Description
Trail Runner Styling. If your JL Wrangler sees use both on the street and out on the trail, you may want to replace that inferior stock bumper with one that can handle the extra abuse. This Barricade Trail Runner Front Bumper with LED Fog Lights will provide excellent protection from all kinds of off-road hazards while giving your JL rugged styling. Featuring a built-in winch plate that is capable of supporting a 12,000 pound winch and two high strength D-Ring mounts with 9,500 pound rated D-Rings, this Trail Runner Bumper is perfect for those who don’t shy away from adventure.
Integrated LED Lights. This Front Bumper includes two 3-inch square LED Fog Lights. These Fog Lights are equipped with high powered LEDs and are designed to provide intense 6000K light. Each light is rated IP67 providing reliable waterproof performance, thanks to a tough aluminum housing sealed with a polycarbonate lens.
Heavy Duty Construction. Barricade manufactures their Trail Runner Front Bumper from mild steel plating and mandrel bent steel tubing for superior strength and rigidity. The D-Ring mounts are welded on both the inside and the outside for extra strength. Barricade then completes their Bumper in a two stage finish using epoxy pre-coating and high-grade textured black powder coating for long lasting durability.
Easy, Bolt-On Installation. Barricade engineered their Trail Runner Front Bumper to be a direct bolt-on replacement for the original stock bumper reusing the factory mounting points. There is no cutting or modifications required for a clean straight forward install. Installation can be completed in about two hours with just basic hand tools and the help of a friend.
Application. This Barricade Trail Runner Front Bumper with LED Fog Lights is designed to fit 2018-2023 Jeep Wrangler JL models.
James M (verified owner) –
The bumpers look great and just took an afternoon to install the front and rear.
Melissa M (verified owner) –
I love this bumper and love that it matches my trail rear bumper. The LED lights are bright and look great on. My light bar was easily mounted. Now…the install instructions are horrible and had to contact ET for help but once I had some more pictures it was easy! I did not install the front skid that came with it. Compared to my Rubi OEM skid it just wasn’t as sturdy and the bumper and winch installed fine with the skid on.
Carl M (verified owner) –
The good: It is a solid and nice looking bumper. The coating seems pretty solid. It comes with a skid plate which is nice. The fog lights seem to be pretty bright, though I’ve not tried them in the dark yet. I just installed it today.
Not so good:
Took me most of the day to install this bumper. I’m not great when it comes to this kind of thing which is probably why. I did it solo, and that didn’t help lol. Instructions were not very good, and I couldn’t find a video for this model of bumper. I bought the 12k Apex winch and it didn’t fit, which was a bummer. I bought this model, in part, due to it came with it’s own fog lights. I have a Rubicon, and a lot of bumpers out there won’t accept stock fog lights from Rubicons for whatever reason. It is not plug and play for use with the stock wiring. I stripped my stock bumper down to get all the wiring and it did not plug into the slots. It does come with a set of wires to run it into your cab that has a little switch which looks like it would plug into where the stock wires goes, so that may be ok it you want to do that. I just stripped the wires and hooked them into the stock wires so I can use my fog light button.
Overall I really like the looks and build of the bumper so I give it 4 stars. I had lots under not so good, but after all is said and done I am happy with my purchase. Just keep in mind about the fog lights, and get the 9 9.5k winch to be safe.
Earl B (verified owner) –
I really like the look of this bumper and it’s definitely up to the task of being used while wheeling. Instructions were a little hard to follow but we managed to get it installed. The fog lights are bright enough to be useful on the trail or back roads.