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Smittybilt SRC Classic Rear Bumper

Grump Fish

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I got my rear bumper installed over the weekend.
I trimmed off the stock bumper plate so that the new Smittybilt bumper would cover it. I also cut off the bottom tabs on the new bumper, ground them smooth, and touched it up with some primer and Rustoleum pebble finish paint; it actually blended very good.
If you look at the picture of the OEM bumper plate, I used the eight holes that you can see primer on (the primer in the center was just to cover where I used a scribe for marking center). The four outer holes are new ones I drilled. The four to the inside are stock holes that are reinforced on the back with the OEM gusset attaching the stock plate to the frame. I drilled those out to use 3/8" bolts. I drilled and tapped the bumper, which is 1/4" steel. I considered using 1/2" bolts but taping 1/4" steel for 1/2-13 bolts would not give me many threads and would possibly be weaker than the 3/8".
This seems like a fairly sturdy mounting solution since I will only be using it to pull a small utility trailer or my aluminum boat.

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Good job, Mr. Fish! How about share the Smittybilt parts number for that bumper, please sir! You are the bumper man!
 

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Looks great!!! do you by chance know if this will bolt right on the "On the Rox" CJ adapter>>>
DEKirk, I cant say for sure since Im not familiar with the adapter, but the Smittybilt bumper info shows it will fit for 1976-2006 so it should be good for CJ, YJ, and TJ.
I can say that I really like this bumper. The way I installed it has held up very well to pulling some large tree parts after the hurricanes last year.
 
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