So i have been looking to get a winch for my KK for awhile now. I noticed that some members have used the Detours Backbone system. I like this but I don't want to deal with cutting and drilling new holes. My other other idea is to buy a front tow hitch and then buy this http://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and ... /6495.html

Let me know what your feed back is good or bad

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3.5in RK lift
245/75/16 firestone destination MT
16in cragar soft 8s
black horse grill guard
2 hella 500s

I thought I wanted a front hitch too. After seeing how low it mounts I'm liking the backbone better.On the home page for this web site is a KJ with a front hitch right where I would like one for my KK. Someone needs to start making that hitch and figure out how to mount it on the KK.
Oops you wanted a guys opinion not a gals

They do make a front hitch its right on here http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CHT-31020/

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3.5in RK lift
245/75/16 firestone destination MT
16in cragar soft 8s
black horse grill guard
2 hella 500s

with a hitch mounted winch it will sit a lot lower then say a detours backbone or steel front bumper. this could diminish your approach angle and you will be plowing into any remotely steep terrain before getting your front tires to it. this will limit your off road abilities on any end of the vehicle you try to hitch mount a winch. you could have it removed and only install it when necessary but then comes that time when you will need it and cant install it because something that you would have hit with it installed is in the way. another thing to think about is class III hitches are rated for 5k lbs pulling and the smallest i would put on is an 8k winch, you could potentially get very stuck and exceed the safe limit of the hitch. just think of the disaster that could happen.

on another note, detoursusa.com is currently showing the backbone unavailable. there are also no bumpers being manufactured, although you could retrofit a KJ bumper because they mount the same.

Thanks Dirty good point

They Do?

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3.5in RK lift
245/75/16 firestone destination MT
16in cragar soft 8s
black horse grill guard
2 hella 500s

yes the front bumper area is all the same under the plastic bumpers. that is how the KJ backbone worked on my KK. however the area just below the grill sits up higher on a KK so there will a gap to fill and then on each side where the turn signals would all be need to be modified. you honestly would be better of with a custom bumper in my opinion.

Thanks Dirty you have been most informative as always

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3.5in RK lift
245/75/16 firestone destination MT
16in cragar soft 8s
black horse grill guard
2 hella 500s

no prob

i do remember a long time ago someone fit a JK bumper on the front of a KK with a minimal amount of changes. i believe he just added some mounts coming off the front of the KK and trimmed some on the backside of the JK bumper and it fit pretty good. who knows if i can find it again, but i can try for ya...

check towards the bottom of this page and the next for the JK bumper modded to a KK, its in along with Boblemoche's bumper build thread...

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Yes I know I posted it when I found it on another forum. Somebody here got one and installed it, it sits way lower then the KJ front hitch. I want something higher,to use as a deer ram front end protector, and boat tow,cradle winch mount. As DirtyKK said the fronts of KK and KJ are similar, just cosmetically different.So if someone reproduced the KJ front hitch with good bumper fascia cutting instructions I'd buy it.