C4 Hybrid Bumper

I'm a huge fan of the Leitner rack, I can adjust it on the fly for whatever activity I am doing, super versatile!

Yes, I know I need some lights, but will probably get a winch first as that's more of a necessity than lights for me.

 

Oh, so in addition to drilling a hole in the reservoir bracket, you would also need to cut away the 90 degree bend in the reservoir bracket so that the frame support bracket would sit flush?

 

Solid, I too am looking at getting a winch. Been eyeing the new smittybilt gen3 xrc. Seems like a solid piece of equipment and is a fraction of the cost of the warns. A little concerned about winch fitment into these bumpers though. Which are you looking at?

 

Wonderful question. I haven't really got around to trying to test fit it under there yet so I'm not really sure. I have some new brakes coming in probably next weekend, so I'll need to get the truck jacked up and the wheels off anyways so I'll probably figure it out then.

When I get it figured out I'll report my findings here because I don't think theres much info out there about this. And I'm pretty sure Fox and King brackets all probably work the same way.

I'll also probably remove my sway bar at that time as well.

 

Please do report back. I haven't been able to find any info on mounting the frame support brackets for the bumper with the reservoir brackets... which 90% of people mounting this bumper probably have reservoir brackets as well lol good luck with the sway bar!

 

I did not, my buddy installed it for me

 

He install the lights too? I'm more concerned with those than the bumper itself lol

 

I mounted the lights, winch and wired it all up. He just cut my original bumper and installed it

 

How did yall wire your lights?

I have two squadrons on each side and two s2s on each side. so 3 total on each side (6 all together).

im going to wire them all to the fog switch, is that what yall did?

 

I would only wire one to each of your fog wires. You want your fogs to still be usable on the road without blinding everyone, trust me. Just hook the other 4 up to a separate switch.

Preferably get the squadron SAE for your fog lights. Much easier on everyone else's eyes.

(also I'm not sure that fog circuit will put out enough power to light up 6 squadron lights)

 

Thanks! sounds like a good idea.

Im in the middle east so there really aren't any rules. I was thinking about wiring all of them to the fogs and pointing them down as to not blind anyone, but i think i like your idea better.

 

You are going to want about a 5/8" gap between the bumper/fender plastic and the bumper on those side hoops. Anything else will rub when flexed.

 

I wired my squadron sports (2 each side, one wide, one combo) to the standard fog switch and they work perfectly. I angled them down and out to help a little with glare, and don't keep them on too often. Have a separate switch for the S8 bar in the bumper, never use on-road unless NO ONE is around and I'm more concerned with wildlife crossing my path than other people. Separate note I did monkey with the baja harness to get the S8 mini-LEDs to go on with the white daytime running LEDs on the headlights but haven't gotten it to work yet. Might fix that soon...

 

I am going to start ordering lights for my hybrid bumper. Did you use an adapter to connect the OEM fog harness to the Baja lights? I'm trying to get a plan on how to wire them up.

 

They come with everything you need to bolt up and plug straight in.

ALSO, I highly recommend getting the SAE Squadrons for your fogs. I have a couple squadron sports in my fog circuit, and I wish I could drive around with them on at night more often, but they're just so damn bright that it blinds everyone.

I'm definitely thinking about replacing mine with the SAE's

 

yup as ZC replied they come with what you need to plug em in. Since I have two each side I used a splitter that’s also plug and play that @Baja Designs sells. Super simple.

 

Looking at purchasing the C4 hybrid for my 21 and was close to pulling the trigger till now. Seeing your bumper with the big hoop I might switch and go for that setup now. Your truck looks kickass!

 

Yea man I don't get why people are so put off by the bull bar. It provides plenty of protection where you need it and I really love the look!

 

It wasn’t that I was put off just preferred the look of the smaller hoop. The pictures I’d seen on websites made the big hoop look terrible and massive. I just wasn’t excited on the small hoop messing with my TSS. Looks like big hoop is the move for me. Now I just need to commit to waiting 3 months....

 

DM me if you want more detailed pics of the hoop.

Also, 3 months goes by pretty quick, especially when you gotta prepare to install it yourself. Tooling up to cut the bumper and all.