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Old 02-07-2016, 06:26 PM
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Who has the best prices for front to rear frame stiffeners?
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when i looked, DB metal worx on ebay has full set for 320 free ship, or another place has full stiffeners T&M metal fab, for 300 before shipping. but it also includes in inner rear stifferner (remove gastank). i have purchased from them they have some other great products aswell. IMO, the ruff stuff center is way better then those center stiffeners.
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Who has the best prices for front to rear frame stiffeners?
Check out HD off-road, who'll I'll be buying mine from!
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Cheap, no, easy to install and solid, yes!

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Originally Posted by guinelle1
when i looked, DB metal worx on ebay has full set for 320 free ship, or another place has full stiffeners T&M metal fab, for 300 before shipping. but it also includes in inner rear stifferner (remove gastank). i have purchased from them they have some other great products aswell. IMO, the ruff stuff center is way better then those center stiffeners.
X2 on the Ruff Stuff centers
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Thanks! I'm definitely going ruff stuff centers
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nothing wrong with the HD Engineering frame stiffeners... installed a set on my 99 XJ, great fit, nice workmanship and fair price.
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What is a fair price to have s set welded in ?
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JCR is making them now.

http://www.jcroffroad.com/product/XJMISC/XJUNS-M.html

http://www.jcroffroad.com/product/XJMISC/XJUNS-F.html
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I used this for the front of mine
http://www.rustysoffroad.com/rustys-...nt-plates.html
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I run the ruff stuff front to rear. When I did them I also did rock sliders. They make the XJ feel good and tight. No real body roll.
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Dirt bound Off Road. They sell the ruff stuff mids, and their own fronts and rears. Max is a stellar guy to deal with. Got everything for just over $300.
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Dirt bound Off Road. They sell the ruff stuff mids, and their own fronts and rears. Max is a stellar guy to deal with. Got everything for just over $300.
those are cheap!! damn. the only thing i dont like about them is they dont go all the way to the bumper holes. if youre gunna go through the trouble to do stiffiners you should go all the way to the bumper holes one piece :P
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those are cheap!! damn. the only thing i dont like about them is they dont go all the way to the bumper holes. if youre gunna go through the trouble to do stiffiners you should go all the way to the bumper holes one piece :P
Like this. These stiffeners are not extremely thick but they do double the thickness of the front frame rails. I can't wait to do the middle with these;https://www.hooliganoffroad.com/coll...mid-stiffeners The nice thing is they are local and I can pick them up from them.
If I do the rears I will probably just make those out of the left over sheets of steel I have from my trailer project. I am eye balling a plasma cutter.
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