Hooke Road Gladiator JT JL Front Bumper w/Grill Guard for 2018-2025 Jeep Wrangler JL & Gladiator JT 2/4 Doors, Bull Bar Rock Crawler Bumper w/Winch Plate

Looks great, just follow instructions.

This bumper could have been great. Instead, it is just OK. If it wasn't so heavy and such a hassle, I would've returned it. It has some design issues, the instructions are terrible, the hardware is soft, and the finish is fragile. To start, the instruction are not that great. They are not detailed at all and the order in which they assemble the bumper is odd. You should assemble the bumper, then the brush guard and then put them together. TIP 1: Do not tighten the bars on the brush guard until you have everything connected and in position. Hardware: the bolts are soft and the hex socket rounds easily. The bolts/nuts should be grade 8. Design: 2 major problems. For whatever reason, the wings that attach to the box that has the light in it are too tall. Oddly, the wings are the same height as the main bumper body but can't bolt to it because the holes are different. Not only does this look odd, it leaves an open hole in the wing that will collect moisture and rust. I don't understand why the boxes with the lights are smaller than the main bumper. Doesn't make sense and looks weird. Also, the cross tubes all have open ends. If you live in a state that uses salt in the winter, these are all rust traps. TIP 2: buy 6-1.5" plastic hole plugs and 2-3/8"plastic hole plugs to plug the open ends of all the tubes. This will help prevent rust. I don't understand why Hooke Road doesn't include them in the kit. Lastly, the powder coat finish is thin, brittle and flakes easily. It should be thicker and more durable. Overall, it looks nice. But, I can see the issues coming and believe that I will have to take it in and have it powder coated again in a year or two. For the money, it is ok. If you buy this bumper, don't forget the plugs from Ace if you don't want it to rust from the inside out.

Looks great, but was a pain in the azz to install by myself. Instructions are very unclear clear. I got it done after two days.

works as advertised easy to add to jeep

The only issue I had was the holes in the winch plate for the winch were 3/4" off center. Redrrilled and Bob's your Uncle!!! Love the coverage and the look!!!

Missing some small screws and nuts , fits well , side ears on front bumper seem to be designed somewhat misaligned I took mine off for a more stubby look. Black coating is not very resilient and tends to flake off but the bumper itself is sturdy. Have a Warn 10000 winch on the included bumper plate however it seems to flex quite a bit when put under load (the plate) wish it was a bit thicker.

Straightforward to assemble. Took me about 3 hours including remove factory bumper. Looks awesome on jeep and feels really solid!

Pretty good bumper, but for the life of me I can't understand why the winch bolts holes are not drilled in the center of the fairlead and the truck. Why, why, why. Had to re-drill new holes and got it close as I could with the gussets on the bottom. They would have an awesome bumper, but they need to tweak out the kinks. BAD....Grade 8 hardware would only help as well.