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Old 07-08-2014, 04:20 PM
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Lately I have been seeing quite a few JK's with stock bumpers and side steps with 33 inch to 37 inch tires. Noticeably a a lot of them have a High-Lift jack mounted to them.

As I recall and all the previous post I read that there are no lifting points for this jack. Are they just lying to be cool or am I mistaken?
Old 07-08-2014, 04:56 PM
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I seriously think it's for looks bc when I had stock bumpers and side steps I could not useANY points to jack up the jeep. The only thing I can think of is if they used the lug straps things to used the hi lift lug strap accessory. My guess is that you are prob seeing this on a mall crawler.

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Originally Posted by fultonromero12
I seriously think it's for looks bc when I had stock bumpers and side steps I could not useANY points to jack up the jeep. The only thing I can think of is if they used the lug straps things to used the hi lift lug strap accessory. My guess is that you are prob seeing this on a mall crawler. Sent from my iPad using JK-Forum
That's pretty much what I figured. It appears that you know the area so there is quite a few JK's running around these days. A lot of mall crawlers.

What bumpers and rails are you running with now?
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I have a stock bumper and a hi lift. The 3rd time I used it I dented the pinch seem (didn't have sliders at the time. I'm able to put a small piece of 2x4 between the slider and the jack. Works fine, for now.
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I have a jeep on a budget. My front bumper is a simple pavement ends with a skid row skid plate and winch. The rear is a smittybilt tube bumper. The rockers are also smittybilt . All have held up nice and all provide great points to use a tow strap. I've used my hi lift on the rockers when I was left with no choice and it held securely.

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