Step by step on how to install the JCR Offroad Crusader Rear Bumper for the Jeep Comanche MJ. Please read all steps carefully before starting the install.

Installation Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RigrrwjbmE

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Included: (1) JCR Offroad Crusader Rear Bumper for the Jeep Comanche MJ, (2) D-rings, (1) Left and (1) Right mounting bracket (marked L and R), and bumper assembly hardware: gold D-ring bolts with washers and nylock nuts, button-head socket screws with flange nuts, and hex bolts with large washers and flange nuts. The factory bumper bolts are reused to mount the bumper to the Jeep.

Each mounting bracket is etched with an L or R and an arrow. IMPORTANT: When looking at the bumper from behind/inside, the RIGHT bracket (marked R) goes on the LEFT side and the LEFT bracket (marked L) goes on the RIGHT side. L and R refer to the vehicle’s sides, not your view while assembling. The etched arrow points up toward the top of the bumper.

From the front of the bumper, slide the D-ring tab through the slot in the bumper face until its base sits flat against the inner plate. The D-ring hole should face out and the base must be fully seated before installing any bolts.

Push the 2 gold bolts through the D-ring base and the bumper’s inner plate. The threads should stick out toward the inside of the bumper, where the mounting bracket will go. Do NOT install nuts yet - the mounting bracket slides onto these bolts in the next step.

Using the correct bracket for this side (see Step 3), slide the mounting bracket onto the threads of the 2 gold D-ring bolts so it sits between the D-ring/inner plate and its mounting spot on the bumper. Line up the bracket’s top tab with the hole in the bumper’s top flange and the bottom tab with the hole in the bottom flange. The etched arrow must point up.

Install a washer and nylock nut on each of the 2 gold D-ring bolts. These bolts clamp the D-ring, the bumper’s inner plate, and the mounting bracket together. Snug only - do not fully tighten until all bracket hardware is installed.

Install a button-head socket screw down through the hole in the bumper’s top flange and the bracket’s top tab. Secure it with a flange nut from underneath. Snug only.

Install a button-head socket screw up through the hole in the bumper’s bottom flange and the bracket’s bottom tab. Secure it with a flange nut on the inside of the bumper. Snug only.

Install the hex bolt with a large washer through the lower hole below the 2 D-ring bolts. Secure it with a flange nut on the mounting bracket side (it sits just below the 2 nylock nuts). Snug only.

Repeat Steps 3 through 10 on the other side of the bumper using the opposite bracket. Double-check before tightening: looking from behind/inside the bumper, the R bracket must be on the LEFT and the L bracket must be on the RIGHT, with both etched arrows pointing up.

With both brackets installed, fully tighten all D-ring nylock nuts, top and bottom bracket screws, and lower hex bolts on both sides. Verify both brackets are square to the bumper and the frame mounting plates are even side to side.

Pull the license plate lights out of their rubber grommets on each side. Feed the wires back through the hole and zip tie them up out of the way. Video timestamp: 0:18

If you have an aftermarket receiver hitch, remove it first (most bolt into the same locations as the bumper). Remove the five bolts per side holding on the factory bumper: four against the unibody and one underneath. Repeat on the opposite side. Keep the factory bolts; they are reused to mount the new bumper. Video timestamp: 0:35

Once all of the bolts are out, grab a helper and pull off the factory rear bumper. Video timestamp: 1:05

With a helper, slide the assembled JCR Crusader bumper into place where the factory bumper was. Video timestamp: 1:10

While holding the bumper in place from the back, it is easiest to start the bottom bolt first. Install it loosely. Video timestamp: 1:20

Reach in from the side and install three of the original side bolts. Leave them loose and repeat the process on the passenger side. Video timestamp: 1:28

Once the passenger side bolts are loosely installed, tighten the bottom bolts first. Video timestamp: 1:45

Check the bumper alignment from side to side and up and down before tightening the side bolts. Video timestamp: 1:58

Tighten all of the side bolts on both sides. Video timestamp: 2:05