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One of the beauty's of owning almost every Jeep is their ability to flat tow from the factory....Assuming the JLU is no different I will be in the market for a front bumper that is capable of hooking up to a tow bar and also is winch capable. Anyone seen any products like this yet?

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I asked something similar on the interior exterior technical section. I've ordered the steel option as I want to flat tow right away and will likely have something welded up. I want to keep it stock in terms of getting a winch in so I need to ensure I either install first or better yet make sure whatever is welded up won't cause problems getting the bumper off in the future.

My brother's JK is flat towed using the smittybuilt XRC bumper and adapters to attach, nice setup, but I'm not ready to replace my existing towbar.
 

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One of the beauty's of owning almost every Jeep is their ability to flat tow from the factory....Assuming the JLU is no different I will be in the market for a front bumper that is capable of hooking up to a tow bar and also is winch capable. Anyone seen any products like this yet?

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I flat tow both my JK's behind my motorhome. My '11 is with the RR winch bumper and cheap reese towbar. My '17 uses a baseplate under the factory steel bumper. I'm certain we'll see after market for the JL pretty quick that will allow us to flat tow with relative ease. I can find a couple pics if you want of my current set ups. I'm they'll be about the same for the JL
 

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Any problems with it being lower than front bumper?
 

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Any problems with it being lower than front bumper?
Not at all, my Towbar on my '17 was 1.5" lower at the jeep. Any more and I would've used a drop receiver on The moho to level it out. When I get back to my laptop I'll try to dig up a couple pics to post. My '11 is perfectly level
 

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No sorry, I meant any trouble with the mount points on the Jeep when offroading - hitting anything I guess.
 

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Not in my experience but I've never been to Moab, at least not yet. On my '17 it does reduce the approach angle by a few degrees but not enough to effect any off road use for me. No ill effect on my '11 as the mounts are on the face of the bumper.
 

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Thanks SpyDJeep
 

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