I'm new to the jeep world and after reading this forum and watching videos I have a few questions that seem simple but...
First, I saw a video where they were welding their winches to the bumper. Is this necessary? I don't do any serious offroading and don't think I'll need it. I was also told that the barricade front bumper I bought came with a winch mount. It seems if you were pulling any kind of weight, such as a stuck jeep, that the bumper would twist out as the winch pulled. Also, I am interested in the Pull Pal as most trail riding I will do here in south texas doesn't have many trees, but the price seems a little steep for what little I go offroad. Has anyone used a foldable boat anchor or something else that will dig into the ground just the same?
Second, I just ordered some light bars. A 120w and 72w for the hood and bull bar. The previous owner cut the fog light wires for what I assume were his own lights. Does the wiring that runs to the stock fog lights have enough power for my light bars? I would really like to use the stock switch for the fogs rather than cut a hole for and aftermarket toggle.
One more just out of curiousity, I have read a ton of info on lifts on here and have not once seen the lift I was told mine came with. The ride is great so far it just worries me a bit that no one else runs it. I bought it with a Clayton short arm suspension and Bilstein shocks. He extended the brake lines, regeared to 4.88s, and installed a programmer so I just assumed he went with a quality lift as well.
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First, I saw a video where they were welding their winches to the bumper. Is this necessary? I don't do any serious offroading and don't think I'll need it. I was also told that the barricade front bumper I bought came with a winch mount. It seems if you were pulling any kind of weight, such as a stuck jeep, that the bumper would twist out as the winch pulled. Also, I am interested in the Pull Pal as most trail riding I will do here in south texas doesn't have many trees, but the price seems a little steep for what little I go offroad. Has anyone used a foldable boat anchor or something else that will dig into the ground just the same?
Second, I just ordered some light bars. A 120w and 72w for the hood and bull bar. The previous owner cut the fog light wires for what I assume were his own lights. Does the wiring that runs to the stock fog lights have enough power for my light bars? I would really like to use the stock switch for the fogs rather than cut a hole for and aftermarket toggle.
One more just out of curiousity, I have read a ton of info on lifts on here and have not once seen the lift I was told mine came with. The ride is great so far it just worries me a bit that no one else runs it. I bought it with a Clayton short arm suspension and Bilstein shocks. He extended the brake lines, regeared to 4.88s, and installed a programmer so I just assumed he went with a quality lift as well.
opcorn: