I would look at a winch ready bumper. No winch plate needed.
I replaced a Smitty Classic bumper and RC winch plate with a JCR Dagger stubby bumper. I have a XD9000i too.
I like it, but I think they have changed the design a little to accommodate the wider Warn Xeon winches. Of course the price went up with the redesign. They have a few styles to choose from.
I also really like KD Fabworks winch bumper. It uses the 2 front sway bar bolts as well as the top 4 bumper bolts.
I bought a barricade. It went on very easy. Had to enlarge one hole but had it on the jeep in a short time. Lighter bumper but feels very sturdy and service from XT has been great.
Check out JCR Fab's bumpers. They are another attractive option. Mine had the JCR DIY bumper kit when I bought it. If it wouldn't have, I'd have bought one of their other options or the PSC.
Im running the Poison Spyder BFH with brawler bar also. The only thing I had to add was a fairlead mounting plate as the Engo winches don't come with the fairlead mount setup on the winch itself like some brands do.
When you install the PS bumper be sure to install the winch on it before mounting the bumper on your Jeep. Once the bumpers mounted you cant access the winch mounting bolts, at least on my 01 TJ. Which is a great theft deterrant by the way.
When I got my jeep recently it did not have a front bumper picked this one up off ebay for a little over $200 and it has built in which plate and mounts for lighting installed in about 15 min haha no issues with holes lining up seems well built and welds are nice and clean, messing around and to test the dlinks I pulled another jeep with a strap and it held together with no issues
It's not cheap but it's 6061 T6 aluminum (strong) which means it is lighter, and it saves from having to pay extra for a winch mount. Not to mention it's made to not get hung up on tough trails.
Went with the Schrockworks front bumper as well as their sliders. Very happy with the fit and finish. both the sliders and the bumper installed without any problems.
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