These are sold through Ford Performance it was a partnership with Method to make the wheel hub centric to the Bronco. It does limit your offset if you wanted a different offset...
Trailrax and Gobi are the two I would recommend if you’re looking for a rack that has a higher static and dynamic weight. I personally have the Trailrax and I am more than happy with it.
As long as that works for you that’s the important part. I really like the team from M2M and have been super impressed with everything I’ve purchased from them (which is a whole lot of products) I also feel more than confident if I ever had an issue with one of their products they’d take care of...
Yeah does leave that area open due to the mounting hardware in that location. I’m with you on having a lot of their products I’m a big fan of their stuff.