Thanks for the pic. Ordered 04/20/2019. Hopefully it comes in before camping at Lake Powell Utah. Originally ordered a smittybuilt and thats why my front end is naked. Could not get the under bumper mount to line up without a whole lot of hogging out the mount holes so I returned it. In the end I think RESZ bumper is about half the weight and much better looking.
Holes for the mount are slotted left to right. Not much room to move up or down.
Construction - 1/4″ Steel Reinforcement Brackets, 20″ light bar cutout filler plate included with purchase, Frame and winch mount made from 1/4″ steel, Outer shell made from 10 gauge steel
Finish - Bare Metal or Black Powder Coat
Light mounts - Yes; 20″ Single Row LED light bar and fog light cutouts
Sad to see a few of the companies discontinue their FJ bumpers, but the comparison is all up to date. Mostly just price changes, not many feature changes. Some companies now offer new bumpers like Metal Tech with their Stronghold Bumper similar to US Off-road's and RESZ Fab with their new DIY kit.
At the moment there are not too many options available for mounting a winch in the original bumper. Since I'm based in Saudi Arabia, the few options available were well out of reach. So I decided to design a winch mounting bracket myself. The taking of the measurement took several weekends...
Anyone have the Badlands 12k winch on a smittybuilt m1 bumper. My buddy just sold his FJ and never I stalled him M1 and I can snag it pretty cheap. Also heard it needs a control box relocation kit is that normally with the smittybuilt bumper.or separate?
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I finally got my 12k badland winch installed in my arb bumper, wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It had tensioner springs that had to be removed and I had to clock it for the free spool lever, but all in all not bad. The control box is stuck with double sided gorilla tape. Will have to...
Located up here in the rust belt where road salt destroys aftermarket steel bumpers, rock guards/sliders and skid plates. There are aluminum skid plates and bumpers available but having a tough time finding aluminum sliders and guards. Does anyone know of anyone that stock or custom make FJ...
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Yesterday i went up in the hills skiing and as i approached the ski area, the snow / ice was enough to warrant 4wd. and i put it in.. no problem. at the end of the day as i got ready to leave, i took it out of 4wd (high, not low). did the same thing i always do - push the lever from 4wd...
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