I realized I never posted my bumper build over here so I figured I would real quick...
I decided it was time to put a little protection up front and I had this winch lying around for a few months so I bought some steel and started at it. Not finished yet, still have some plate to put on, then going to have a local shop bend me some tube for the grill guard.
The brackets to attach to the frame are 3/8" plate. The winch box is 1/2" plate and the skin is 3/16". Uses all factory bolt holes, 6 per side. It's plenty beefy.
The winch is a Warn M15000.
On too the pics:
Factory bumper off:
Brackets:
Back plate on:
Bottom and winch mocked up:
Nice triple pass weld:
Winch box:
Top plate on:
All that is left is to cut the hatch for the winch, the hole for the fairlead and have the tube bent.
Here are a few pics as to where it is now, except all the welds are cleaned and polished up...
Wow! I didn't realize that last pic was so blurry!
I decided it was time to put a little protection up front and I had this winch lying around for a few months so I bought some steel and started at it. Not finished yet, still have some plate to put on, then going to have a local shop bend me some tube for the grill guard.
The brackets to attach to the frame are 3/8" plate. The winch box is 1/2" plate and the skin is 3/16". Uses all factory bolt holes, 6 per side. It's plenty beefy.
The winch is a Warn M15000.
On too the pics:
Factory bumper off:
Brackets:
Back plate on:
Bottom and winch mocked up:
Nice triple pass weld:
Winch box:
Top plate on:
All that is left is to cut the hatch for the winch, the hole for the fairlead and have the tube bent.
Here are a few pics as to where it is now, except all the welds are cleaned and polished up...
Wow! I didn't realize that last pic was so blurry!