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Old 10-26-2014, 01:22 PM
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Hi all. So yesterday some dumb ***** turned in front of me without looking and smacked the driver side of my 99. I need a new fender, bumper, grill, and headlight. Now I would like to replace the factory bumper with an aftermarket one. What are some good options that can fit with my factory front skid plate. Let's see some pics?
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I have the old JCR Pre-runner front bumper. It has been on for about 5 years and has held up great! Ive yanked on it, winches with it, hit a few trees at slow speed, dug it in the dirt etc. I even got clipped in the side of it by a truck at about 25 and all I had was a cracked blinker. Their new line ( www.Jcroffroad.com) looks much cooler. I run several of their products and have been pleased with them all. These are all older pictures but it still looks the same lol.

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Yeah jcr off road is one of the top xj bumper companies.Fair price built strong and a good company to buy from.
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I have JCR's new "Defender" bumper. I love it.
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I've got a Logan's Metal Products bumper on mine. At about $200 it is hard to beat the price and it is a well made bumper with good tie-ins. I've heard their customer service can be hit and miss, however I didn't have any major customer service issues with mine but ymmv.


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^ I think the dirtbound looks the best.
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Originally Posted by torque062
^ I think the dirtbound looks the best.
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I think Logans and Nates only use 1/8" steel.
If you're into tube bumpers, Serious and TnT make nice tube bumpers. I think smittybilt has a new line of bumpers as well.
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One most never talk about http://www.trailready.com/bumpers/jeep_cherokee.html
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Originally Posted by Metmknice
I think Logans and Nates only use 1/8" steel.
Not sure about all of them, but the Logan's I have is 3/16" steel with 1/4" steel frame tie-ins (the gussets the frame tie-ins attach to are also 1/4", the other gussets in the middle are 3/16" like the shell).
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Check out aresfab! Great stuff
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Another vote for Dirtbound, I LOVE mine!
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Originally Posted by Metmknice
I think Logans and Nates only use 1/8" steel.
Nates4x4 bumpers are thicker than 1/8" and very stout. And the rear bumper also ties into frame-rails like a hitch.
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Those dirtbound bumpers are noice

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