Reviews for Fab Fours Front Stubby Bumper for 18-22 Jeep Wrangler JL & Gladiator JT
Very solid heavy duty bumper. Only reason I give 4 stars is because the stock fog lights do NOT fit even though it says it does
The box was barely clinging to life upon delivery, thus the bumper has a few dings, nothing worse than I’m going to do and fixable with a little paint. Not quadratec or fabfour’s issue, but quadratec should take a hard look at that vendor. Install is straight forward but with so little room to put on the bolts if you don’t have a small child grab a neighbor kid with tiny hands to help. As stated in another review the fog lights DO NOT fit although it says they do. You can install it yourself but it is a very stout bumper so there will probably be some cursing involved.
This is a solidly made bumper. Install was fairly easy, two people definitely needed. I had to file mounting points out slightly so bolts would align. The stock 2020 Gladiator fog lights Are Not compatible with this bumper, even though it indicates that they are.
Only draw back is that you will have to remove bumper to take off grill, so if your planning on upgrading your head lights do that first, before your installing bumper.
The only reason I gave it a 3/5 is because the mounting bolts for it fell out as soon as I tried to put the bumper on the mounting brackets and there is no room at all to get a wrench back there to keep the bolts from spinning, for as much as this thing costs they could at least weld the bolts on or do something to keep them from easily falling off even a welded on stud would be better then loose bolts, also the coating chips really easily. Other then that the bumper looks great but for what we’re paying I expect the important parts of the bumper to be of as great of quality as the rest of it. On a better note quadratecs shipping was fast got it within a couple days very pleased with that portion
Chips and didn’t come with fog light brackets, for the stock fog lights.
Bumper is built really well and looks great. With that being said; this bumper and its fog light paradox will send your head spinning. The "holes" are square for round fog lights. How did they miss that?
Even if you manage to mount the round factory fog lights like they said you could, you have to modify the bracket to the point of building your own, then the lights set back from the opening leaving a gap. Aesthetically hard on the eyes. When I bought this bumper, it was advertised that the factory lights would mount up and were compatible. Buyer beware, this bumper will tax your nerves. Where do you get a square fog light, or a bracket that will correctly support this bumper.
I received this bumper today, in an almost crushed box, with no hardware and scratches all over the bumper. The bumper would have been really nice. And is built well. But with no hardware, and how it looks, I’m deciding on if I will ever use Quadratec again