I was a little skeptical about buying an after market bumper but since the reviews seemed to be ok everywhere on this bumper I took the plunge.
The bumper is definitely high quality. It doesn't stick out a lot like some of the ranch style bumpers. This one is almost the same size as the factory bumper.
The welds are pretty good. Some areas where you can't see, yeah the welds aren't the best but they're not meant to be (mostly just tacks). Just hold the piece together, nothing to go to a structural code.
The brackets to bolt up to the actual truck frame are very well made. They're heavy, thick steel and welds are well deposited.
Installation wasn't that hard at all, other than the thing being about 190lbs actual weight and installing by myself (160lbs) it was definitely awkward without help. Placing it into the truck frame and resting on the trailer hitch made it easier once on there.
The adjustment are limited. For my application of a 04' 2500HD Silverado the bolts to the frame lined up one way, just some adjustment to tilt the bumper up or down. But since I had a trailer hitch from factory I couldn't tilt it down further than the hitch. It comes with spaces to to add between hitch and bumper that prevents from tilting down, keeping the bumper level. So that adjustment is now gone.
The other adjustment is front to back, theres about 1.5" of play there, measure where you want your bumper to sit. Thats also made by tightening or loosening the bumper brackets to truck frame.
The last adjustment is side to side. I figured by now that the adjustments aren't very flexible once that frame to bumper was bolted so I proceeded to tighten down the Bumper brackets to the actual bumper. Once done I noticed that there was a gap from the edge of the bumper to the corner of the truck bed. Thats when I discovered there was adjustment left. Don't make my mistake, measure that, adjust, then tighten.
I left my bumper that way with 1/2" gap on one side and about 3...