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Old Jan 9, 2015 | 09:02 PM
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Anybody tried ththese bumpers out? What's the quality and customer service?
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Old Jan 9, 2015 | 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by bigpun
Anybody tried ththese bumpers out? What's the quality and customer service?
Links and or pics might get you better results...

After a quick search, I pulled this up

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f67/be...ffroad-192295/

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Old Jan 10, 2015 | 12:05 AM
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They're somewhat local and I have heard of great things from them. Granted what is posted online, I would also take that into consideration. I would call and pick something up from them, but wouldn't special order or have them ship anything.
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Old Jan 10, 2015 | 01:44 AM
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I believe in you get what you pay for,And some of these cheapo bumper sites are kinda hard to deal with.
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Old Jan 10, 2015 | 09:54 AM
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I've never owned one, and after reading the reviews, I never will. The photos show shackle mounts and a receiver built into the bumper, but it only mounts using the 8 factory mounting bolts. The factory mounts are barely sufficient for the stock sheet metal bumper with a factory carrier/tire. There's no way I would trust them with the added weight of an aftermarket bumper/wheel/tire. It looks to me like a flimsy design, and having no tie-ins makes the shackle mounts and receiver useless. I would not run this on my XJ.

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Old Jan 10, 2015 | 09:04 PM
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Rear bumper ties into the nut strip. Great quality. Holds a 35 pretty solid.
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Old Jan 10, 2015 | 09:22 PM
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Rear bumper ties into the nut strip. Great quality. Holds a 35 pretty solid.
If that's the case, then it's better than it looks. Your experience appears to be good, but apparently others haven't had the same service.
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Old Jan 12, 2015 | 08:42 AM
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Im local to DND and they make some of their bumpers so that they can be affordable but if you don't like how they tie into the jeep you can call them and have better mounting brackets put on the front bumper that ties further back into the framerails. It doesn't hurt to give them a call and see but i have had good customer service with them when i have boughten stuff and they sometimes run deals through their Facebook page.
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Old Jan 12, 2015 | 06:55 PM
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I ordered some quarter panel gaurds off there ebay page. They told me it would ship in 2 days. It has been 6 days and still hasnt been shipped. They answered all my questions quickly before i bought something but now that i paid for it there is a lack of comunication. I will update on the quality when they finally arive. Hopefully their products dont mirror their customer service.
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