Reviews for Rampage Products 99306 Rock Rage Front Bumper for 07-23 Jeep Wrangler JL, JK & Gladiator JT
It comes packaged very nicely with rubber to protect the vulnerable spots and fully wrapped in bubble wrap and cardboard. The installation was easy, just note that the bolts they provide you will need a 19 mm socket (sorta dumb when the rest of the job uses 18mm). Make sure you have a friend help get the bumper onto the bolts it needs to line up right to go on. All in all. Looks great, well made an easy reasonably price upgrade. 4 stars because the instructions should tell you that you need 19mm. But that’s me being critical.
Poor fit. accuracy of bolt placement made mounting very difficult. Had to install with one nut on each side and force together. then install mounting washers, lock washers and nuts. Instructions poor. 2020 gladiator has cable for fog lights inside the bumper. had to dis assemble bumper to get cable. then use it. not in instructions. Purchased extension cable which was not needed and would not work on 2020 gladiator.
DID NOT fit my 2021 Gladiator Overland. The studs in the bumper didn't come close to lining up with the holes in the frame rails. Not even close. Had to use air tools to significantly ream out the holes in the frame rails and after a process of trial and error fitment all night long, finally got it to slide on so we could bolt it down.
Also, listing says it accommodates factory fog lights. This is partially true. My lights are the LEDs included in the "premium LED lighting" package. They had 4 tabs securing them into the factory bumper. On this Rock Rage bumper you can only use 2 tabs. AND one of the lower tabs has to be trimmed off your light so the washer/nut will fit past it for tightening. So, modification has to be made here also.
After spending hours modifying the Jeep to work with this bumper, it finally went on and it does look good. I plan to put the winch on this weekend. I do not like that the fog lights have nothing protecting them from water, mud, road salt, rocks from the tires, etc. I do not like that the bumper didn't fit out of the box. I didn't like having to modify my expensive LED light housings. But overall, for the money, this seems to be a nice bumper. Time will tell if it holds up!!
Received the bumper and after a week, had already developed some surface rust near the bolt holes for the winch. I applied some paint to protect those places.
Great bumper however factory three bolt lights will not fit, this isn’t clearly stated. Bummed I’m rolling without fog lights until I can find something that will work. Should state the type of light needed for bolt up.
overall good construction, however the nuts and bolts for installation are all powder coated and had to be stripped down to get them to install. If you buy this, take the paint off the threads when the bumper is on the ground and run all the nuts down the bolts then take them off to make sure they will install before you put the bumper on the jeep. Also, I have the quardatec LED fog lights and you have to cut off lower inside mounting tab to get it to fit onto the bumper for installation.
The bumper look good. But I had to return it because the bull bar had two dents on it
I wondered why it was on sale at a $70 discount... The box was in great shape, the bumper was packaged with extreme care with cardboard and bubble wrap... However, upon opening the packaging (carefully, with scissors only cutting the tape that held the packaging together) I discover some pretty significant scratches... Like it had been bought, d rings installed, dropped and scratched, and sent back for a return... And I just happen to be the lucky recipient of someone else's mistake... I will post pictures.
Otherwise the bumper is extremely solid. I am happy with how fast it shipped and the price. However, I am not happy about being blindsided with a blemished product.
I will be installing and running this bumper with pride. With that said, you're welcome Quadratec... I choose not to be a customer support nightmare.
Keith A.
Factory fog light brackets did not fit as advertised.
I'll start at 5 stars. It is a solid bumper that looks great once you get it on! I subtracted 1 star for the fairly useless instructions and for the fact that my first bumper came extremely damaged. I subtracted another star because the bumper didn't fit without me drilling out the mounting holes a little bit. I subtracted my final star because the factory fog lights on a Gladiator (JT) do not mount. I had to do some pretty wild fabrication to get them to mount correctly.
I am happy now that it is on, 5-6 hours later!