Reviews: Smittybilt Classic Rock Crawler Rear Bumper and Tire Carrier with Receiver Hitch and D-ring Mounts (Black) - 76651D

Nice design. Well painted. All hardwear was in box.instructions needed to be a little better on the photo pictures, could hardly make out some of the pics. Other than that good bumber.

I was rearended by a Honda traveling at 70 mph. The only damage was the bumper was bent, the gas tank skid plate received a broken mount and the tailpipe was bent. Outstanding bumper and tire carrier.

Very nice bumper!Instalation was a little timely,but not hard.You do have to drop the tank but its not that big of deal.It is a very well built and good looking bumper.Bought it for the tire carrier and the hitch.Towed a pop-up camper to the Outer banks from Ohio with no problems.

It rattled at the latch immediately…badly. I found a solution that they should do from or during the mfg process. The little elbow block on the bumper where the gate swings closed and rests on it should have a rubber buffer. It fixed my rattle but to be honest I was very worried at first. Very well built product, does exactly what it’s supposed to do and the install was pretty straight forward. Overall pleased.

Running this on a YJ and a TJ. Easy to install and stout. I added some poly isolators to the shackles and don't have any rattling .

Easy install, might be a little harder with fuel tank in. I had my tank out to repair the aft upper shock mounts. Took about 2.5 hrs by myself with a floor jack. Direction good enough.

Bumper is great, just find a better distributor, 4wd will screw you over and not give a dam.

GREAT BUMPER, NO PROBLEMS INSTALLING, NEVER HAD TO DROP THE GAS TANK BOLTED RIGHT UP TOOK 1 HR INCUDING REMOVING THE STOCK BUMPER

easy install on my 90 wrangler,less wieght than the custom bumper i had on,gets the 36 in. tire wieght off the tailgate...and looks great,and opens and closes easily for wide open access to back of jeep. had it delivered to the store in orlando and picked it up no shipping...luv it

The bumper was a little hard to install, but it is sturdy and fits my needs.

The bumper and tire carrier are beefy. Mine doesn't rattle, and has a good overall fit on the rear of the Jeep. The biggest con is the installation. There are plates that go behind the frame to give the bumper more stability. The plates need to be about 1/16 inch shorter on the inside to give you room to adjust the bumper enough to start the mounting bolts. The way the plates are now, they fit so tight there is no wiggle room and the bolt holes will not line up. I took about 1/16 off the end with an angle grinder and everything mounted up without issue after that.

Installed in 1977 CJ7. Required drilling 8 new holes in rear cross member. The tabs on the bottom of the bumper designed to bolt on the rear shackle mounts are in the wrong place for a CJ. I had to cut them off grind them down approx. 1/8 inch on each side to fit in my HD currie shackle mounts, then re-weld them on after fitting the bumper. I am very happy with the end result. Another problem is the tire mount extra part they want you to buy to mount the tire because of the 5x5.5 mounting pattern of a CJ. It is very well made, but when you mount it, it makes the tire not touch any part of the "triangle" swing away. This is because a CJ requires 3.5 inches of back spacing on the tire rim. The adapter is approx. 4 inches long. so the tire is almost 4" away from the upright. Still solid, but...

Nice bumper looks good. The bolts behind the gas tank are a pain to get to. I had to lower the tank some too get the bolts in.

Had to lower fuel tank to install on a 2006 wrangler. Drilled 1/2” holes instead of 7/16” to make lining up 4 inner bolts easier as those were the ones I had to lower the gas tank to help reach and they were still difficult. 6 factory holes lined up perfectly. Bumper is great. Would give 5 stars but the latch rattles on bumps.

Tailgate will hit on the grease fitting but other than that great product

Overall, I love it. But can't give it four stars. The grease fitting is in a poor fitting and has to be removed and replaced with a recessed set screw. Also, the pre-drilled holes are not in correct place so you have to drill new or offset holes. But once installed its fantastic.