Noticing the plate do you drive salted roads?My Arcus started to rust around the front bolt holes after about 18 months. I had it stripped and re-powder coated with a primer underneath. We’ll see how long it holds up this time.
Yep. Midwest road salt eats away at everything. But noticed a little rust after the first winter which i think was due to the powder coat stress cracking around the bolt holes when the bumper was tightened down.
I can see minor bare metal where the bolts are too. I've had to remove and and reinstall the bolts a few times to fix and adjust my winch, I can already see bare metal there so it will rust... eventually. The powder coat just isn't very thick there. Whatever, for what I paid, I can have it recoated for around $200-$300 and still be under what I would pay for one of the premier bumpers that come unfinished.I noticed mine has a bit of rust at the openings to the cleats after 4 weeks. Pretty sure it's lack of paint at the edges combined with banging it around installing it. Installing these takes 7 hands and a sh!t ton of patience. The washers also crush into the face and distort as they tighten pulling the finish off of the bumper face. I installed 1/4 inch spacers from svc707 between the frame horns and the winch plate as there is a huge gap. This also helped relieve the pressure of the winch on the grill. I thought about cutting down the "horns" and mounting my lights directly to the existing bull bar hole but ended up using a 3/4 inch coupler painted black with a longer bolt to get the lights up and over the horn. I think it turned out good and they are super solid. A bit of rust isn't a deal killer for me. If needed I'll just repaint it.
Nice rig brother !!!Mine.
Get some Arcus spacer plates from SVC707 in the exterior classified area. He has 1/4 and 3/8 inch precut ready to go for your situation.
Wow - thank you very much, I appreciate your help!!
I just opened up the control box and rerouted the positive lead through a hole I drilled out.
