Reviews for Rampage Products 99306 Rock Rage Front Bumper for 07-23 Jeep Wrangler JL, JK & Gladiator JT
Overall great buy but the fog light provided hardware is a huge pain.
on installing the bumper on my 2019 jeep wrangler sport I found loosening the bolts on the the frame brackets for the bumper makes it easier to install the bumper. there are two brackets on each frame horn hooked to the bumper loosen them ad let them hang until you get the bumper in place then reinstall them with the new hardware.
Bumper looks great and was easy to install, i did have to widen the holes on my jeep so the holes would line up but not mich. And the corner of the bumper got dinged in shipping. That's the only reason it's not 5 star.
Great bumper for the price. Make sure you have 2 Mopar 68298651AA fog light bracket adapters ( 6.99 each from Quadratec) if you want to use the fog lights off of Gladiator Sport S bumper . This made the transfer of the lights much easier than trying to cut and modify the 3 tab brackets from the OEM bumper. All in all a good project which took just under 2 hours for an awesome upgrade.
Great bumper for the price! Really easy install and good quality. Only problem was the box came damaged a corner of the bumper was chipped. I had to recoat it, but the color doesn’t match exactly. Not the products fault though, just the shippers!
Love the product. I had to return one bumper because of a manufacturer defect, but Quadratec and Rampage customer service were both very helpful in arranging for a replacement. The installation of the fog lights was the hardest part of the install, the location of the screw was a little tricky. I cut off one of the tabs of the fog light to make it an easier fit. Other than that instillation was very simple.
This is my second Rampage Bumper. An earlier review mentioned that the bumper didn't fit, true. Mine was 4mm short in total width. I took the side brackets off, and used a dremmel grinder to adjust the primary bracket. Then reinstalled the side adjustable brackets back in place. A little extra work, but only about 30min. I was a little pissed that the fog lights didn't fit too, but rather than fabricate something i bought a pair of 2018 OEM led fog lights. $50 on Amazon. The JL rackets are different. I sold my old bumper on Ebay and it paid for the whole project.... well the bumper anyway. I also installed KCs and a Warn Winch. I was super happy with my last Rampage, and that took a ton of fabrication to fit it to a CJ when it was made for a JK. But in the end it looked great and functioned even better. This project is almost done, just have the Warn to put on in a day or so. And it looks great and is stable. The new bumper matches up nicely to the grill. As for a skid plate... ill use a red laser (picture mounting laser) to mark the OEM skid plate, the cut that with a grinder (straight lines), then weld a sacrificial lip to the old skid plate, and mark some new holes. The drill, tap, paint, and attach. Should be fairly simple. So simple its suprising that Rampage doesn't have one already. I'd make it for everybody but i suspect it will be about 5hrs work, and that would be pricy if you wanted to buy it from me. But try it, see if it works for you.
Great looking bumper, easy to install, no directions necessary. Cant ask for an easier install then this
I'm disappointed that the steel is only 5/32" (.156") thick and not the 3/16" (.187") as advertised. The brush guard tube was even thinner so I fabricated some 1.75" diameter supports to beef it up. We'll see how it holds up on the trail. I got mine at a significant discount so the price made it worth it I suppose.
Solid bumper that checks most of the boxes. I installed this on my 2020 JT Gladiator Sport S. The description says its compatible with JK and JL also note that that I read that some JL customers had issue with the fog light mounts not being correct. I expected this to be the case for me and it took some minor trimming and drilling of the fogs to get them to mount up. The bumper is sturdy with a nice finish and weighing around 75lbs is heavy enough with out being overly heavy. There was a small bend it the fairlead moutnt area but straitened out when my fairlead was installed this was a minor issue. Jeep makes it easy to replace the bumper and Quadratec does well with putting the how to videos out there. Really easy project. Nice bumper that doesn't break the bank.