I know many say to get the locker first, but it's really up to you and what you want to do, and how much you wheel.

I still don't have a locker on my rig, and may not put one on, as I want to build up another rig someday.

What I did was I did go for the ARB bumper and a Warn XD9000 winch, and I don't regret it one bit.
First time out last year with my new setup I rescued a stuck 2nd gen from some deep white stuff.

Reading up on a webpage by Bill Burke a famous off road guy, he has this quote on his site.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans"> A lot of people ask me about aftermarket accessories and what should be the first few items to make their rig unstoppable. I mention the things I wrote about in Part 1 and a winch. I get the normally asked questions about "lockers," big tires, suspensions, big engines, etc. I would rather see a winch go on first than lockers et al. THE WINCH WILL ALWAYS GET YOU OUT, the other things will always get you stuck! If you don't have a way to get unstuck, then what good are all those fancy traction devices and all the power in the world? Stuck is stuck is stuck!
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">There you have it, that is one reason I went with the bumper & winch first.
Many ways to go about it, this is the way I choose, and in the words of "Fat Bastard", I think it looks damn sexy <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

Nothing makes a 4x4 look like it means business than having a winch on it.
But then that is my opinion.