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I found the skid plate can only be mounted once the winch is in place. The plate makes it impossible to reach the two rear bolts that secure the winch. The other tips were very helpful, thanks.
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I found the skid plate can only be mounted once the winch is in place. The plate makes it impossible to reach the two rear bolts that secure the winch. The other tips were very helpful, thanks.
I just put a Warn Zeon 10s on with the skid plate in place. It wasn’t hard at all. I was even able to get a 3/4” ratchet in there to tighten everything up.
 

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I put the skid plate on last. Used the space to get the winch wire up to the battery before installing the skid plate. Think I used ratchet wrenches to get up there.
 

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I found the skid plate can only be mounted once the winch is in place. The plate makes it impossible to reach the two rear bolts that secure the winch. The other tips were very helpful, thanks.
I installed mine with the skid plate on. The two front bolts have access holes under them. The two rear bolts are a little harder to reach but its not that bad with the right length socket.
 

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Hi Guys,

Glad to see others with same bumper. A few comments...yes it is a huge pain to install, the instructions are not clear at all, the fog lights mounts seem very poor design, only 2 bolts instead of 4! Mount the skid plate to the bumper before you put the bumper on unless you have little tiny hands!

For the price we paid, I expected better quality and design. Also, already have a little rust on the back side of the brush guard welds and the small holes through the bumper.

I had called Warn a lot while struggling with mine and go the instructions in color! See attached.

The good thing is that they do look great!

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So how's the bumper holding up? Any more rust?
 

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Mine was a bear to install. Directions were not very clear and had me installing parts only to have to take them back off to allow continuation of the install. I am very pleased with the quality of this bumper and winch. Took me and my son about six hours to install everything.

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how are you mounting the license plate?
 

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Was it the fog lights? They should definitely be installed after the 6 carriages bolts are installed with the the retaining clips. The directions should be revised, IMO.

Looks great by the way! My dad and I installed mine in about the same time, with several breaks for short periods of rain throughout the day.

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How did you install your license plate?
 

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Here is the second one I have installed on my daughters Sahara. We used a flip license plate bracket over the fairline. I have installed two fronts on JLU’s, on rear on my JLUR and full set on a JK I had. The rear JL is the worst of all of them. The backup camera setup is bad. The front fog light bracket is “cheesy”. The new elite powder coating is not up to par. The are rust spots at the weld joints starting to appear. I was missing and got the wrong hardware from Warn. Their quality control sucks! But, there bumpers look awesome. I wanted a the tire carrier to swing with the tailgate instead of separate.
The new ones have a little silver badge with Elite and Warn. They could loose that. The old ones did not have it. Would I buy again, yes but check hardware package before accepting
 

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i like the warn full width bumpers. i cant decide if i like the hoop or not. i would like to have a "beefy" bull bar to protect the grill area.
 

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How did you install your license plate?
Honestly, I don't remember where I got it. Just a little plate that goes behind the fairlead and has arms that go down below. Legal, in my state, and out of the way.
 

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Finished my install, about to wire to the battery and install the rope....my was ordered from Amazon but didn’t come with the logo....hopefully when I order a rear one I get no logo so they match

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