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I'm also a proponent of not lugging around a lot of extra weight, to avoid the performance penalty.

But I push things such as other vehicles with my flat Jeep bumper (a reason I don't want the shackle "fangs" sticking out that seem all the rage these days). The bumper sometimes gets slammed into things off-road. Also I use the bumper as an outdoor work bench, clamping wood and metal to the bumper for cutting/grinding/hammering.

I haven't found many good Bronco bumpers for the above usages, so probably I'll weld up my own bumper design next summer.
The Warn front bumper looks like a table…lol
 

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Sounds like a crap shoot on what bolts and nuts you get, I only had 14 total clips and short on short bolts and missing two nuts….not suprised though considering the origin
Above I posted a link to the eBay listing of this bumper. After a bit of detective work, I matched my bolts to that photo, as well as mounting positions. At some point I hope to get instructions; I’m not 100% sure I assembled it correctly, but the gaps are right and it’s solid as hell.
 
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I got mine yesterday and installed it last night. Definitely not a simple bolt it together and go deal.

The two mounting brackets were not bent correctly and so the holes did not line up with the main bumper shell.
I also added parking sensor holes (drilled with a step drill and cut the keying notches with a hand file).
A lot of trial and error with the order and location to put hardware.

The end result was a solid bumper. :)

I also put in the Rough Country Black Series lights.
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It's insane that these Chinese knockoffs/ripoffs are allowed.
do you know what percentage of a Broncos parts are made in China?
BRONCO: Percent of content from U.S./Canada: 55%
....wheres that other 45% from??
 

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Looks like someone did this install already, aside from some weird bolts, looks like quality and fit are pretty spot on.

this is a totally differet clone - this one has the end pieces attaching out at the end like factory. The one the OP is talking about has the end pieces attaching WAAAYYY inboard.
 

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and that was after I burned up 3 blades cutting the factory recovery points.
You have to cut the factory recovery points? You can't remove them any other way?
 

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You have to cut the factory recovery points? You can't remove them any other way?
I ordered the factory brackets without the tow hooks on them from a ford part supplier for roughly $110, took 5 mins to switch them out, I wanted to keep the originals with the old bumper in case I sell or need to reuse sometime
 

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this is a totally differet clone - this one has the end pieces attaching out at the end like factory. The one the OP is talking about has the end pieces attaching WAAAYYY inboard.
Yes the complete ends come off but there is a solid top bar brace behind them that is part of the bumper that almost runs the full top length under the ends on both sides, so you would be protected just as well as the oem bumper in the event of a front corner collision
 

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What did you use to grind off the factory tow hooks?
 
 





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