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Man that looks great, did you start with an existing mounting plate or fab that from scratch? Can we get a few more pics on the plate from say front and side? And any tips or tricks you learned?
Been wanting to do this forever its between this and a 20 inch but i would use this much more considering i have a 50 inch and 4 pods. If you could post a few more pics of how everything is mounted that would be awesome, also did you fab that mount up yourself or purchase it.?
Man that looks great, did you start with an existing mounting plate or fab that from scratch? Can we get a few more pics on the plate from say front and side? And any tips or tricks you learned?
Been wanting to do this forever its between this and a 20 inch but i would use this much more considering i have a 50 inch and 4 pods. If you could post a few more pics of how everything is mounted that would be awesome, also did you fab that mount up yourself or purchase it.?
Gotta ask this question as I really want to do this, what are your thought on cutting our chrome bumpers? My 2014 dosen't have any opening in the middle like the previous year models and I'm concerned the bumper will start flaking and whatnot. I know chrome plating itself is pretty tuff, just not sure what to do to it once you cut thru it to "clean up" the edges. Any help is appreciated!!!!
EDIT: just browsed thru the "LED pods in rear bumper (pic heavy)" thread where the guy cut into his chrome bumper........
Dantheman, how far did you space it at the tow hook bolts? 1/2"?
Here you guys go. Truck was really dirty, sorry. Definitely not the best pictures but I did the best I could with my phone. If you need any more specific pictures of something let me know.
That looks awesome man. I can t quite tell but did you bolt the roller fairlead right to the winch plate or use spacers to set it farther forward? Last question (until i'm in the shop hacking away at metal) how do you access the clutch lever to spool out the cable?
That's a good idea I didn't think of that... I guess I'll stop work on my cable and pulley system, lol.The winch plate doesn't stick out through the bumper enough to bolt the fairlead straight to it. I used, I think was 2.5 or 2.25" of galvanized steel pipe to make the fairlead sit just close enough to the bumper where you can hardly tell there is a gap. I can't really access the clutch lever without crawling up under the truck. I just left the winch engaged and just spool it out with the remote
That's a good idea I didn't think of that... I guess I'll stop work on my cable and pulley system, lol.
I've got a Smittybilt XRC 8,000 lb I pulled off my JK. I was thinking about adding a switch panel and hard wiring it into the with space for some aux lights.