Sweet new XJ front bumper:

Avanteone · Sep 20, 2006

Those of you who have been to Moab probably know Steve at Moab 4x4 Outpost.

Anyway, he produces buggy chassis, all kinds of armor, etc. and their newest product is this sweet front XJ bumper. I was lucky enough to be selected to install one of their first units and beat on it for a while and report back to them. Here's a couple of pics of it sitting on the floor, sorry they're so dark:

I plan on removing my bumper today and get going on repairing my winch. It hasn't freespooled in several years so I'm gonna dig into it and see what I can find. Once that is handled and my synthetic winch rope shows up from www.Winchline.com I will get more pics of it during the assembly process.

John

Avanteone · Sep 20, 2006

OK, got it all installed and the winch mounted today. I've gotta say the fitment was pretty good. I've installed a few aftermarket XJ bumpers and they never fit perfect. There was only one hole I had to elongate slightly, and had to drill one extra hole for the bolt on my M.O.R.E. steering box brace. I'm happy /w the way it looks, and can't wait to get it out on the rocks and bash it up a little.

PICS:
before winch mounted:

Left side mounting, replaces my C-rok outer plate:

After winch installed /w new rope from www.Winchline.com:

John

Alpine4x4 · Sep 20, 2006

looks great!

KarlVP · Sep 20, 2006

That is pretty neat.

But it could use a little more under the marker/turn lights.

Cascade_Crawler · Sep 20, 2006

Thats real nice look John, I dont like the look of a lot of the aftermarket XJ bumpers

zig80toy · Sep 20, 2006

WOw, i like it!!!! The low profile look is pretty sweet. I like the way it tucks right up against the body. Some bumpers i have seen on XJs just hang way down and are huge. THis one is the way to go!!!!