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LOL, I’m the little train that could.

Reason I ask, I want to be able to remove it if I end up wanting to change things up and not have a hacked up bumper to deal with.
You are good. Behind the tow hook/loops (whatever their called) is a piece of plastic you slide off. The bracket for the nudge bar attaches to the mounts for the tow hook/loop, so you have to remove that piece of plastic. No big deal. Just opens up a 3" by 2" square on each side of the plastic skid plate.
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Well I really need to see it on a mod bumper, don't know if it will cover up the recovery points or not. Guess I'll email them and see. Dang it!
 
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LOL, I’m the little train that could.

Reason I ask, I want to be able to remove it if I end up wanting to change things up and not have a hacked up bumper to deal with.
Just to give you a better look, I took some closer pics for you.

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Looks really nice! I wonder if it will fit on a Capable Bumper? Need to do some investigating...

Update: went to the site and some of the statements are not encouraging, specifically the "may interfere with sensors" and "requires minor cutting/drilling".

Since I don't know when I will ever see my Bronco, I can wait and hope they update this to be a straight "bolt on" or another vendor makes something similar that is also just a straight "bolt on"


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Looks really nice! I wonder if it will fit on a Capable Bumper? Need to do some investigating...

Update: went to the site and some of the statements are not encouraging, specifically the "may interfere with sensors" and "requires minor cutting/drilling".

Since I don't know when I will ever see my Bronco, I can wait and hope they update this to be a straight "bolt on" or another vendor makes something similar that is also just a straight "bolt on"


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I didn't have to cut anything. It really just bolted right on. I don't know what sensors it could mess with? But I have a Base/Sqautch. Maybe Rough Country is just covering their butts with a broad liability statement.
 

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I didn't have to cut anything. It really just bolted right on. I don't know what sensors it could mess with? But I have a Base/Sqautch. Maybe Rough Country is just covering their butts with a broad liability statement.
There’s two sensors up front that the bar runs over. I’d think you could test it by pulling up to obstacle and see if you get beep warnings. Interested to hear what you find out.
 

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Looks awesome! About to order. Haven't got my bronco yet but already have about two days of work ahead with the stuff I've already got for it. Ha
 

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Rough Country busted out a nudge bar for the OEM standard Bronco front bumper. Pics on their website looked really good, so I dropped the cash and ordered it.

You can order it with Rough Country pod lights or a light bar, but I ordered my own pod lights. They are Nilights off of Amazon. Super cheap and I have had really good luck with them. I do open them up and seal them with silicone though. If you're willing to do a little extra work, Nilights last a long time. The fog lights I installed in the bumper are also Nilights.

I do have the auxiliary switches, so wiring is super simple. The switches already have a relay and fuse, so pick your switch and wire it up to the right color wire in the harness under the hood. Easy peasy.

I think it looks great! Install for the nudge bar says 2 hours to button it up, but it took maybe 1 hour. Installing and wiring up the lights took longer than installing the nudge bar. The whole set up cost me $300.

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Damn that looks good! I might have have to do that to my big bend when it comes in next month. I also got the standard bumper and wanted to add a little something to it. This looks pretty aggressive without dumping twice as much $$$ into it.
 

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Super easy, no trimming and bolts right on. 15 mm socket and a 17 mm socket. Took me maybe 45 minutes. You got this.
Looks great. I wonder if this will work with the new capable bumper for MY22
 

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There’s two sensors up front that the bar runs over. I’d think you could test it by pulling up to obstacle and see if you get beep warnings. Interested to hear what you find out.
I have a Base/Sqautch. I don't have sensors in the front bumper. So, maybe for anyone with a different model?
 
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Looks great. I wonder if this will work with the new capable bumper for MY22
I do know that this is only for the standard front bumper. Rough Country does have bars for the MOD bumper though.
 

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Rough Country busted out a nudge bar for the OEM standard Bronco front bumper. Pics on their website looked really good, so I dropped the cash and ordered it.

You can order it with Rough Country pod lights or a light bar, but I ordered my own pod lights. They are Nilights off of Amazon. Super cheap and I have had really good luck with them. I do open them up and seal them with silicone though. If you're willing to do a little extra work, Nilights last a long time. The fog lights I installed in the bumper are also Nilights.

I do have the auxiliary switches, so wiring is super simple. The switches already have a relay and fuse, so pick your switch and wire it up to the right color wire in the harness under the hood. Easy peasy.

I think it looks great! Install for the nudge bar says 2 hours to button it up, but it took maybe 1 hour. Installing and wiring up the lights took longer than installing the nudge bar. The whole set up cost me $300.

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Love that bar! It looks a hell of a lot better than the stock one though I'm concerned with it blocking the sensor at the front of the car. (Think it's the variable cruse control sensor or something like that.)
 

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I have a Base/Sqautch. I don't have sensors in the front bumper. So, maybe for anyone with a different model?
Reviewing where the horizontal bar runs I don’t think this works for 360/Sensors on upper trims. If anyone knows otherwise I’d love to hear.
 
 


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