Reviews for Rugged Ridge XOR Front Stubby Bumper for 07-23 Jeep Wrangler JK, JL & Gladiator JT
This is a great bumper. Light, looks good, great value. 54lbs bumper and 18lbs skid. bracket included for led fogs. Mine is an 2021 Gladiator Sport S, so direct mount for the non-led factory fogs. Very easy install, took me and wifey 3 hrs, more spending taking the fog harness on the stock bumper. Make sure you have a 18mm and 17mm deep socket.
Great value and heavy duty. Was packaged well with no damage when i received it. Have not installed yet but the build quality is great.
The bumper is solid and the price is great, but the powdercoat is awful. Both 0f the shackle mounts as well as the fairlead mount and one small spot of the end of the bumper are missing powdercoat, the points of the shackle mounts are completely rubbed bare. The bumper was packaged well so obviously it's a bad powdercoat job. I always end up touching up bumpers, sliders, etc with black paint from scratching them up, but it's really disappointing to have to do it before I even put it on the Jeep.
Here is my review. I highly recommend this bumper despite my experience. The carrier—FEDEx did a poor job delivering my order and I had to have diverted and picked up at a local store. The shipping packaging was all but destroyed and as would be expected the bumper had damage. Though a stub styled bumper and being 4mm thick, shipping bent the fairlead/ hawse retainer and paint was scuffed and chipped primarily on the edges. A lesser bumper may not of survived this delivery. All mounted hardware somehow were present and the mounting studs were intact and without damage. The bumper is among the best I have purchased and a very easy install (also have purchased Arcus, HD, and FabFours to name others). Note, if replacing a factory plastic bumper the OEM fog-lights likely will not fit. To remedy, I purchased Quadratec fog-lights which too bad no longer offer in amber (hint).
Price and style
Have to agree with Richard W. - this bumper is super solid and the price is great, but the powdercoat is terrible. Both of my shackle mounts as well and several small spots of the end and top of the bumper are missing powdercoat, the points of the shackle mounts are completely rubbed bare. There are scratches on the bar and I've even started to see some rust. I've had this bumper for a barely6 weeks and I informed Quadratec about this issue upon it's delivery and BEFORE it was installed onto my Jeep, they sent me some AEV spray paint. That's it. End of story.
This bumper came chipped in multiple spots and not from shipping damage. They wrapped it in more than enough bubble wrap to protect it. A major thing to note, THIS IS NOT BUILT FOR THE JK. The bumper itself does fit but the "skid plate" is not made for the JK. The instruction book specifically says JL/JT, there is a lower crossbar that it hits and will not allow it to be mounted. The only way around this would be to cut that crossbar off and I wasn't willing to do that. The sales rep I spoke with was very helpful and got the return set up for me. That being said, the bumper itself, other than the cheap powder coat job, looks amazing and it was a very easy install. I feel I have to keep it at 2 stars so others will see this to know it will not work as intended for the JK.