Hi all, newbie here, I've decided with the help of the online community to install a 2 inch lift on my 2014 4 door sport auto. I'm going with old man emu coils as they're easy to get here in Australia and Rancho 9000 shocks hopefully that'll give me a more comfortable ride compared to stock as it's pretty bad at the moment over bumps and pot holes.

If anyone has experience with either the ome coils, Rancho shocks or both together on a 4door feel free to let me know what they're like.

Now to my question, I want to purchase either a 10th Anniversary front bumper or an aev bumper, i like the look of both but maybe leaning slightly towards the 10th Anniversary in case i decide to trim my stock fenders and in my opinion it'll look better. Thoughts?

 

Between those 2 options, definitely the 10th anniversary IMO. It looks good without the end caps on. The AEV would not provide you a stubby conversion without mutilating it. That said, depending on what those bumpers run you down there, I think there is better value for the price in a quality PSC or similar bumper. Then again, you have some logistics that probably come in to play with a lot of parts and their availability down there.

 

I have had both the aev bumper on my previous 2016 jkur and 10A/recon bumper on my recon and if I could trade for an aev bumper I’d do it in a minute. AEV bumpers actually look better than you would think with flat fenders. Being down under ARB is a nice bumper and might be cheaper

 

What about the aev bumper did you like over the 10A? Was it just cosmetic or something else?

 

Mostly cosmetic but it also seems like it would be better in a collision and if you rock crawl and don’t take your ends off the 10A they do not have the clearance that the aev ends do. The front tube is also much stronger and not just a bolt on. I do like the fact that the 10A can convert to a stubby but I still like the aev better. The aev also has brackets for lights if that is important