• Outer Shell - 1/8" stamped steel provides strength without weight. (Watch the Bumper Stamping & Trimming processes on YouTube®.)
• Grill Guard - 3" diameter heavy wall steel tube
• Rear Bumper Structure - 3/16" steel
• Winch Plate - 1/4" steel plate, 3/16" fairlead mount
• Tow Loops - 1/2" main plate with 1/4" reinforcement
• Crush Can Covers - Durable textured cross-link polyethylene

The paints and finishes used on AEV bumpers are designed to meet or exceed OE specifications to ensure industry leading corrosion protection. They include:

• Epoxy prime coat applied in a 13-stage electro coating process over the bare metal.
• Zinc-rich powder prime coat;
  
• Polyester textured black powder top coat.
  
• Exterior Fastners - Front face bolts and washers are plated to exceed 1000 hours
  in a salt spray test (most standard nuts and bolts only live up to around 240 hours)
  

AEV’s Premium and MILSPEC bumpers have been carefully engineered to install as quickly and easily as possible. Evidence of this can be found in key areas. For example, the winch installs independently of the bumper so you don’t have to lift a bumper and a winch onto the chassis rails.

Flag nuts are included for tight areas where fitting a wrench would be difficult. Additionally, wrench ports have been built in to make fitting a wrench simple when it’s necessary. Lastly, on the Premium Model, new crush cans are preinstalled so you don’t have to mess with the old ones from your factory bumper.