What to do first?

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1996cc

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Springfield, OR

• Aug 4, 2006

• #1

Seems like a total newbie question, but I'm struggling with it....

Rock rails and/or bumpers - or - frame stiffeners?

I like the idea of buying T&T's stiffeners (rather than angle or channel), but for $200 (shipped), that'd buy a lot of steel to start on rock rails and bumpers.

What do ya'll think?

 

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JaMMin2525

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Los Alamitos, CA

• Aug 4, 2006

• #2

do u have tow hooks already? the very first things i did with my jeep was diff armor, tow hooks, and sliders. Recovery and protection, cant go wrong.

 

HaleYes

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Clay County, IL

• Aug 5, 2006

• #3

Recovery 1st
Armor 2nd

After that it is personal preference.

 

johnlv6

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Radford, VA

• Aug 5, 2006

• #4

Yep...i did recovery first too. Tow hooks for the front and a hitch for the back. You're going to get stuck eventually (as i found out last week)...it'll pay off.

I decided to do the lift/tire thing now as i need new tires anyways (good excuse ).

 

2xtreme

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Kayak Pt, WA

• Aug 5, 2006

• #5

As has been said,
1. Recovery
2. Skids

I would do sliders, then front bumper, then rear bumper in that order.

PS. You comming to NWFest in a couple of weeks??

Michael

 

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1996cc

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Springfield, OR

• Aug 7, 2006

• #6

Got the recovery covered for now - running stock tow hooks until I build a beefier front bumper. And I have a rear hitch.

I was asking about the frame STIFFENERS, not rock rails. Versus the rails/bumpers. Thanks for the info.

 

IntrepidXJ

NAXJA Member #647

Location

Grand Junction, CO

• Aug 7, 2006

• #7

do you really have a need for the stiffeners at this point? are you running larger tires and doing a lot of big rocks? if not, you really have no real need for them until that time.....

 

karstic

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Milwaukee

• Aug 7, 2006

• #8

If you KNOW you are going to add rockrails AND some sort of frame stiffener then put the stiffeners on first. That way you can build the RR onto the stiffeners.

 

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1996cc

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Springfield, OR

• Aug 7, 2006

• #9

IntrepidXJ said:

do you really have a need for the stiffeners at this point?

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That's what I'm asking. I just don't want to be 2 years down the road with a bent body and mad that I didn't do these first.

Not a lot of rocks (areas like Tillimook, Elbe, etc...). Will have 5-6" lift and 33"s within the next month or so (just about have all the peices rounded up).

 

XJCasper

NAXJA Member #1042

Location

Yelm, Washington

• Aug 8, 2006

• #10

I would save for Rock Rails, but then again. Look at me, I have rock rails, and more armor sitting in my garage than mounted on my Jeep.

Come to NW Fest and learn like I did, about what your Jeep needs. Every time I went out, I learned why I needed something else, by watching what everyone else could do, that I could not.

Jason

 

karstic

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Milwaukee

• Aug 8, 2006

• #11

Another plus for the TnT stiffeners is that they act as a skid for the frame rail. I bent the the frame rail on my driver side and it will take some massaging w/ a BFH to fit stiffeners.