
- Reaction score
- 170
- Location
- Killen, Alabama
- Vehicle(s)
- 2021 Gladiator Willys Sport
- Occupation
- Engineering consultant
I believe I will try this. Will the plastic air dam still fit beneath the bumper after the new installation is complete?
Sponsored
OP
OP
ChrisNLA
Well-Known Member
- Thread starter
- #21
It's a vague memory now and I'm not at home to look at all of my build photos - but I believe the plastic air dam attached to the metal frame inside the plastic bumper, and I cut out the entire center section of that metal frame - so I'm thinking it would need to be a custom job in order to re-install the OEM air dam.
My plan (eventually) was to order the silver Mojave skid plate and mounts, and install that as it was designed for this situation - it attaches only to the lower crash bar / crossmember - not the bumper.
AverageJoe
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Joseph
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2023
- Threads
- 5
- Messages
- 122
- Reaction score
- 170
- Location
- Killen, Alabama
- Vehicle(s)
- 2021 Gladiator Willys Sport
- Occupation
- Engineering consultant
Well, I've ordered all of the pieces and parts. And I have a friend's stock bumper to play with. It looks to me like the center section of the steel channel and the interior plastic piece will have to be removed. Maybe the lower flange of the interior plastic piece could remain so that I could still attach it to the outer plastic piece at the bottom edge. Then the top of the outer plastic section can be carved to fit around the winch. Is that correct?
OP
OP
ChrisNLA
Well-Known Member
- Thread starter
- #24
Yea, I cut out the entire center section of the steel channel and of the internal plastic - you may be able to retain some portion of the bottom of it. I may get ahold of another front bumper and do mine again at some point because I want to trim the plastic closer to my winch. I went way bigger than I needed to on mine.
AverageJoe
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Joseph
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2023
- Threads
- 5
- Messages
- 122
- Reaction score
- 170
- Location
- Killen, Alabama
- Vehicle(s)
- 2021 Gladiator Willys Sport
- Occupation
- Engineering consultant
Thanks so much, guys, for the insight into this. If it's ok, I may be bugging you when my stuff arrives. 
Sponsored
Minty JL
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Jeremy
- Joined
- May 15, 2019
- Threads
- 25
- Messages
- 4,793
- Reaction score
- 7,612
- Location
- Ft Meade, MD - AOR
- Vehicle(s)
- 23 JTM - 19 JLUR - 22 Compass LTD - 04 355 ZQ8
- Occupation
- USA(R), DoD - MD TM lead - Field Operations
Cleanest plastic bumper install I've seen!
Attention to detail was clearly a priority! Well done!
Attention to detail was clearly a priority! Well done!
Jaxmax
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Jack
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2020
- Threads
- 54
- Messages
- 2,856
- Reaction score
- 4,637
- Location
- Bally, Pa.
- Vehicle(s)
- Jeeps....... 2021 Mojave , 2019 Wrangler
- Occupation
- Electrical Manager
I left almost all the plastic filler between the plastic bumper and the 1/4" steel plate I installed between frame ends, then used square strut washers stacked as spacers . Mav4x4Chris using two cheap fairleads has me thinking that is the best way, and I have a Warn short drum one that came with my winch, but too many other projects! Still very happy with this way to set a winch on front, I used an LOD winch plate.. It's pretty neat to see how creative this bunch is!...Jack
Last edited:
OP
OP
ChrisNLA
Well-Known Member
- Thread starter
- #29
I spent a good bit of time debating on how to mount the fairlead and after staring at longer than I cared to I realized the answer was literally right in front of me. A bunch of fairleads! And economically speaking they were cheaper than a lot of the alternative ideas.
