lobelsteve
Well-Known Member
Fishbone 22088 mounted on my Rubicon.
https://www.morris4x4center.com/fis...guard-and-d-rings-jeep-jl-textured-black.html
Quadratec Q10000 Stealth mounted in the Fishbone bumper.
https://www.quadratec.com/p/quadratec/q-performance-stealth-winch/10000lb-synthetic-rope
Tips: Remove skidplate for ease of access to all 8 nuts that hold the bumper on. Once the old bumper is off (8 nuts, 2 plastic fasteners, and foglight plug on right frame rail) you have to remove the remaining plastic fasteners. Then you have to remove foglights (7mm bolts). To get foglight harness out of bumper it helps to remove the 10g metal frame. Lots of plastic tabs holding the harness into the bumper can get pushed through or cut.
Once I removed the foglight and harnesses, I mounted them in the new Fishbone bumper. The winch drops on the mounting plate and tightens up easily. Put the nuts into the winch before placing over the plate. Before mounting new bumper, replace the skidplate or there will not be enough room to get the front bolts placed.
After mounting bumper, run the cables from winch to the battery. Easier to have someone feed the wire while reaching down into the engine bay.
Install took 90 minutes. Would be easy to get it to 30 minutes if I was installing another one next week.
Thoughts: Fishbone does an amazing job of packing and shipping. This bumper looks better put together than the Rampage one on my JK. Foglight fit is tight. And secure. Holes tapped for the new phillips head screws included with bumper. Factory 7mm bolts do not get used. M4x0.7 if you need to tap a hole after trying the factory bolts.
There are not many good pictures online of this bumper. The ones used on Fishbone's website make the bumper look chunky and odd. It looks really nice on the Jeep.
https://www.morris4x4center.com/fis...guard-and-d-rings-jeep-jl-textured-black.html
Quadratec Q10000 Stealth mounted in the Fishbone bumper.
https://www.quadratec.com/p/quadratec/q-performance-stealth-winch/10000lb-synthetic-rope
Tips: Remove skidplate for ease of access to all 8 nuts that hold the bumper on. Once the old bumper is off (8 nuts, 2 plastic fasteners, and foglight plug on right frame rail) you have to remove the remaining plastic fasteners. Then you have to remove foglights (7mm bolts). To get foglight harness out of bumper it helps to remove the 10g metal frame. Lots of plastic tabs holding the harness into the bumper can get pushed through or cut.
Once I removed the foglight and harnesses, I mounted them in the new Fishbone bumper. The winch drops on the mounting plate and tightens up easily. Put the nuts into the winch before placing over the plate. Before mounting new bumper, replace the skidplate or there will not be enough room to get the front bolts placed.
After mounting bumper, run the cables from winch to the battery. Easier to have someone feed the wire while reaching down into the engine bay.
Install took 90 minutes. Would be easy to get it to 30 minutes if I was installing another one next week.
Thoughts: Fishbone does an amazing job of packing and shipping. This bumper looks better put together than the Rampage one on my JK. Foglight fit is tight. And secure. Holes tapped for the new phillips head screws included with bumper. Factory 7mm bolts do not get used. M4x0.7 if you need to tap a hole after trying the factory bolts.
There are not many good pictures online of this bumper. The ones used on Fishbone's website make the bumper look chunky and odd. It looks really nice on the Jeep.
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