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Difficulty Level:
Light to Moderate mechanical skill required.
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Hey, guys. So today I'm here with the RedRock 4x4 Grille Guard in Gloss Black fitting all 2018 and up JL Wranglers. So this is gonna be for the JL owners who are looking for that solid, heavy duty front end protection to protect their brand new JL but they don't want the hassle and the cost of upgrading their front bumper. So this is gonna be a great addition to your factory front bumper, providing you that solid protection that I was just talking about, from any large obstacles, branches, or anything that's gonna happen on the trail or even just in your everyday commute.So this is gonna be a pretty solid build. It fits very nicely and has a ton of support with all of the support brackets and it's also gonna be made of a heavy duty steel tubing with a nice gloss black powder coat finish on it that's gonna protect the steel underneath from any rusting or corrosion. But, overall, I think it gives it a very sleek look on the front end of our JL.So this is gonna be roughly $275, and for a grille guard this is gonna be more expensive. But, like I mentioned previously, when you look at front end projection talking about bumpers, this is gonna be a more affordable option. So compared to other front end protection that doesn't include front bumpers, this is gonna be, like I said, one of the more expensive options but I think it fits very nicely in the price considering you're getting all of this grille protection up top when those other options will just be for bull bars that will only come up to a certain point.So, again, I think this fits very well in the front end of our Wrangler and it's gonna get the job done at a pretty affordable price. So install is gonna be a very light two-out-of-three wrenches on the difficulty meter and the only reason I say that is because if you are looking to keep your factory splash guards, you will have to do a little bit of modification in order to get those back on there. However, this is gonna be pretty simple with some basic hand tools. So speaking of the install, lets jump into that now.The tools that I used for my install were a trim removal tool, an 18-millimeter wrench, a 3/8th-inch drive and a quarter-inch drive ratchet, a 3-inch extension, a 5-millimeter Allen key, an 18-millimeter and 16-millimeter shallow socket, a 3/8th-inch drive 14-millimeter deep socket, a quarter-inch drive 14 millimeter deep socket, an 8-millimeter deep socket, a 7-millimeter deep socket, and an impact wrench.So to kick off this install, we're gonna take off our upper splash guard. Now it's gonna be a series of pop clips. I'm gonna use a flat head screwdriver in order to remove them. So now we're gonna go ahead and remove this bolt that's holding in the upper splash guard. This may depend on your model but you will be using a 7-millimeter socket. Now, we can go ahead and remove this. And then we can work on the splash guard underneath now.So now we can use an 8-millimeter socket and remove the two bolts that are holding in the bottom of our splash guard. You can do the same thing on the other side. There you're gonna use a trim removal tool to remove the pop clips that are holding on your splash guard onto the bumper. So once all of those clips are removed we'll be able to remove our splash guard. Now, using a 16-millimeter socket we're gonna remove the two bolts that are holding on our craft bar underneath. After those bolts are out we can pull it out of the clips and go ahead and remove that.Now, we're gonna take the provided nutsert and insert it in our frame and then we're gonna line it up with the two hexagon bolt holes, sticking the stud through the bottom. Now, again, this is gonna depend on your model. You may have threaded nutserts already here or we're just gonna put this retainer tab on there for the time being so it stays in place. Then we can take our driver side bracket. They will be marked and we can install that on our frame. The same thing for the top, however, you're gonna be using the provided bolt, lock washer, and lock nut. We're taking that down into place then we can use a 14-millimeter socket and go ahead and tighten that down.Now we're gonna snug it up so it doesn't move out of place but we don't want to fully tighten it down just to make sure that we are able to move it around to get our bull bar on. Then we can do the same thing for the stud and our nylon lock nut. I'm gonna be using a 14-millimeter deep socket. All right, now you can do the same thing on the other side.So, on the inner side of our frame rail behind our front bumper, we are gonna remove this pole and install a bracket here so I'm gonna be using a 16-millimeter socket and a small extension to remove that. So with the longer portion of the bracket facing down, we're gonna thread this bolt through and then thread it into our frame rail. Now, we're not going to fully tighten this down yet. We want to make sure that everything lines up with our bull bar but we do want to snug it up so it doesn't move freely.So now with your bull bar supported we can start to mount those up. Now what I'm gonna do is mount it up on our support bars first, so we can hold it in place and attach the bottom. Now, we're gonna be using the supplied button head bolts and the flat washers. Do the same thing on the other side. And that should hold it in place while we line up the bottom. So once you have your bull bar in place we can go ahead and take the provided hardware and bolt that into place. Secure it down. Once you get one lined up the rest should be pretty simple. Now you're gonna use your provided flat washers, lock washers, and nut. And we can secure it down the same way on the other side.So once that's secure we can go back and tighten everything down. So now while holding the bull bar up and supporting it we're gonna tighten down the frame bolts with a 14-millimeter socket. This should hold our frame brackets in place, making sure everything is aligned properly. All right, do the same thing on the other side. So now while we're under here we can tighten down our frame bolt that's holding our support bracket with a 16-millimeter socket. So the 14-millimeter deep socket and a 5-millimeter Allen key for this button head bolt we can go ahead and tighten this down for the support bracket. Do the same thing on the other side. All right, and then we can move to our bracket bolts down at the bottom.So now with an 18-millimeter wrench and 18-millimeter socket, we can tighten down the bolts that are holding on our grille guard to our support brackets. Do the same thing on the other side. So at this point, if you want to reinstall your factory splash guard you are able to do so. However, they will require a little bit of modification. You have to cut them in order to fit with the support bracket up top as well and underneath. However, if you're not looking to do that, you are all set to go.So that's gonna wrap it up for my review and install. Make sure you like and subscribe. And for more videos like this, keep it right here at extremeterrain.com.
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Installation Time
(approx) 2 Hours
Difficulty Level:
Light to Moderate mechanical skill required.
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