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How Bad Will A Ruggid Ridge XHD bumper make me sag?

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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:43 PM
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Default How Bad Will A Ruggid Ridge XHD bumper make me sag?

I have a RC BB (no coils) and just got this bumper...(Winch not here yet)..This fucker is heavy..will it kill the factory coils and shrink my lift? Im not putting the winch on till I get new coils...
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:47 PM
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i jhave rr xhd front stubby with end caps ran it on stock and didnt realy affect it
i now have 4 inch super lift and she stills sets level. see my avatar(pic) if i were u just figure front bumper and winch, and pretty soon rear bumper tire carrier and full size spare shell probaly balance out in the end
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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I had the bumper on my old 2D with a 4" Superlift and it didn't sag at all.
The bumper really isn't that heavy. I bet that winch will weight more than the bumper.
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by karls10jk
The winch and bumper on my stock coils was pretty bad, prolly an inch or so. This won't work for you, but I swapped in 4dr coils and it leveled off. Now I have a tf bb and everything is ok. Maybe look for rubi springs with hard top and tow package to swap into your front end if it sags much.
I had an XRC-8 with synthetic line, XHD with storage ends, pretty bad rake. Probably an inch.

Put my RK 2.5" lift on today, almost leveled it out. Maybe 1/2" of difference now from front to back which i can barely notice.
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:21 PM
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Well I do have a stock coils but I have a 2.5 spacer in the front... Will this br fine (no winch) till I get the coils? Can you tell I hate Rake!!
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:38 PM
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installed the RR XHD stubby with a recon winch.. sag was 5/8" =~130lbs, then I installed the RR Sway bar skid... sag is now at 1"
i do notice it now.
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 09:33 PM
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This is my 2dr with 4th springs and 1 3/4 pucks on the front. I have the RR stubby with hoop and xrc 8 & lower skid. The white one is my uncles 4 dr X.
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 09:36 PM
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Sorry about the other pic I can't figure out how to delete it now. Hope I don't offend any one. OOPS
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 11:24 PM
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Which coils are you getting?? You can see mine this weekend, my xhd and winch gave me some sag in the front but not much. Awesome setup!

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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 11:26 PM
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i have the TF 2.5 coil lift with this bumper AND stinger.. sits level.. for wut ever reason your jk sags, just lower ur tire pressure in the back and increase the front tires.. problem fixed
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