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Post by dan99tj1 on Oct 29, 2014 3:13:12 GMT -10
Does anyone have a winch plate on their factory bumper with a JK or JKU? I was interested in how it's mounted.
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Post by Jperk on Oct 29, 2014 5:21:34 GMT -10
Ours used to have one before we upgraded to a steel bumper. We kept the plate but it just recently got mounted to my xj. It bolts between the frame rails then wraps up over the back of the bumper between the grill and bumper. Then hangs over the bumper to mount winch. You have to cut two slits in the back of the bumper to allow the bumper to fit back on around the support brackets. But the plate is wide enough to cover the slits so they are unseen. Here are some pics when it was mounted  Attachments:
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Post by dan99tj1 on Oct 29, 2014 8:30:33 GMT -10
So were the spacers on the bottom of the mount in between the mount and frame?
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Post by Jperk on Oct 29, 2014 9:03:45 GMT -10
It has three pieces. Two brackets then the plate. The brackets mounted in between frame rails (maybe to the backside of the factory bumper mounts) then went up and bolted to plate above the bumper. I don't know if ours is smittybilt or not but this one from quadratec is almost identicle.  |
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Post by dan99tj1 on Oct 29, 2014 11:09:19 GMT -10
I was gonna try and make this in some form but I haven't taken my bumper off to see what all it takes, the make bit stubby Attachments:
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Post by tuggle on Oct 29, 2014 13:43:46 GMT -10
There is plenty of room to get creative.
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Post by Jperk on Oct 29, 2014 15:40:04 GMT -10
Ya I wanted to do tht but we caught our bumper on sale and I knew we would go to a steal bumper anyways so... We just skipped all the work and bought one
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