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The Lobo Off-Road HNT Front Bumper is now available!
The HNT Front Bumper is designed to provide everything the avid four-wheeler needs, and nothing they don't. It is engineered as a high clearance, light-weight but tough bumper that meets or exceeds the factory bumper's clearance at every angle. LOBO Off-Road's High-N-Tight Design Ethos guided our product development process to result in the highest clearance bumper possible without performing major surgery to the Bronco's frame. The bumper tucks up severely as it extends outboard of the frame rails, preserving enough structural thickness to protect the Bronco's grille while allowing maximum clearance for tires to access rock obstacles to apply traction.
The HNT philosophy also applies to weight and materials used, as it pushed us to maintain the lowest center of gravity possible. That means keeping weight to a minimum. We achieved that by using 1/8-inch thick plate steel for the bumper's outer shell. This is thicker material than the factory Modular steel bumper, but lighter weight than most heavy aftermarket bumpers which are made of thicker plate. But we did provide the beef where it counts, as the bumper shell mounts over our beefy Frame Brackets, which are made of 3/16" thick plate steel. The frame brackets provide the structural rigidity required to support the bumper's Recovery Tabs, Outrigger Braces for the bumper shell and a rigid attachment points for our Aluminum Front Skid, or the HNT Hidden Winch Skid Plate, or the factory skid. The weight of this beefy under-structure is concentrated where it is needed, and absent where it would be a waste.
The 1" thick CNC machined Extreme Duty Recovery Tabs are fully incorporated into the beefy structure of the Frame Brackets and protrude through CNC laser-cut slots in the Bumper Shell. These Recovery Tabs accept standard heavy duty D-ring shackles and soft shackles, and are fully boxed and braced to handle the most severe recovery duty or even tow-bar attachments for flat towing. The Bumper Shell's center and outboard cut-outs are filled with removable CNC laser-cut mesh panels that may be painted a contrasting color by the end-user, if desired. The top-center cut-out will accommodate a variety of off-road lighting configurations (more information coming soon). The HNT Front Bumper is designed to be fully compatible with all currently available sensors and electronics, including parking sensors, panic-stop warning sensors and adaptive cruise control.
A mounting bracket for installing up to four Rigid Industries DXL LED light pods (or similar) in the center section of the bumper is sold separately.
The HNT Front Bumper is made entirely of 1/8" and 3/16" thick mild steel plate, CNC laser cut, precision brake-formed, and professionally fixture welded for a consistent fit and finish. Premium hardware and detailed installation instructions are included. HNT Front Bumper comes standard with a durable multi-stage semi-gloss black powder coat finish. For those who wish to paint or coat it a custom color, the bumper may be special-ordered raw (please allow extra production time).
The HNT Front Bumper pairs well with either our HNT Aluminum Skid (available now) or our HNT Hidden Winch Skid (available now for 2.3L, coming soon for 2.7L). Learn more about the HNT bumper or place your order on our website HERE, to get in on our initial production run which will be completed and begin shipping out around November 1st. This weekend we're showing it to the public for the first time at the Off-Road Expo in Pomona, California. If you're in the area we'd love to show it to you in person!
Here's our Installation Video for the HNT Front Bumper:
All Lobo Off-Road Bumpers are now available in an optional finish: Mica Armor Coat is a super durable polyester powder coat finish with excellent weather resistance properties for high performance and architectural applications. It has built-in UV resistance to reduce fade over time, which is especially important for vehicles that spend their time outside and on the trail rather than in the garage. This polyester powder coat is thicker and more durable than typical coatings, better able to resist scuffs, scratches and chipping. Mica Armor Coat is dark gray in color, with a light 3D Metallic flake (see Finish close-ups in Image Gallery). Please allow up to two weeks additional lead time for Mica Armor Coat.
The standard finish on all Lobo Bumpers is still our Light-Textured Black Powder Coat:
The HNT Front Bumper is designed to provide everything the avid four-wheeler needs, and nothing they don't. It is engineered as a high clearance, light-weight but tough bumper that meets or exceeds the factory bumper's clearance at every angle. LOBO Off-Road's High-N-Tight Design Ethos guided our product development process to result in the highest clearance bumper possible without performing major surgery to the Bronco's frame. The bumper tucks up severely as it extends outboard of the frame rails, preserving enough structural thickness to protect the Bronco's grille while allowing maximum clearance for tires to access rock obstacles to apply traction.
The HNT philosophy also applies to weight and materials used, as it pushed us to maintain the lowest center of gravity possible. That means keeping weight to a minimum. We achieved that by using 1/8-inch thick plate steel for the bumper's outer shell. This is thicker material than the factory Modular steel bumper, but lighter weight than most heavy aftermarket bumpers which are made of thicker plate. But we did provide the beef where it counts, as the bumper shell mounts over our beefy Frame Brackets, which are made of 3/16" thick plate steel. The frame brackets provide the structural rigidity required to support the bumper's Recovery Tabs, Outrigger Braces for the bumper shell and a rigid attachment points for our Aluminum Front Skid, or the HNT Hidden Winch Skid Plate, or the factory skid. The weight of this beefy under-structure is concentrated where it is needed, and absent where it would be a waste.
The 1" thick CNC machined Extreme Duty Recovery Tabs are fully incorporated into the beefy structure of the Frame Brackets and protrude through CNC laser-cut slots in the Bumper Shell. These Recovery Tabs accept standard heavy duty D-ring shackles and soft shackles, and are fully boxed and braced to handle the most severe recovery duty or even tow-bar attachments for flat towing. The Bumper Shell's center and outboard cut-outs are filled with removable CNC laser-cut mesh panels that may be painted a contrasting color by the end-user, if desired. The top-center cut-out will accommodate a variety of off-road lighting configurations (more information coming soon). The HNT Front Bumper is designed to be fully compatible with all currently available sensors and electronics, including parking sensors, panic-stop warning sensors and adaptive cruise control.
A mounting bracket for installing up to four Rigid Industries DXL LED light pods (or similar) in the center section of the bumper is sold separately.
The HNT Front Bumper is made entirely of 1/8" and 3/16" thick mild steel plate, CNC laser cut, precision brake-formed, and professionally fixture welded for a consistent fit and finish. Premium hardware and detailed installation instructions are included. HNT Front Bumper comes standard with a durable multi-stage semi-gloss black powder coat finish. For those who wish to paint or coat it a custom color, the bumper may be special-ordered raw (please allow extra production time).
The HNT Front Bumper pairs well with either our HNT Aluminum Skid (available now) or our HNT Hidden Winch Skid (available now for 2.3L, coming soon for 2.7L). Learn more about the HNT bumper or place your order on our website HERE, to get in on our initial production run which will be completed and begin shipping out around November 1st. This weekend we're showing it to the public for the first time at the Off-Road Expo in Pomona, California. If you're in the area we'd love to show it to you in person!
Here's our Installation Video for the HNT Front Bumper:
All Lobo Off-Road Bumpers are now available in an optional finish: Mica Armor Coat is a super durable polyester powder coat finish with excellent weather resistance properties for high performance and architectural applications. It has built-in UV resistance to reduce fade over time, which is especially important for vehicles that spend their time outside and on the trail rather than in the garage. This polyester powder coat is thicker and more durable than typical coatings, better able to resist scuffs, scratches and chipping. Mica Armor Coat is dark gray in color, with a light 3D Metallic flake (see Finish close-ups in Image Gallery). Please allow up to two weeks additional lead time for Mica Armor Coat.
The standard finish on all Lobo Bumpers is still our Light-Textured Black Powder Coat:
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