Well this sped up my inquiry into getting a new bumper

[Cobraj]

I was going to wait till I got over the sting of the $22k check and jk trade for my new gladiator. Had it 2 months and someone backed into it at the grocery store. I have been looking at bumpers with winch mounts, but what I am seeing is that a lot of them have to be tweaked to fit and the fog lights are a pain to attach and get hooked up, Anyone put a new bumper that went on without tweaking and having to bush fix the wiring to get the fog lights to fit and work! If so which one did you get,

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[firehog]

I was going to wait till I got over the sting of the $22k check and jk trade for my new gladiator. Had it 2 months and someone backed into it at the grocery store. I have been looking at bumpers with winch mounts, but what I am seeing is that a lot of them have to be tweaked to fit and the fog lights are a pain to attach and get hooked up, Anyone put a new bumper that went on without tweaking and having to bush fix the wiring to get the fog lights to fit and work! If so which one did you get,

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i got a fab 4 stubby. It fit perfect and uses the factory fog lights. It is heavy and well built imo. They have other styles you may like as well. My only complaint is it doesn’t cover the lower crash bar where the factory skid plate attached to. If I dont find something like an aftermarket skid plate that marries up (hint hint Fab 4!) then I may just cut them off.

 

[Chance_P]

Lod signature series (I have the mid width mid width)

 

[Rockchucker]

 

[Jonj513]

This one wasn’t too bad. I did need to splice the fog LEDs into the stock wiring harness though.

 

[JustinWPI11]

Just installed a Quadratec QRC bumper. Everything about the bumper from Quadratec was great. Easy to reuse the fog light, easy to mount my winch. But the install was a pain because the holes on the Jeep frame were not aligned well and had to be drilled out a bit. There are two pieces of metal overlapping on the Jeep frame and the wholes were very much not on center of each other. If I had drilled them out first it wouldn’t have been too bad. Not sure if this is common on the Jeeps or just mine.

 

[Cobraj]

how was it to install any problems with fog lights and fit?

 

[bastage]

Quite frankly the OEM fog light are complete garbage (non LED). I cant ever tell the difference with them on or off. I will eventually replace them with something aftermarket. But if I had it to do all over with I would of just bought a bumper with no holes for them.

 

[Jeeperjamie]

Rugged Ridge Spartan high clearance bumper. Took me about a hour and a half to remove mine and install it. Another 45 minutes when I got my winch to install it and wire it up. I love it.

 

[CMFINC]

Rampage TrailGuard Front Bumper - 99512 midsize. has winch plate and has under bumper protect.. uses your lights.

 

[GEETCH]

Hi Rick, I'm new to the forum, I am looking at the same bumper you have installed, I have a couple questions, how was the install and does it fit the factory fog lights? thanks for your time.

 

[GEETCH]

Hi fellas, I'm a new member to the forum, however been reading it for months and have my gladiator on order. I haven't found an answer to the question yet so I apologize if it has been covered, which would you recommend and full width bumper or stubby and why. your time is appreciated.

 

[firehog]

how was it to install any problems with fog lights and fit?

It bolted right on with no issues. The fog lights bolt right on as well. But, like “bastage” said, the factory fog lights are garbage. I plan on replacing them eventually with LED, especially since I installed the Quake LED headlights

 

[Jeeperjamie]

Hi fellas, I'm a new member to the forum, however been reading it for months and have my gladiator on order. I haven't found an answer to the question yet so I apologize if it has been covered, which would you recommend and full width bumper or stubby and why. your time is appreciated.

I like the full width on the JTs, I had a stubby on my JK and always wondered what a full width would of been like. Also a little bit of added protection with a full width for the front fenders, I beat the front of my fenders up with the stubby on the JK. I ended up adding steel aftermarket ones to it but never really liked it. I enjoy how the stock fenders look and would like to keep as much of the stock appearance as possible. I love my high clearance Spartan rugged ridge bumper. It gives plenty of clearance if I'm on a trail plus the added protection for the front of the fenders. I'm happy but to each their own. There are some stubby a that look good as well.

 

[Rockchucker]

Hi Rick, I'm new to the forum, I am looking at the same bumper you have installed, I have a couple questions, how was the install and does it fit the factory fog lights? thanks for your time.

Factory fog lights work and the install was easy

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