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The mods continue! If you're like me and added a aftermarket front bumper or are running 37s+, you have a strictly hate relationship with the crash bar/ body mounts hanging off the front of your Bronco. It will be the cause of rubbing at full lock and ruin the look of your new high clearance bumper. There are a few options on the market to delete this crash bar mount and all of them will look nice when completed, but only Lobo Off-road's Erase & Brace Kit gives everything you want in a single kit. If you're going through all the effort of cutting an extension of your frame, you will want to do it right the first time.
The kit will not only give you a way to delete the ugly crash bar so you can easily run larger tires without rubbing, but it also braces the weak front end frame horns/ bumper mounts. It does that by extending up into the back side of your frame horns to backup and support them from flexing under load. I've seen first hand on the trail, bumpers flex while using recovery points. Especially in the upward direction, rotating the bumper toward your grille. This kit will definitely improve bumper strength. Ultimately giving peace of mind when using recovery points/winches.
The second thing this kit prevents is lowering your front skid plate. The other popular option will utilize the skid/intercooler mounting location. Doing so will lower your front skid down towards the ground, giving you less approach angle and potentially miss-alignment of aftermarket skid/bumper combos that utilize that location.
The install took about 3 hours start to finish and can be completed on a flat surface with a jack and jack stands. It does required you to permanently cut off the crash bar extension from your frame. So if you are worried about a unlikely frame warranty, you might want to just live with the eye sore. I would actually be curious if anyone here would know if removing the crash bar could affect a frame warranty, as it's not a direct structural part? As for the Lobo Off-road kit, it seems very well thought out and stout. It sandwiches the frame on both sides using impressive 10.9 hardware through the frame in multiple locations, with the option to add more.
Overall, Im happy with the result and I'm glad I used this kit after comparing it with with my buddy who used the other popular option. It's a win-win kit that solves a lot of issues. Once again Lobo taking it to the next level and providing well thought out products that put functionality first and look cool while doing it. If you want to see my entire install then go check out my YouTube channel! Check out some pictures I got before, during and after!
Before...
What's included.
Crash bar removed, smoothed and painted.
Removed crash bar mount. You can see it's only attached square welded section.
Comparison.
Erase & Brace kit installed.
Inboard bracket
Finished Product.
The mods continue! If you're like me and added a aftermarket front bumper or are running 37s+, you have a strictly hate relationship with the crash bar/ body mounts hanging off the front of your Bronco. It will be the cause of rubbing at full lock and ruin the look of your new high clearance bumper. There are a few options on the market to delete this crash bar mount and all of them will look nice when completed, but only Lobo Off-road's Erase & Brace Kit gives everything you want in a single kit. If you're going through all the effort of cutting an extension of your frame, you will want to do it right the first time.
The kit will not only give you a way to delete the ugly crash bar so you can easily run larger tires without rubbing, but it also braces the weak front end frame horns/ bumper mounts. It does that by extending up into the back side of your frame horns to backup and support them from flexing under load. I've seen first hand on the trail, bumpers flex while using recovery points. Especially in the upward direction, rotating the bumper toward your grille. This kit will definitely improve bumper strength. Ultimately giving peace of mind when using recovery points/winches.
The second thing this kit prevents is lowering your front skid plate. The other popular option will utilize the skid/intercooler mounting location. Doing so will lower your front skid down towards the ground, giving you less approach angle and potentially miss-alignment of aftermarket skid/bumper combos that utilize that location.
The install took about 3 hours start to finish and can be completed on a flat surface with a jack and jack stands. It does required you to permanently cut off the crash bar extension from your frame. So if you are worried about a unlikely frame warranty, you might want to just live with the eye sore. I would actually be curious if anyone here would know if removing the crash bar could affect a frame warranty, as it's not a direct structural part? As for the Lobo Off-road kit, it seems very well thought out and stout. It sandwiches the frame on both sides using impressive 10.9 hardware through the frame in multiple locations, with the option to add more.
Overall, Im happy with the result and I'm glad I used this kit after comparing it with with my buddy who used the other popular option. It's a win-win kit that solves a lot of issues. Once again Lobo taking it to the next level and providing well thought out products that put functionality first and look cool while doing it. If you want to see my entire install then go check out my YouTube channel! Check out some pictures I got before, during and after!
Before...
What's included.
Crash bar removed, smoothed and painted.
Removed crash bar mount. You can see it's only attached square welded section.
Comparison.
Erase & Brace kit installed.
Inboard bracket
Finished Product.
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