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Looks good!!! Good to know there is room in there. Nice WARN winch. That is the only brand I have ever used on my Wrangler and my quads. My father still uses the one he put on is old '80 Chevy pickup back in 1981.
Yeah I have a 2014 JKU and I have the same winch minus all the fancy wireless controls. It has been rock solid with no issues. You can't beat the speed and reliability of a WARN.
After looking at this again I am curious what this is. It is in the plastic bumper so I don't see how this would be support for the wench and the small grille bar is added.
Thanks, cool setup!
HitchCrack: Do you think the aluminum bumper is strong enough to support the fairlead if one was winching from an extreme angle? That aluminum doesn't seem the strongest from what I have seen on mine and seems to be more for impact collapse in accidents.
Yes sir, it wasn't really a difficult install. What took me a while was figuring out the power steering cooler relocation to fit the winch on to the plate.
HitchCrack: Do you think the aluminum bumper is strong enough to support the fairlead if one was winching from an extreme angle? That aluminum doesn't seem the strongest from what I have seen on mine and seems to be more for impact collapse in accidents.
The aluminum crash bar is not supporting the winch plate, the winch plate is self supporting. The plate is bolted to the bar but that would be it. I didn't use the winch in an actual recovery while it was mounted like this so I can't say if would have caused any issues but I would have trusted it in any recovery. In the picture below you can see the gussets under the plate that are hidden by the aluminum bumper.
After looking at this again I am curious what this is. It is in the plastic bumper so I don't see how this would be support for the wench and the small grille bar is added.
Thanks, cool setup!
lol yes those were for a 10" led bar I had on the bumper. I didn't get it mounted back up before these pictures were taken.
03-22-18, 07:31 PM
GX460 Hidden Winch Mount
