Ive been looking at winches and bumpers here lately... Most seem to be VERY expensive. The Rough Country modular bumper seems nice for the money... I also really like the Victory4X4 frame chop options... Are there any other similarly priced options that may not be coming up in my searches?

 

You can get cheap bumpers off amazon I believe the brand is E-autogrilles

 

I have the RC Hybrid, cost me $250. I bought it mostly for budget reasons, but also because the winch mount was lower and not blocking the grill. It has seriously grown on me. Not sure I could go back to a full width bumper. I've beat on it pretty hard and its taken trail rash well.

 

I have one and I have to say I'm impressed. Seems sturdy as hell. Winch plate, grill gaurd with light tabs, uses factory fogs and came with 2 D-rings. $325 shipped.

 

Take a look at the Bestop narrow rock bumper. I like their narrow one, the full length not so much.

 

+1 I agree

 

In case you didn't know, good Jeep parts are expensive, and usually for good reason. When I bought my Bumpers, I bought from dealers that have a high interest in making a great product because their business relies on it. I'm not putting my life on the line because the guy in another country didn't really know how to weld all that great. Just my 2 cents, I will save money to put a good product on my Jeep before buying cheap.

 

Have to agree with this. If you plan on ever using a winch to recover your rig, a cheap chinee welded recovery point doesn't have my confidence.

For crash protection steel is steel, for recovery all that stress is on your points, if they fail money saved on a bumper won't replace what could happen.

 

Instead of "cheap", I think what you really mean is a "value" winch bumper.

Here's a few options I think you should consider.

1. Your cheapest option will be having the stock bumper modified with a winch. Look around, there's a few write-ups on this forum on how to do it. Here's what it looks like.



2. Instead of looking for a brand new bumper, start shopping around on Craig's list for something in your area. The nice thing for us "value" shoppers is that people are often "upgrading" their Jeeps which means they're usually trying to get rid of the old stuff. Someone's perceived downgrade, can be your upgrade at a fraction of the price. A used bumper with a fresh coat of rattle can spray can look as good as new. Often if you shop around, you will find people have purchased bumpers with the intent to mount it, but then things happen or they change their mind and they're looking to get rid of it and cut their losses. I've seen brand new in the box Mopar winch mount bumpers on Craig's list for $100. I purchased a used AEV Call of Duty Moab front bumper on Craig's list for $250 which is a $1300 bumper when purchased new. Another member on this forum got the matching AEV Moab rear bumper off the same guy for $120. You might have to be patient, but deals like that do show up on Craig's list.

 

I have a Warn. Came with plate and I can use my factory fogs too. Under $400.