Maybe not best but which are good solid options.

Do not need a tire carrier and trying to stay in the $500 range.

Going to have RR XHD in the front. Hate RR full length rear and I'll be damned if I paying 700+ for some pods.....Sux I won't match it up but oh we'll...

Thx for your suggestions!

 

I guess I could get the RR one and mod it to be a stubby type.

Saw a thread on that...

 

Anyone with any suggestions?

 

Poison spyder bfh is what I am going with now it seems to be the best non - tire carreer, I had a full width rugged ridge and it looked goofy with bushwack flats and full width, I even chopped it into a stubby but got sick of the rattles and am now just gonna throw the spare in the back...

 

JCR is coming out with a new rear stubby that looks great.

 

LoD is at the top of the list for me... I love mine, period. Nothing bad to report. X2 on the stubby....full width my brotha...

 

If you really want a stubby rear tire carrier i know rancho make a pretty nice one in your budget you might want to take a look at it

 

I'm digging my poison spyder bfh. Great departure angle, "mild" frame cutting though...

 

I love my RR XHD full length rear bumper. Went out to my parked Jeep the other day and it looked like someone had backed into my bumper...either that or they pulled out of a stall too sharp and hit it. At any rate, all I got was a little strip of blue paint on the rear corner. It didn't even go through the powder coat finish. Bet they'll never do that again. Judging by the blue paint strip, if the RR bumper wasn't designed as such, they would have ripped off my licence plate and holder and maybe damaged the rear corner panel a bit. I definitely like the full width protection in the rear.