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The WNC Front Winch Bumper is now available to order!
The WNC Front Bumper is designed to incorporate the High-N-Tight design ethos of our HNT series bumpers, but with accomodations for mounting a winch on/in the bumper while maintaining as much ground clearance and approach angle as possible. We’ve managed to shoehorn the workhorse Warn EVO Series 12,000 lb. winch within the envelope of the bumper shell. Compared to the HNT Bumper, the WNC bumper sticks out only an additional 1-7/8 inches in the front, for a total of slightly under 4" past the surface of the grille (not counting the recovery tabs). The underside lines tuck up sharply as they extend outward toward the bumper ends, allowing maximum clearance for tires to grab rocks and ledges to pull the Bronco up and over extreme obstacles. The bumper shell incorporates a fairlead mount and cutout on top to access to the winch’s clutch lever and drum.
The WNC bumper tucks the winch in enough to afford the most unobstructed view possible from the front trail camera, for a bumper-mounted winch equipped Bronco (without the optional light bar). Here's a look at the camera view:
In addition to high clearance, we’ve worked to achieve the lightest weight and lowest center of gravity possible. 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 and Winch Mount Cradle, which are made of 3/16″ thick plate steel. These components provide the structural rigidity required to support the winch as well as the bumper’s Recovery Tabs. They also incorporate Outrigger Braces for the bumper shell and provide a rigid attachment point for either the HNT Front Skid Plate, or the factory skid plate that came on Broncos equipped with the steel modular bumper. 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 HNT Front Bumper is designed to be fully compatible with parking sensors but will require relocation of the adaptive cruise control (ACC) module (relocation brackets are available now from other manufacturers, Lobo Off-Road will offer one of our own soon).
The WNC 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. WNC Front Bumper comes standard with a durable multi-stage light-textured 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).
Here's our Installation Video for this bumper:
The top-mount light bracket shown in these photos is sold separately. Note that the light mount may obstruct access to the winch's clutch lever.
One thing that is important to note with the WNC bumper is that we had to limit the choice of compatible winches, in order to tuck it in as well as we did. We designed it around the WARN EVO series winches, which does give you the choice of up to 12,000 lb. winch capacity. If you're planning on using a different brand or series of winch, just make sure it fits within the size envelope of the Warn EVO series (spec's available on WARN's website) and has the ability to remotely mount the control pack. But we can tell you now that WARN's ZEON Series winches will NOT fit.
The WNC Front Winch Bumper pairs beautifully with our HNT Aluminum Front Skid (shown in these photos) and should also work with the stock skid that came on Broncos equipped with the steel modular bumper. We believe it may also fit with other aftermarket skids that were designed to work with the factory steel modular bumper, but we have not confirmed any other compatibility yet.
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 WNC Front Bumper is designed to incorporate the High-N-Tight design ethos of our HNT series bumpers, but with accomodations for mounting a winch on/in the bumper while maintaining as much ground clearance and approach angle as possible. We’ve managed to shoehorn the workhorse Warn EVO Series 12,000 lb. winch within the envelope of the bumper shell. Compared to the HNT Bumper, the WNC bumper sticks out only an additional 1-7/8 inches in the front, for a total of slightly under 4" past the surface of the grille (not counting the recovery tabs). The underside lines tuck up sharply as they extend outward toward the bumper ends, allowing maximum clearance for tires to grab rocks and ledges to pull the Bronco up and over extreme obstacles. The bumper shell incorporates a fairlead mount and cutout on top to access to the winch’s clutch lever and drum.
The WNC bumper tucks the winch in enough to afford the most unobstructed view possible from the front trail camera, for a bumper-mounted winch equipped Bronco (without the optional light bar). Here's a look at the camera view:
In addition to high clearance, we’ve worked to achieve the lightest weight and lowest center of gravity possible. 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 and Winch Mount Cradle, which are made of 3/16″ thick plate steel. These components provide the structural rigidity required to support the winch as well as the bumper’s Recovery Tabs. They also incorporate Outrigger Braces for the bumper shell and provide a rigid attachment point for either the HNT Front Skid Plate, or the factory skid plate that came on Broncos equipped with the steel modular bumper. 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 HNT Front Bumper is designed to be fully compatible with parking sensors but will require relocation of the adaptive cruise control (ACC) module (relocation brackets are available now from other manufacturers, Lobo Off-Road will offer one of our own soon).
The WNC 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. WNC Front Bumper comes standard with a durable multi-stage light-textured 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).
Here's our Installation Video for this bumper:
The top-mount light bracket shown in these photos is sold separately. Note that the light mount may obstruct access to the winch's clutch lever.
One thing that is important to note with the WNC bumper is that we had to limit the choice of compatible winches, in order to tuck it in as well as we did. We designed it around the WARN EVO series winches, which does give you the choice of up to 12,000 lb. winch capacity. If you're planning on using a different brand or series of winch, just make sure it fits within the size envelope of the Warn EVO series (spec's available on WARN's website) and has the ability to remotely mount the control pack. But we can tell you now that WARN's ZEON Series winches will NOT fit.
The WNC Front Winch Bumper pairs beautifully with our HNT Aluminum Front Skid (shown in these photos) and should also work with the stock skid that came on Broncos equipped with the steel modular bumper. We believe it may also fit with other aftermarket skids that were designed to work with the factory steel modular bumper, but we have not confirmed any other compatibility yet.
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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