I went ahead and removed it. It has 8 small slots on the front 3 of which the front licsense plate will cover and the fog lights will cover 2. Just have to figure out what to do with the others. The big slot is going to be filled by a 24" light bar which is waitin for me at my house! I'm also going to plasti dip the bumper black. I'll post pics of it in my build thread when I'm all finished.
My Warn bumper came without holes there, and the 6.0 overheated pulling grades in summer heat.
I put a bunch of 1.5" holes in the middle of the bumper and it cured the issue.
Mike
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2012 E250 Hitop camper
Yes that is just a temporary solution. I am planning to use shorter stainless bolts with acorn nuts to cover the exposed threaded end of the bolt. That should not only look good but also keep the threads nice and clean.