Dozer I Front Bumper

I purchased this Dozer I front bumper with hitch and winch options for my 86 Jeep Wagoneer. Awesome! I also purchased a Cliffhanger rear bumper with hitch, rear tire swing arm with jack mount. I'm incredibly happy with these bumpers. I took these to a powder coat shop here in STL that has been open forever and the guy kept raving about how well built these bumpers were. He commented on how they used the best materials and the welds were clean and strong. He said more than once that he sees a lot of junk through his shop and whoever built these knew what they were doing. The front bumper brackets use existing holes and are very intuitive! The strength of the brackets and bumper greatly increase the integrity/safety of a front end collision over factory. The rear bumpers do not use any existing holes and require measuring, and drilling a lot of holes but is just as solid. Also posting a review on the Cliffhanger rear bumper. I preferred the look of the Dozer front bumper and Cliffhanger rear bumper and they look great together on my jeep!

Though I really like this bumper, and for the most part it was very easy to install, and is as I expected. Except for one area. The design of the mounting plates on the bumper itself make it almost impossible to replace the bolts if the fail or need to be replaced. There is no clearance to insert a new bolt between the backside of bumper, and the flat mounting plate. In my particular experience I was not even able to insert the bolt from the other side, and slip the nut and lock washer between the mounting plate and back wall of the bumper. Taking a grinder to a freshly powder coated part is painful to say the least. I have to say was very temped to spend the $$ on a nutsert tool, and put 1/2' nutserts into the bumper backside wall. For this reason, I cannot give this product a rating higher than 3 starts.