Reviews for Fab Fours Rear Bumper for 20-22 Jeep Gladiator JT
My wife likes the items.
Great fit love the look and install is easy
Looks awesome. Not too difficult to install instructions are straight forward.
Let me start out by saying I don't do reviews that often, but for the amount of money this product is, I felt it was necessary. In case you don't want to read the whole thing, the bumper looks great and was packed very well for shipping. Instructions were absolute garbage. If you have backup sensors, forget about it. If you have the non-rubicon model, I would choose a different bumper.
My Setup: 2020 Gladiator Overland
Pros: Bumper looks great, very sturdy
Cons:
- Rubicon Steel Bumper License Plate Brackets do not fit well at all, in fact I had to take a dremel tool to them to even get them to somewhat fit. FabFours solution was to send some black silicon type glue to make them seal better, I guess....I didn't use it.
- The instructions say to remove the stock sensor housing from the bumper to put into the new bumper...well..you can't just take those out, they are glued into the stock bumper and you basically trash your stock bumper trying to get them out. So I ordered some 3/4" rubber grommets from amazon hoping that will do the trick.
- There is nothing to help hold the wiring in place. Once you have the bumper on, thats when you should install the wiring, otherwise you will get a headache.
- Some of the components come with welded in bolts, not sure what thats called, but you get the idea. Almost every one of those had to be retapped. I destroyed several bolts trying to get them to go...I've had to order new bolts for the side plates as those go in, but do not come out. I have one that I will have to drill out and retap.
- The instructions say to leave the two side panel bolts loose until the bumper is in place, well their engineers obviously have never installed this bumper onto an Overland Gladiator because there is zero chance of you accessing two of the bolts on each side. And I had to cut one of the bolts down to even get the bumper to sit correctly, it wouldn't go past one of their parts you have to bolt onto to the frame.
I'm not a rookie, I have done all my own work shy of an engine swap and I was very disappointed that this product was so difficult to install.
The other reviews that say it was an easy install and instructions were great are lying out of their you know what...they either work for Quadratec or work for FabFour.
The only reason I'm giving this two stars instead of one is because the bumper really does look great and I'm too tired to remove the bumper to return it.
Fit and finish is garbage. Had to tap every hole as there was sand and paint in every hole. Does NOT fit with out modification if you do not have a tow package/receiver hitch.
Not worth the asking price