JCR's new standard rear bumper

[Ronbo]

Woke up early to unwrap the bumper:

I reused the factory nutstrip, but in order to mount the bracket, I had to cut the rear most nut, which is not used anyway:

I had to drill a hole through the factory skid in order to mount the JCR unibody tie-in bracket. Luckily, the factory already has a threaded nut in the frame rail just for that:

Then I mounted it up prior to paint just to check the fit. It's an easy one man operation. The bumper is easily adjustable up/down, left/right and in/out at the top and bottom of the bumper. Nice touch that makes it easy to fit an XJ with tons of miles on it. It even lined up perfectly with the lower quarter guards from another mfg that have been on for years.

The bumper adjusts closer to the body than depicted by this picture, but I didn't want to do the final tightening because it came right back off for paint. I've broken a few tailights and ripped the OEM bumper off, so it's a little tweaked.

Next up paint, and mount the rear facing lights. Couldn't be happier, especially for the price. Congrats JCR!

 

[rweaver138]

Nice

I just put my new front winch bumper on from them today. :thumbup:

 

[Evilpopcorn]

Thanks for posting this, was thinking of getting that bumper.

 

[YELLAHEEP]

That....... is a beautiful bumper. :thumbup:

 

[jcroffroad]

That's looks really nice on your Jeep! Be sure to post some finished pics!

 

[monkeyevil]

Looks great. All the adjust ability makes the mounting process take longer than the set-it-and-forget-it mounting of the old bumper, but it's nice to be able to get perfect body lines on any Jeep.

 

[kndrewa]

That looks great!

 

[Ronbo]

Final shots with paint and supplied lights installed:

Already had a compliment from the wifey.... :sunshine:

 

[MT Mike]

How hard is it to access the hitch pin?

 

[Biohazed]

I really like the bumper I think I need to add that to my wish list

 

[Ronbo]

How hard is it to access the hitch pin?

No real problem. There are cutouts along the bottom of the bumper that allow you to reach up to the pin.

 

[fyrfytr1717]

I like the compound angles on the face of the bumper. Looks cool!

 

[kndrewa]

I like the compound angles on the face of the bumper. Looks cool!

Yep, this ^

It really helps tuck the rear bumper and finish off the shape nicely.
Got me looking at the JCR website, thats for sure!

 

[djblade311]

That looks really good! JCR has come a long way since their original bumpers. That bumper seems cooler than my rigidco with having those holes for lights.

 

[Lurch]

Looks real good - how did you paint it? I used JCR's recommended method of self etching primer (Duplicolor) and black Rustoleum semi-gloss and the paint is coming off en masse and the bumper is beginning to rust.

Pissed off because i need to drop the bumper and repaint it. Dont want to have to do it again so I'd like to get it right this time. Thinking about using bedliner instead of paint.

 

[MoparManiac]

You may not have prepped it well enough?

I have yet to have a problem with self etching primer and rustoleum hammer/flat.

 

[Lurch]

I sanded and cleaned before painting - perhaps i used too fine of grit. What is recommended for metal prep?

 

[mini=man]

I've found Rustoleum paints don't mix well with other brands. Try using same brand paints, and if possible roll/brush on instead of spray.

 

[MoparManiac]

I've used Rustoleum on 3M primer. Works fine.

I scuff bare metal with 80 grit and wipe down with lacquer thinner or brake clean.

 

[Begster]

I must say, this new generation of the rear bumpers looks much better than the last. I really didn't like the last generation.

:thumbup: