Reviews: Smittybilt SRC Classic Rear Bumpers

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 am so happy with the quality of the product, it shipped fast. Very happy with the value, I had a limited budget, but this bumper / tire carrier was as good as any I've seen for a price that beat almost everyone. It fits like a glove, easy to install, I love it!!

You will need help to position into last two bolts. It is very heavy, and by yourself it can be a challenge. I love the clevis rings, and they are very well welded to the bumper. The bumper also has a hitch port, so can be a real help for towing and positioning trailers.

pretty easy for the weekend mechanic. be prepared to drop the rear of the gas tank a couple inches to gain access to four of the bolts. all the bolt holes do line up with my 1992 YJ.

It looks great,but you realize how big the fuel tank is now.

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.

Very good bumper. Bought this bumper for my wife’s jeep. She can be pretty hard on a jeep. This bumper I don’t see her damaging. It’s heavy we’ll built and allowing her 3 places for winch points. I’d buy it again.

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 .

Fit really well on our 89 YJ. The only modification we had to do was bevele out the mounting hole on the frame so the bolts could line up on bumper. Dropping the gas tank was required. Also taking the bottom hinge off on rear door to allow the swing gate to be mounted. Does cause the spare tire to block you rear view more.

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.

The hitch and bumper are very nice quality, looks great too. There is only one hitch, pun intended, the back of the bumper, the mating surface to the frame is not flat. The hitch tube and weld beads protrude out from the back mounting plate. Causing it to hit the frame and a 1/4-3/8ths inch gap in the middle between the frame and bumper, and also causes the inner bolts to barely penetrate the threads making it a very weak mount to the frame. Poor craftsmanship to say the least in this aspect. But is my only complaint about the bumper. I would recommend, but with warning about the hitch tube issue, as I will now have to remove the bumper and modify a brand new bumper, in order to fix the issue so it will mount correctly.

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.