my cherokee has a 4.5" RC lift with 32" tires, its also my daily driver and im 17 and built and payed for the jeep myself. im researching steel bumpers and i really like Nates4x4 combo, im curious how heavy they are and if that will affect my gas mileage at all? as you can imagine i don't have the biggest budget so im curious!

thanks for the help!

 

Front was like 60-70ish and rear was like 45ish
But weighed with my arm scales... lol

 

Mines all custom I made it with 3/16 steel and has a smittybilt 8k winch on it no sag in the front at least I don't see plus a 4.5 RCA lift

 

My front L&L bumper is probably 60 lbs ish, no fuel difference. I also have a winch and havent noticed any difference in my fuel consumption.

 

It won't effect gas mileage. At least not enough to notice.

 

thanks for the advice, i guess it won't make the front sag rite?

 

Unless you get the ARB bumper . The extra weight will bring the front down a tad, but it is usually hardly noticable. Unless it is the ARB monster.

Another vote for no noticable MPG change.

 

My smittybuilt xrc weighs 80, and my xrc 8 winch weighs about 45-60. Altogether the thing is f***** heavy. Yes its going to make your jeep sag, but probably only about an inch or so at most. Maybe more over time. Adding just those (bumper and winch) won't do much to your mileage, but with other improvements like sliders and a rack, and tire carrier, and etc, you'll see a slightly larger loss.