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Blue Ox Off-Road Bumper Adapters for Blue Ox Motorhome Mounted Tow Bars - 1" D-Rings

Blue Ox Off-Road Bumper Adapters for Blue Ox Motorhome Mounted Tow Bars - 1" D-Rings

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Blue Ox Tow Bar Base Plate - BX88358

  • Blue Ox
  • Aftermarket Bumper Adapters
  • Hitch Pin Attachment

Lets you use your motorhome-mounted Blue Ox tow bar with your aftermarket off-road bumper. Bumper must have 1" D-rings. Works with Aladdin, Alpha, Ascent, Avail, and Aventa LX tow bars.


Features:

  • Lets you use your motorhome-mounted Blue Ox tow bar with your off-road bumper
  • Fits flat-tow-rated off-road bumpers with D-rings with 1" openings
  • Works with Aladdin, Alpha, Ascent, Avail, and Aventa LX tow bars
  • Includes 2 adapters with required pins, clips, washers, and lock nuts
  • Made in the USA


Specs:

  • Quantity: 2 adapter brackets
  • Pin diameter: 1"
  • Weight capacity: 10,000 lbs
    • Will also work with the Apollo tow bar, but will lower max weight capacity to 10,000 lbs.
  • 1-Year warranty






Fits:

  • Off-road bumpers rated for flat towing with 1" D-rings

Dimensions on aftermarket bumper D-ring adapter

Note: Off-road bumper must be rated for flat towing.



BX88358 BlueOx After Market Bumper Flat Tow Adapters for Jeeps - 1" D Rings

Replaces Blue Ox BX88307



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Customer Reviews

Blue Ox Off-Road Bumper Adapters for Blue Ox Motorhome Mounted Tow Bars - 1" D-Rings - BX88358

Average Customer Rating:  4.8 out of 5 stars   (71 Customer Reviews)

Lets you use your motorhome-mounted Blue Ox tow bar with your aftermarket off-road bumper. Bumper must have 1" D-rings. Works with Aladdin, Alpha, Ascent, Avail, and Aventa LX tow bars.

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I received this today and installed on my blue ox tow bar. Everything fits as it should and looks like it will do a good job for me towing my jeep.



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I bought the Blue Ox Bumper Adapter, part # BX88358, for the Hammerhead Armor front bumper we installed on our 2021 Jeep Gladiator Overland. We plan to tow the Jeep behind our motorhome and the adapter lets us do that, while keeping a clean look for the Hammerhead bumper. Love it!

Randy

8/21/2022

We towed our Jeep Gladiator from Alabama to the West Coast and back using the Blue Ox adapter with no issues. Takes a couple of minutes to align and secure the adapter pins. When we are not towing, I stow my adapters in a small bag, along with my Air Force One connection, towing light cable and pair of gloves. Leaves a nice clean look, not having a base plate. Still love it!



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Works great use it all the time



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All of the products I have purchased have been very well made
Your shipping and tracking information is spot on and very fast
Everything functions above and beyond expectations!



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etrailer has done it AGAIN! Every time I have used their products or needed help with technical issues, they always come through! Great company and staff!
The tow bar assembly for my aftermarket Jeep bumper fit perfectly! Thanks again!



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Great heavy duty construction!



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Carol was very helpful finding the correct adapters for my Blue Ox hitch to connect to the !" D-rings on my Smittybilt aftermarket Jeep bumper. They work perfectly



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Work great



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correct parts, on time, thanks



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Box didn’t have any hardware in it (no pins, spacers, bolts, nuts et) only the adapters.



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just as ordered...of course it very expensive but got here as promised

Caine

8/18/2023

Weve put over 6K miles on our RV and Jeep over the last year and plan on taking off again in a few weeks. Our Blue Ox adabpter fit perfectly with our Custom Bumper with built in tow package. Extremely tough as youd expect from anything Blue Ox



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Very helpful when I was placing my order. Very professional and kind. Thank you etrailer



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I first ordered the wrong part, within a couple days I had the correct one! Thanks to the delightful staff I ended up with an awesome hitch from very friendly staff, I'll definitely be ordering more in the future!



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The actual product appears to be good quality but is grossly over priced. I wouldn’t recommend this unless you have $xxx to throw away. There are very good quality alternatives.



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Awesome service and tracking tool. A fantastic experience … thanks guys!



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Fit my after market bumper perfectly.



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I shopped with trailer before and once again I’m happy. They always have what I need and this time was no different. I needed to change out couplers on my blue ice tow bar after changing toads. Now I can tow the Jeep with off-road bumper!!! Awesome etrailer I will always recommend you guys!



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Worked out fantastic with my Westin WJ2 Bumper. Highly recommended vs buying a tow plate. Much cleaner looking.



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Great shipping



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Overnight shipping was spot on these guys did perfect getting they to me in emergency. Perfect fit for Raptor with ADD HONEYBADGER BUMPER



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Using the search function in the website was very easy, this was a specialized bracket for an aftermarket bumper that I thought would be very difficult to find. etrailer made it easy!



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This is the best addition. I had a hammer head number on my F250 and it is much cheaper to just buy these attachments. made hook up and disconnecting so easy my 10 year old son could do it.



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Worked w/ Jeep aftermarket bumper



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The bumper adapter arrived with as advertised with all the hardware.



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Everything was in good order as anticipated. The best thing is etrailer Customer Service along with helpful videos. Great job!


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