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Aev bumper hell

Old Feb 12, 2023 | 04:06 PM
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Angry Aev bumper hell

Ok so i buy a 2018 2 door Oscar mike edition with an AEV tubeless winch ready bumper well it's not winch ready you have to buy a mounting kit for it $384 and I'll be dam if i can find a decent grill guard that I can mount a set of lights on for it . Looks like it might be cheaper to buy a new bumper if I can find one tha I can mount a winch to is full width will take my factory fogs and still use my factory skid plate and has a grill guard that that has tabs for Extra lights. Iv been looking for days and am about ready to go screaming off into the woods ........................................... never thought it would be this difficult to set this thing up ok rant over back to looking.
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Old Feb 13, 2023 | 12:13 PM
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A lot of folks don’t like the rugged ridge stuff, it is cheaper, but I got the rugged ridge xhd bumper, accepts most any winch, factory fog lights fit in factory original location, can get different end caps from storage type, wide, stubby or high clearance, can also get other things like a bar over the winch, stinger etc, has worked well for me, haven’t tweaked anything from winching yet
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Old Feb 19, 2023 | 08:43 AM
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Well finally gave up on using this AEV bumper and bought a Barricade Trail force bumper and 1200 # winch.
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