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08 Unlimted Rubicon Front Bumper

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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 10:22 AM
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I smashed the left hand corner of my front stock plastic bumper. Driver's Side.
I am wondering if I can get some dent removal person to pop it back out.
If not it is still driveable.
Also I am wondering what would be a good front bumper to get.
I definitely want to keep my fog lamps though.
And I would want the option to add a winch later.
And can someone tell me about Stinger Loops?
They seem to be really good in theory but I don't see too many of them on Jeeps.
What would be cool would be to get a front bumper/fog lamps/winch/loop combo.
Any suggestions?

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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 11:18 AM
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Just make your stock bumper into a stubby, if you dont have the coin for an aftermarket one. I did that and havent hit it yet. Good Luck
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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 11:20 AM
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as mentioned, may want to consider stubbifying your bumper....



http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...umper-write-up
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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 11:21 AM
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Just make your stock bumper into a stubby
Speaking of Subby's... isn't something not protected when you have a stubby front bumper? Like the tires? Then again my tire (instead of my bumper) hitting a boulder would have bee OK in that case.
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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 11:25 AM
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as mentioned, may want to consider stubbifying your bumper....
Wow. That's a cool looking pic. What does it take to do that? Just a saw? Is the front bumper just plastic after you get past the middle section?
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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 11:46 AM
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You did the same thing I did. I used it as an excuse. Oops, sorry honey, I didn't mean to dent the bumper; guess we will have to buy a new after market one!

I took off my plastic cover and could not see an easy way to push out my damage, but yours may be different.

I was glad I replaced the bumper and all of the plastic on the front as it looks a lot better.

Bumpers are one of those personal type choices. I would suggest looking at pictures on the forum or going to Northridge4X4 and looking at the selection he has to get an idea.

I was fortunate to get a redrock fab stinger that is exactly what you are asking for. However I don't see that they started producing them again. I was able to get the prototype off of their company vehicle and the last I heard, last year sometime, they would eventually be producing them again.
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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by gdeal
Wow. That's a cool looking pic. What does it take to do that? Just a saw? Is the front bumper just plastic after you get past the middle section?
here is the write-up i did for it:

http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...umper-write-up
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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 12:00 PM
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This one seems to fit your check list. Rugged Ridge XHD Modular. Won't break the bank either





Will be dropping a winch in soon.
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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by gdeal
I smashed the left hand corner of my front stock plastic bumper. Driver's Side.
I am wondering if I can get some dent removal person to pop it back out.
If not it is still driveable.
Also I am wondering what would be a good front bumper to get.
I definitely want to keep my fog lamps though.
And I would want the option to add a winch later.
And can someone tell me about Stinger Loops?
They seem to be really good in theory but I don't see too many of them on Jeeps.
What would be cool would be to get a front bumper/fog lamps/winch/loop combo.
Any suggestions?
when you say "loop" do you mean a stinger or a winch "hoop"?
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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 12:21 PM
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when you say "loop" do you mean a stinger or a winch "hoop"?
Sorry my bad. Hoop. Thanks.
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