So I have a '95 XJ Country package. It has sat for about three years until I bought it earlier this year. I have been looking at the Smittybilt XRC Bumper in the Quadratec catalog that has the hitch in the bumper. Does anyone have an opinion about it ? Easy to install, not worth it any info provided will be greatly appreciated. I also hate the Country trim package so removing anything involved with that is a bonus. Thanks.

 

Yes have a look here for bumpers all Patrick makes are XJ bumpers and a few builder parts. I have one of their rear "Crawler Series" swing out tire carrier bumpers. It is a very high quality, HD and well made unit they have 2 lines of bumpers, check them out here. www.roxolidtrailarmor.com all are powder coated and shipping included starting around $240.

 

http://www.nates4x4.com/category_s/1821.htm
awesome customer service reasonable prices alot of options check him out ...

 

Man there prices are really high aren't they?

 

To answer your question, the installation is pretty straight forward.

If you can turn a wrench and drill a few holes, you can install it.

 

nah...when you compare his stuff to other products out on the market he's pretty reasonable, usually lower, its cheaper then xrc price wise and prob alot stonger!!! ...ntm free shipping and no tax only down side is its comes bare metal so painting is on you... starting at $285 shipped how can you beat it

 

I will be looking at these ideas later, thanks to all for the help and suggestions.

 

Humm.....$240 all Powder Coated, free shipping front bumper. One of the strongest read bumpers made and no drilling required on the back. It uses all the Class III Hitch bolt holes plus the bumper mounting and includes a nut strip if you need one with all grade 8 hardware.

My rear "Crawler Series" Swing Out Tire Carrier bumper was $600 shipped.

 

il be buyign these when i have the $. front and rear shippd for $450
http://www.ebay.com/itm/171242724367?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT#ht_576wt_1362

 

I wouldn't do any recovery with either of those without some modifications first... the rear has no unibody tie ins. The front looks like it only mounts with the first three bolts. You'll pull both those bumpers right off. Good luck with them though.

 

nut strips for the back
and i already have front tie ins to weld on when i tackle the gay broken steering bracket thign

 

Those bumpers could almost be pulled off by hand all they use are stock bumper mounting holes period and they are only 1/8" not 3/16" like most HD bumpers.

 

These would be ideal if your going to replace the tie in with either 3/16 or 1/4.
When I redid my front I did with 1/4 to tie in the gear box and is supported by 16 bolts. Then added a inner support that replaced the crappy spacer. I did it with 1/8 as I didn't find any 3/16 laying around till after I was finished. My gear box popping when away and noticeable stiffen the front.