Reviews: Smittybilt XRC Front Bumpers

Over all great bumper! Great price.

I use to hold an oversized winch (12,000 lbs), and it handels great. The one thing I have the issue with is small shackles mounts, can only use 1/2" pin diameter.This is a very great prouct.

This bumper is a nice touch to the offroad Jeep I'm building. Easy to install, only took an hour!

So the instructions sounded easy enough... For my 1996 XJ, the bolt holes were already on the Passenger side... Just a little wallering needed... Trouble Comes when you try removing the steering box bolts... I had two break off and now left having to drop the gearbox... Ultimately.. I changed Power Steering Pump, Hoses and Gearbox... Added ~$400 cost to the bumper... Bumper was heavy to manipulate... I Must admit that once installed it does look pretty good... With the XRC8 Winch installed, it did drop the nose a bit... So plan for it...

Nice bumper especially when you factory in the cost and free shipping. Bolts up easy, nice fit and finish. Be prepared to break some of the factory bolts. I broke a steering box bolt and a bumper bracket bolt. The hardware that is supplied is quality stuff. I ended up installing the bumper myself but would be easier with two People.

fit great, super easy install if you have any mechanical know how and a few tools.

Wow. I bought this for my 99 Jeep Cherokee XJ so I could add a winch. 1. Nice packaging from the MFR. No damage and easy to unpack. 2. Perfect fitment and easy install. If you have issues, check youtube for install videos. 3. Badlands Apex 12K winch fit perfect. 4. LED lights mounted great.

Don't confuse the bumper shown on website with what they deliver. There is no tubular "Bull Bar". The unit looks very strong (not installed yet), looks to be extraordinarily well built and takes 2 guys to lift. Not what's shown, but much more heavy duty. A good platform for my winch.

This bumper is a great bumper for the money and has good quality welds on it the frame brackets are better then some that I have had come with bumpers. The only thing that I wish they would do is have a stinger bar option like they do for the jk,yj and tj xrc bumpers. I contacted them asking if they would custom build one and they said they were booked on time. Im hoping they come out with one soon so I don't have to fab one up.

Received faulty hardware but bumper done fine since

good product with reasonable pricing

The bumper on the white cherokee is not the bumper you get! If you see the red xj on the smittybilt website, that is the one you get. After getting over the fact it wasnt the one I originally wanted, it is still a quality bumper! For the price you cant beat it! It IS extremely heavy though, took 2 people to hold it up while I started a few bolts. Good quality overall though.