Ok, so as far as pricing, fitment, and strength, and functionality? what do yall think is the best idea?

bumpers with d rings?

D rings on the factory rear bumper plates?

receiver hitchs front and rear with d rings ???

i hate not having anything to hook a strap to, i know its only a matter of time til ill need it LUL

 

Hi-country off road products for front tow points.

And rear is good with a hitch and d-ring reciever.


Detours Backbone also has a nice system if you want to keep the stock bumper and have tow points with a winch.

I am not a fan of the front hitch personally I think they look stupid.

 

bumpers with d rings? Yes, check out JCR

D rings on the factory rear bumper plates? NO.. the stock bumper sucks, I ripped my rear one off. They are very light duty.

receiver hitchs front and rear with d rings ??? Or both, again look at JCR.. never know when you might need to mount something up front via a receiver... winch, bike rack, etc...

I am looking at the JCR stage 2 front and rear.

 

For XJ's I like JCR bumper packages... And I also like Nates4x4 bumpers great price..


http://www.nates4x4.com/catalog/inde...3c102dfaaf055d

 

Im leaning towards the front and rear recievers...

 

Front receiver hitch through Quadratec... $139.99
http://www.quadratec.com/products/92011_800_07.htm
Rear receiver hitch through Quadratec... $159.99
http://www.quadratec.com/products/72016_801_07.htm
D-ring hitch... $59.99 ea (x2)

 

I used this warrior up front w/D rings amd bruch guard. I got there light mounts and put a receiver hitch out of the JY to tie to in the back for now, I like the look of there rear bumper too. Maybe after I get done with the suspension work I'm doing now.

ItS pritty light too. Bolts right up to the stock holes. I just had to drill a couple holes for the vac canister.
http://www.warriorproducts.com/catal...nt-bumper.html

 

thanks for the links, jon !

and man, those bumpers look tough!

 

for the front, if you are looking at a new bumper with recovery points, or a hitch in it, make sure you get one (or make one) that ties into the "frame" rail all the way back. If you are just using the 3 factory bolt holes that holds the factory bumper on it could fail. same goes for the rear. the 4 bolts on each side of the rear are fine for a thin sheetmetal factory bumper, but i don't like them for pulling on. You can use a good class III reciever and a d ring in it. That works well.

here is a pic of my front tie ins for reference:

 

What are the 3 big circle holes on the bottom front of that bumper for?

 

My guess would be to allow access to the bottom of the mounting plate for the winch.

 

a hitch is easy to come by. just go to your local auto parts store and get one. make sure its a fitted one, specifically for your XJ. the universal ones wont line up, make sure its a class 3.

 

Yep Im getting a curt hitch from my work