Front and Rear Bumper Question (Brand Loyalty)
06-29-2012 | 06:15 PM
#12
JK Freak
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: N.E. and S.W.
Originally Posted by Jeeper'08
Love the Smittybilt XRC.. Got the front and getting the rear with tire carrier sometime soon!
Plus it's US made.
Plus it's US made.
06-29-2012 | 06:18 PM
#13
JK Freak
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From: N.E. and S.W.
Originally Posted by just JK'n
I'm running rock hard front and rear bumpers. Great quality and looks!
Thanks
It did start in the US anyway..
06-30-2012 | 10:00 AM
#16
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 453
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From: Austin, TX
Rugged Ridge front and Poison Spyder rear for me. I haven't seen too many front/rear combos that I really like enough to match or where there isn't some problem with one of them like a rattling tire carrier or something like that. While I can appreciate the person that has matching bumpers and armor and window stickers, I'm more about function and making sure each component works the way I need it to. Worst thing is to drop a crap load of money on a matching component but not have it work the way you need it to.
06-30-2012 | 05:28 PM
#19
JK Junkie
Joined: May 2009
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From: The Jersey Shore House
In the initial building of this bumper there were two variations of it a USA built and a China made one, if this is still true to this day I do not know but he wasn't wrong saying that it was made in the USA. You used to be able to tell by what hardware they sent with the bumper if it was zinc coated it was the USA variant, and black crap hardware the Chinese one...I've actually seen both in person and the USA one has "Made in the USA" stamped on it.
06-30-2012 | 05:47 PM
#20
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 416
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From: Apple Valley, CA
I just installed the LoD Stubby rear with GenIII tire carrier. Very solid and so far no rattles. We'll see what happens after time as I've only had it on about a week and been off road with it once...haha. The only thing I did was invest $3 in some stover lock nuts as it did not come wiht lock nuts or lock washers and I did not want to risk it coming loose.