mitchbacon12

Anyone run the XRC tire carrier bumper AND have the cut and fold lower quarter panels? i can get this bumper for a good deal but i'm unsure of how it would look since it extends down to where the lower quarter panels would be if i wouldn't have already cut them off. Pic of the bumper (silver jeep) and my jeep with my current bumper (green one) so that i make sense lol.

93XJeeper

I'm wanting to do the same thing. I was planning on just doing a little cut and fab to make it look nice.

gpXJ

Or just buy a spindle from one of the many places they are available, make/have made an arm and mount it to your current bumper? The current one looks a helluva lot better than the Smitty one, imho.

WheelingWV

Not smittybilt, its the nates4x4 tire carrier I am selling but should give you an idea?

andrewmp6

Have you seen http://www.ajsoffroadarmor.com/produ...cat=254&page=1 or http://www.dirtboundoffroad.com/mant...erokee-xj.html

mitchbacon12

yes. i love the xj's one but with the options, its gonna be over $1000 plus shipping. and i emailed them last week and never got a response. plus, i can get the XRC tire carrier for $550 brand new. it is a one time open box special so i decided to go that route. i got it this morning. hopefully installing it sometime this week.

wizardpc

Get a friend or two to help you. And air tools.

http://gunscarstech.com/xrcrear

mitchbacon12

well the install went super smooth. took about 2 hours start to finish with a few breaks. no modifications were needed. awesome fitment. the bumper does hang down pretty low past the rear corners where i cut and folded them. i'm gonna have some sort of "skid plate" fabled up from the number up to where the fender cut ends so i can "slide" off rocks rather than having the bumper hung up. other than that, i have no complaints about this bumper whatsoever. ill upload pics tomorrow.

cbs_24

PICS!1

mitchbacon12

i can't upload pics for some reason. if anyone wants pics send me a private message or a text. 678-462-8322

93XJeeper

r u using the app? Tap on advanced in the top right corner to upload pics.

mitchbacon12

let me know if these work. any specific picture just let me know. you can see on the side view that i definitely will need to fab something up for the corners to keep from the bumper getting hung up and ripped off.

Photojared

Well you kind of loose the point of a cut and fold...

wizardpc

How did you get the hilift brackets on! I can NOT get them to fit because the plate that's welded to the tube interferes with them.