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Following this thread to see how it goes after the winter regarding rust or paint fading...I might be interested to order one myself this summer depending on your comments.

Thanks everyone for the pictures
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Following this thread to see how it goes after the winter regarding rust or paint fading...I might be interested to order one myself this summer depending on your comments.

Thanks everyone for the pictures
I hate to say this but the paint on all the parts other than the bumper shell is awful. Looking at it sideways causes it to come off.

The fasteners themselves are soft and rust easily.

BUT

I am planning to get everything sand blasted and powder coated. I am also ordering new bolts.

So far I ordered new fog light bezels and an OEM Mopar fairlead plate, which you don’t need if you aren’t putting in a winch.
Even with the extra $60 dollars in parts, it’s still a screaming deal.

I have no idea how much the blast and powder coat will cost so that may be a deal killer for most. You should at the very least repaint the internal metal parts and winch guard bar.
 

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Following this thread to see how it goes after the winter regarding rust or paint fading...I might be interested to order one myself this summer depending on your comments.

Thanks everyone for the pictures
Mine has been holding up really well and I am still pleased with it. I am not having any issues with its finish and no issues with the mounting hardware/bolts. To be fair I did reuse the factory 8 main bolts(tow hook bolt assembly) and nuts from my factory bumper along with a set of factory crush can. I also replaced all the supplied small bolts with new auto grade bolts and painted them flat black with a quality paint.

I am using my factory Rubicon LED fog lights with the mounts that were provided for them that came with the bumper. Here too I am having no issues.
 

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got all the parts figured out except these two dont have a clue.
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Installed the badlands apex winch and eBay bumper. Like others have noted, the apex winch is huge and a PITA. I had to drill new holes to accommodate the winch mounting. The rear holes pushed the wire way too much into my grill. It still touches but not very much. I added PPF to the paint where it touches. I also had to grind out my bumper to fit the winch. Thank you @ModMike your write up helped once I got stuck. I still need to mount my bar and trim the lever. Took me 3 days after work to get this far. Overall happy with how it turned out.
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My winch wouldn’t fit in the pre drilled. I had to widen it.
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So I just picked up an eBay knock-off listed as “ 10th Anniversary Front bumper For 2007-2018 Jeep Jk Wrangler Rubicon-0873”. No sensor holes. License plate holes in a slightly different spot and appears to be pretty well put together. Even the holes around the tow hooks look better than the video review posted earlier. This one says “RUBICON” on the winch cover.

Jeep Wrangler JL Ebay Rubi Steel Bumper (not a knock-off) pretty legit! F7BB65DE-39B3-403E-B280-B71AB5583917


Jeep Wrangler JL Ebay Rubi Steel Bumper (not a knock-off) pretty legit! F7BB65DE-39B3-403E-B280-B71AB5583917


Jeep Wrangler JL Ebay Rubi Steel Bumper (not a knock-off) pretty legit! F7BB65DE-39B3-403E-B280-B71AB5583917


Jeep Wrangler JL Ebay Rubi Steel Bumper (not a knock-off) pretty legit! F7BB65DE-39B3-403E-B280-B71AB5583917
which vendor did you use? Post a link? Did you install on JL?
 

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Installed the badlands apex winch and eBay bumper. Like others have noted, the apex winch is huge and a PITA. I had to drill new holes to accommodate the winch mounting. The rear holes pushed the wire way too much into my grill. It still touches but not very much. I added PPF to the paint where it touches. I also had to grind out my bumper to fit the winch. Thank you @ModMike your write up helped once I got stuck. I still need to mount my bar and trim the lever. Took me 3 days after work to get this far. Overall happy with how it turned out.
Jeep Wrangler JL Ebay Rubi Steel Bumper (not a knock-off) pretty legit! F7BB65DE-39B3-403E-B280-B71AB5583917

My winch wouldn’t fit in the pre drilled. I had to widen it.
Jeep Wrangler JL Ebay Rubi Steel Bumper (not a knock-off) pretty legit! F7BB65DE-39B3-403E-B280-B71AB5583917

Jeep Wrangler JL Ebay Rubi Steel Bumper (not a knock-off) pretty legit! F7BB65DE-39B3-403E-B280-B71AB5583917
Mine fit perfectly but I had the same issue with the wire rubbing. Very annoying.

I toyed with the idea of putting washers behind the winch plate where it mounts on the dram rail to pull it forward.

Ultimately I decided not to because I wanted to be able to attach a steel skid plate and I was afraid the mounting holes would be too far apart.
 

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So I just picked up an eBay knock-off listed as “ 10th Anniversary Front bumper For 2007-2018 Jeep Jk Wrangler Rubicon-0873”. No sensor holes. License plate holes in a slightly different spot and appears to be pretty well put together. Even the holes around the tow hooks look better than the video review posted earlier. This one says “RUBICON” on the winch cover.

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Did anyone verify that the JK one fits the JL?
Also the picture on eBay doesn’t show Rubicon in the front?
 

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The Mopar version of the 10th Anniversary bumper fit my JL with some slight reaming of the frame mounting holes. Afterwards I’d wondered if I could have just swapped the tow hooks and not needed that.

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The Mopar version of the 10th Anniversary bumper fit my JL with some slight reaming of the frame mounting holes. Afterwards I’d wondered if I could have just swapped the tow hooks and not needed that.

Jeep Wrangler JL Ebay Rubi Steel Bumper (not a knock-off) pretty legit! B8AB6B4F-9DDD-4115-82CF-30987F15D938
Looks nice! What kind of skid plate is it? Were you able to reuse the plastic one by any chance?
 

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So is it safe to say if I purchase the Knock off version of the 10th anniversary bumper it will fit the JL??
 

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the knock off version 10 th anniversary for JK fit JL ? Just making sure
Sorry, I guess I got confused. I was referring to the eBay bumper that originally started this thread. Looks like there is now a 2nd variation of a similar bumper that has "Rubicon" printed on the fairlead plastic cover plate. I was talking about the former, not the latter (see the attached images of installed bumper). Didn't mean to confuse anyone.

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