Nudge bar for '24 BD w/factory bumper

rankinS1
Jun 02, 2024

Soda City Bronco

Jun 02, 2024

Haven't been on the forum much, but need some help. Was unable to equip my 24 with modular bumper, got stuck with factory plastic, and hanging tow hooks. Rough country has a few nudge bars for plastic bumper, but they don't work with tow hooks hanging from bumper (see picture above).....I'm about to rip my hair out, have spent way too much time trying to find something. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Soda City Bronco
Ditchrunner

Burrito Connoisseur

Jun 03, 2024

#1
If it helps your internet searching... the bumper you have is commonly referred to as the "capable bumper".

The three Bronco bumpers:

  • Plastic bumper, aka: molded-in-color bumper
  • Capable bumper, aka: steel bumper
  • Heavy-Duty Modular Bumper

I also have the capable bumper on my Badlands and completely took it apart to install a winch. My hunch, based on that experience, is any solution you find will probably have to drill into the bumper itself.
2022 4dr Badlands, 2.3L Manual, Mid pkg
YouTube: youtube.com/@ragnarkon
Instagram: @ragnar.kon

Soda City Bronco

Jun 03, 2024

#2
Thanks man, my Bronco has the plastic bumper but it has the hanging tow hooks from the bumper as opposed to the hooks attached to the bash plate. The only nut bar I could find on rough country, which I purchased, required bolting into the tow hooks located below, so it would not work on my vehicle
Soda City Bronco

Burrito Connoisseur

Jun 03, 2024

#3
Thanks man, my Bronco has the plastic bumper but it has the hanging tow hooks from the bumper as opposed to the hooks attached to the bash plate. The only nut bar I could find on rough country, which I purchased, required bolting into the tow hooks located below, so it would not work on my vehicle

Yeah that's the problem you're going to have, the only real location to bolt onto that bumper is the same spot where the tow hooks are.

Also... is the entire bumper plastic or does it just have plastic trim pieces on it?? The capable bumper with the hanging tow hooks is powder-coated steel with some plastic trim pieces on it. (Here is my bumper for reference, feel free to jump around, it's a long video.)

If yours is all-plastic that implies that there is a new bumper out in the wild that I was completely unaware of.
2022 4dr Badlands, 2.3L Manual, Mid pkg
YouTube: youtube.com/@ragnarkon
Instagram: @ragnar.kon

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