First Look at WARN Ascend Front Bumper With Brush Guard / Bull Bar For 2021 Bronco

[Cousin Eddie]

To me, the camera view is priority. Not a big fan of the adaptive cruise anyway.

Nice start for aftermarket winch mounting!

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[dbeyers]

Finally somebody gets it. Ford should just scrap theirs and say buy this one.

Agreed ... I ordered a base squatch - no camera and no adaptive cruise - but it looks like this design may allow both to function, the adaptive radar looks to mount high, just under the lip of the hood and the winch mounts largely behind the bumper so maybe the camera works as well. I don't intend to beat down brush and i'll take my chances avoiding deer and other fuzzies, so the modest bar is perfect IMHO.

 

[Thed]

Here you go.

Not what I meant. I'm wondering where it went on the new bumper setup. The grille? The trash?

 

[GrayGhostDog]

To me, the camera view is priority. Not a big fan of the adaptive cruise anyway.

Nice start for aftermarket winch mounting!

From the looks of it, this bumper will also obstruct the front camera view. The question is how much. Not only will that bull bar obstruct the camera view from left to right, the bumper itself most likely will obstruct the camera view... that's not even including an installed winch. This bumper sticks out quite a bit for it to allow the provision of a winch.

This may be more of a "hidden" option compared to the OEM option or other aftermarket prototypes shown so far, but I don't see it being much better an option to avoid front camera obstruction.

 

[WuNgUn]

Looks kinda like...

 

[elseminoleguapo]

I would rock this on a basesquatch all day

 

[dgorsett]

I like it, but Ascend bumpers for other vehicles are $1600 to $2200. A little steep, but still nice.

 

[AK SNO RIDER]

I have a BB with no ACC or cameras. All Broncos have the collision avoiding braking. So where is that sensor? In the mystery box or up by the rear view mirror? With no camera, i like the profile of this bull bar.

Yea the emergency braking sensor is up in the rearview mirror

 

[dgorsett]

Yea the emergency braking sensor is up in the rearview mirror

So what do you think is in the box on rigs w/o ACC?

 

[Brokennose]

Looks like bull bar is blocking the front camera, but need confirmation with on screen pic.

Ditto. Like the look though.

 

[North7]

So what do you think is in the box on rigs w/o ACC?

It still blocks the intercooler, however, since Warn is working with Ford, maybe the opening behind and below the winch will provide enough airflow.

 

[North7]

From the looks of it, this bumper will also obstruct the front camera view. The question is how much. Not only will that bull bar obstruct the camera view from left to right, the bumper itself most likely will obstruct the camera view... that's not even including an installed winch. This bumper sticks out quite a bit for it to allow the provision of a winch.

This may be more of a "hidden" option compared to the OEM option or other aftermarket prototypes shown so far, but I don't see it being much better an option to avoid front camera obstruction.

There was a post about a week ago that Ford Performance will be coming out with a camera relocation kit, if true, maybe it will work on this bumper.

Now, is Ford working on an ACC relocation kit as well?

 

[TNcoupe]

Agreed ... I ordered a base squatch - no camera and no adaptive cruise - but it looks like this design may allow both to function, the adaptive radar looks to mount high, just under the lip of the hood and the winch mounts largely behind the bumper so maybe the camera works as well. I don't intend to beat down brush and i'll take my chances avoiding deer and other fuzzies, so the modest bar is perfect IMHO.

We've made it 118yrs without front cameras I dont know why everybody needs em now. You got a giant ass windshield to look out of.

 

[Lcubed]

We've made it 118yrs without front cameras I dont know why everybody needs em now. You got a giant ass windshield to look out of.

think of it as a glass bottom boat. you can see the rock before it smacks your keel

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