Front bumper or back bumper
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i would get the front first and if you don't already have a trailer hitch, get one so you have good pull points both front and rear.
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when I get the $ together, its going to be rear for me first, so I can get the tire outside the jeep, since I plan on installing a 3rd row/jumper seat in the back. Plus the tow hitch hangs low under the bumper and I've hit mine a few times. I would like to bring it up higher, into the bumper, and not below it.
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Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0l
If I were you get the rear bumper unless absolutely need a winch or recovery points on the front right now, either way you can't go wrong flip a coin...lol
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Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I built the front bumper first for the recovery point. I have a hitch on the rear, so I built a tire carrier that bolts in the rear hitch. I made my own, but there are many tire carriers on the market that fit into a receiver hitch. I made mine like the KnuckleBone to minimize how far it sticks out when opening the hatch in a parking lot. It's a nuisance lowering the tire to get in the rear hatch, I plan to build the rear bumper within the next couple months.
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Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
The front bumper first would be a good choice if you plan on a winch to go with it along with the install. I bought my front bumper off of craigslist used for $40 and a new winch to go into it.
The rear was purchased second only because I had purchased the front so cheap close by. The rear has a spare tire carrier, Hi-Lift jack mount, antenna mount, D-Rings, built in receiver hitch and came with 2 nut strips to mount if you needed it all powder coated for $600 shipped to my door.
Main reason the tire was just to heavy and hard to get on top of a lifted jeep and even more so if the flat was packed with mud/ice or snow into the rack.
The rear was purchased second only because I had purchased the front so cheap close by. The rear has a spare tire carrier, Hi-Lift jack mount, antenna mount, D-Rings, built in receiver hitch and came with 2 nut strips to mount if you needed it all powder coated for $600 shipped to my door.
Main reason the tire was just to heavy and hard to get on top of a lifted jeep and even more so if the flat was packed with mud/ice or snow into the rack.
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Year: 1999
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If you have the money saved do the rear first because they are the most costly of the 2 and shop for a used front one they can found on CL all the time for XJ's not so for a rear tire carrier one.
I have came across 2 in junk yards both were for winch's.
I have came across 2 in junk yards both were for winch's.