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Lexjrob
Has anyone removed these corner pieces from the plastic front bumper? Is it a good idea, Pros/Cons?

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Chugiakguy
You can remove those bumper pieces --- but you'll void the entire warranty on your Jeep if you do!




(just kidding!)

Those plastic pieces (I forget the name of them) are not critical at all, but they will prevent mud from getting splashed up onto the top of the sides of your front bumper. From what I've seen, most Jeep owners do remove them. My 2022 Willys Sport did not come with them, though, and I now have an aftermarket front bumper anyway, so I never had to deal with them.
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Old Dogger
That is the first thing that my Friend took off of his Gladiator,
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NJJeep Guy
If you want to cut them you can do it in place. Use a good sharp razor blade and follow the groove around the bumper. To take off the panel requires dropping the air dam and 7 fiddly screws.
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JTPhoto JK
So people like and some don’t. Personally I like the idea and will close that gap on my Rubi. I get mud everywhere on the front bumper on dirt roads.


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armyvet25
Don't remove them for God's sake whatever you do, all the Jeep juice will leak out and will never run right again...oh, never mind, Since Stellantis and Fiat they forgot to put the Jeep juice in the first place :ROFLMAO:
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Lexjrob
Thanks GANG! This was my wifes Jeep but we got her a new car so now I can start having fun with it!
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JTPhoto JK said:
So people like and some don’t. Personally I like the idea and will close that gap on my Rubi. I get mud everywhere on the front bumper on dirt roads.


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I agree with you, JTPhoto.

Having a "gravel" (meaning: dirt) driveway, and with the frequently wet weather here, I seem to almost constantly have an annoying leakage/spray of mud on the tops of the sides of my front (aftermarket) bumper from the front tires.

Since the vertical gap between the fronts of the fenders and the top of the sides of my front bumper is less than one inch, I would like to close-up that gap with some kind of flap inside the front of the wheel well, hanging from the inside bottom edge of the fender, as well. I just don't know exactly what to use for that, though, or how to secure it to the inside of the fender, particularly as the inside bottom edge of the fender is not a straight line, but has a little dogleg in it.
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JTPhoto JK
Chugiakguy said:
I agree with you, JTPhoto.

Having a "gravel" (meaning: dirt) driveway, and with the frequently wet weather here, I seem to almost constantly have an annoying leakage/spray of mud on the tops of the sides of my front (aftermarket) bumper from the front tires.

Since the vertical gap between the fronts of the fenders and the top of the sides of my front bumper is less than one inch, I would like to close-up that gap with some kind of flap inside the front of the wheel well, hanging from the inside bottom edge of the fender, as well. I just don't know exactly what to use for that, though, or how to secure it to the inside of the fender, particularly as the inside bottom edge of the fender is not a straight line, but has a little dogleg in it.
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I have a black plastic pail that I have cut 2 strips from that I will use for this purpose. I will put it Inside the wheel well attached, with push pins, to the inner fender liner.


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Lexjrob said:
Thanks GANG! This was my wifes Jeep but we got her a new car so now I can start having fun with it!
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I inherited my wife's Jeep when she wanted to go back to an SUV. I added Rubi wheels and tires, steel bumpers, Rubi fenders with LED turns, LED tails, Tazer, changed gearing to 4.11 (manual trans) and quite a few other small mods. She liked it much more after that and long story short, she's back in the Jeep now and I traded her SUV for my new JLU. We're back to our "normal" two Jeep family. ;)
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oldhead
Lexjrob said:
Has anyone removed these corner pieces from the plastic front bumper? Is it a good idea, Pros/Cons?
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Sure can, My Rubicon doesn't even have anything in that area.
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