Plastic VS. Steel Rear bumper

[Dana]

Has anyone seen a replacement rear bumper with a receiver that mounts to the bumper, not the factory crossmember? My factory receiver was pushed in 6" and twisted when hooked to a trailer and the trailer was rear ended by a pickup.

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[wmd1971]

I may have missed it but is there any problems or things to know swapping from a plastic to a metal rear bumper?

I bought a steel Bronco bumper on eBay, but it didn't come with the mounting brackets (apparently the plastic bumper doesn't need them) and need different clips for the sensors. Ugh. Had to buy them from dealership.

 

[Bronco cat]

I prefer the bumper that doesn't need to be replaced and painted ($1,000) after a 1 mph bump in a parking lot.

That same bumper is part of a safety system that will keep you from needing 10’s of thousands of dollars of repair work after a moderate to severe accident. Collision energy needs to be absorbed somewhere and when there is no bumper and other things to take it you end up being the human shock absorber. Vehicles deform for a reason in a crash and that is to protect your squishy inner parts from serious damage.

 

[dcaero]

I bought a steel Bronco bumper on eBay, but it didn't come with the mounting brackets (apparently the plastic bumper doesn't need them) and need different clips for the sensors. Ugh. Had to buy them from dealership.

Do you have the part numbers for said clips? Thanks in advance

 

[wmd1971]

Do you have the part numbers for said clips? Thanks in advance

Sorry, I had my local body shop install the bumper and don't see the part numbers on the paperwork.

 

[Wally Dautenhahn]

Someone was looking for part numbers of rear steel bumper mounting brackets. Here is parts catalog photo should b part 17787

 

[BronkNOLA]

Anyone have a link of where to purchase the brackets?

 

[FoCoBronc]

I may have missed it but is there any problems or things to know swapping from a plastic to a metal rear bumper?

did you you ever swap your plastic rear bumper for oem steel? Wondering how swap went - sensor adapters, wiring harness and brackets...

 

[Nogame24]

did you you ever swap your plastic rear bumper for oem steel? Wondering how swap went - sensor adapters, wiring harness and brackets...

i did this about a month ago. It went really easy - only hard part was swapping wire harness. I had to get a few senor mounting /retainers brackets as the ones I had in the steel I purchased broke. I didnt have to get new senors or anything. I will note that make sure you 100% hear the clicking noise attaching the wire harness back to the car on each side or youll get a parking assist filaure. I had to pull mine twice to get those clips to really clip together.

 

[broncorik]

i did this about a month ago. It went really easy - only hard part was swapping wire harness. I had to get a few senor mounting /retainers brackets as the ones I had in the steel I purchased broke. I didnt have to get new senors or anything. I will note that make sure you 100% hear the clicking noise attaching the wire harness back to the car on each side or youll get a parking assist filaure. I had to pull mine twice to get those clips to really clip together.

I went with this...and it is currently on sale!

https://roadarmor.com/products/bumper.html?

 

[NateTTU]

Does anyone know if the white retaining clips around the parking sensors on the plastic bumper will swap over to the steel bumper? Are they even needed?

I'm just missing the ones in the middle pair of sensors, the two on the outside of the steel bumper still have the white clips attached.

 

[NateTTU]

Here is a picture of one of the outside sensor locations on the steel bumper.

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