lift or bumper?

[johndeeretimex]

so i cant decided to get a 4.5 lift kit in my xj or a frount and rear bumper with tire carry.  Right now I am going for more of the bumper because of the tow points for wheeling now but on the other hand a lift would be cool to get too. The only problem i have is that i might have to drive back to Ontario soon, so i would think to save gas a lift kit would be better and less weight.

[bradley]

If you have no tow points at all I would go with the bumpers but if u do I would go with the lift

[Dingleberry]

The lift would likely be worse for fuel economy than installing two heavy bumpers.

Does the lift option also include going with bigger tires at the same time? If not it seems redundant.

[johndeeretimex]

it would just be the lift no new tires yet

[bradley]

If you arent going with bigger tires along with the lift i would just go with the bumpers

[TL-Iguana]

I went with a lift for my XJ before the bumpers. Reason being, for a decent price you can get a rear tow point that fits in to your hitch adapter from any one of the reputable shops on the board here, and if you dont have a hitch for the rear, then you can pick one up used off the board too. Just ask. For the fronts you can get tow hooks that bolt on, again for a very decent price. Tough decision to make for sure, I do see your point, but the lift happens to be what I did first based on the fact that I was using my jeep out on the farm to get more work done than wheeling, and it happened to help with the larger tires to do just that