Ford Expedition Front Bumpers & Grille Guards

How to Choose a Ford Expedition Front Bumper or Grille Guard

Style decides this one. Two builds cover the Expedition front end. Pick the build first, then match the year.

Full front bumper replacement takes the factory bumper off and puts steel in its place. Ranch Hand builds the Legend front bumper for the 1997 to 2002 Expedition. It comes from diamond plate and 4-inch schedule 40 pipe. It wraps the headlights, carries a 2-inch receiver, and runs 253 pounds. Frontier answers with the Original front bumper for 1999 to 2002. That one weighs 176 pounds and keeps the factory tow hooks and fog lights. Both bolt on. No cutting, no drilling.

Grille guard over the factory bumper keeps the stock bumper. It adds a frame-mounted steel cage in front of it. This is where the deeper bumper catalog sits. It reaches years the replacement bumpers never covered. Ranch Hand Legend guards use 12-gauge tubing with 5/16-inch uprights. Lower gauge means thicker steel. Each one is welded in a single piece and frame-mounted at four points. Steelcraft HD guards run e-coat under powder coat, a dipped base layer that fights rust from the inside out, and keep the OE tow hooks.

Punch-plate wraparound builds are the shared look. Each brand stamps a punched grille center. The split is in weight and sensor handling, not shape. Frontier guards land between 108 and 134 pounds. Ranch Hand guards run 98 to 109. The brand logos below open each maker's full Ford Expedition page.

What Fits Across Ford Expedition Generations

The Expedition has always followed the F150. Ford built each generation off the matching half-ton truck. Front-end hardware tracks the truck line. Start at the Ford F150 bumper pages for context. Then buy the part listed for your Expedition.

The UN93 ran 1997 to 2002. It takes both full replacement bumpers. Its 1999 to 2002 Ranch Hand guard is 4X4 only. The U222 followed for 2003 to 2006, guard fits only. The U324 covered 2007 to 2017. It added the extended EL body. The U553 ran 2018 to 2024. The 2025 redesign is newer than anything here.

Sensors are the real fork after 2007. Frontier's Expedition guards do not clear the factory park assist sensors on 2007 to 2017. Steelcraft moves all four with a separate kit. Ranch Hand keeps the sensors. It splits on the front camera. One 2018 to 2024 part number takes it. The other does not. Timberline is excluded.

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