EASY INSTALLATION: The Brawler MID can be mounted without cutting or altering the Jeep's frame rails. The faceted design of the Brawler MID provides the best ground clearance and approach angle possible in a bumper that doesn't require frame modifications. The factory " Crash Bar" may be left intact or removed for a sleek appearance and high clearance.
If keeping the crash bar, they recommend adding the Brawler MID Skid Plate (sold separately), which conceals the crash bar and protects the electronic sway bar disconnect. RECESSED FOG LAMP MOUNTS: Brawler MID comes with provisions for re-mounting your factory fog lamps.
These consist of recessed fog lamp "buckets" that are made of CNC laser cut DUM tubing with a mounting flange designed to accept the mounting hardware of the stock lamps. The recess and all-steel buckets help protect the lamps from the rocks. For those who do not have the stock fog lamps, or would like to upgrade to more powerful LED lamps, Poison Spyder offers a unique LED Fog Lamp Mounting Kit for installing a pair of Rigid Industries " Dually" LED lamps in the fog lamp locations.
IMPORTANT: The stock fog lamps used on the Jeep Wrangler 10th Anniversary Rubicon do NOT fit into the fog lamp buckets on this bumper. If installing this bumper on a 10th Anniversary Rubicon, they suggest using a pair of Rigid Industries Dually or Dually D2 LED lamps along with their JK Dually Fog Lamp Mounts instead of the stock fog lamps.
WINCH COMPATIBILITY: The Brawler MID bumper is designed to accept most Warn winches, and winches from other manufacturers that conform to Warn's standardized winch mounting dimensions. The winch sits in a slight depression on the top surface of the bumper, with plenty of CNC laser cut plate steel gusseting inside the bumper shell, directly underneath the winch to provide maximum strength.
The Winch Fairlead Mount is sold separately, so that those who wish to not run a winch are left with a clean looking, unobstructed top surface on their bumper. The Brawler MID comes to you as bare steel, ready to accept paint or powder coat in the color of your choice.
Spyder Shell Armor Coat Poison Spyder's Spyder Shell Armor Coat has been engineered to provide your Poison Spyder product with years of unmatched great looks, corrosion protection and weather-resistance. Their proprietary 5-stage system starts with media blasting the entire part, to remove contaminants and prep the metal surface for the best possible adhesion.
Next, any seams are sealed with 3M Scotch-Weld to block moisture from entering and causing corrosion where the powder can not reach. The first coat to be applied is a zinc-rich powdered black primer, which is baked on to form an impenetrable bond between the metal product and the coating.
The primer is black--rather than traditional gray--so that any rock chips or trail damage are less conspicuous. The final top coat is an industrial grade, “super-durable” architectural finish in semi-gloss black, which is engineered to retain its appearance through years of exposure to sun and weather.
Spyder Shell is a coating process unmatched by any other Jeep armor after-market manufacturer, for which Poison Spyder are confident in offering a 5-year warranty on materials and workmanship.
