jeepboy381
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- Gresham, Or
I figured I would post up some pictures of the front winch bumper a friend and I built. Basically the winch bolts to the front cross member with 4 factory bolt holes, we reinforced the front cross member with a thick piece of diamond plate welded onto the bumper side supports. This piece has a lip at the bottom that the bumper also bolts to with 5 bolts. We used the factory tow hook bumper mounts welded onto the bumper. The Bumper bolts into place using all of the factory bolt holes and it also has 5 bolts underneath that bolt to the plate on the front cross member which the winch bolts to. It is pretty sleek for a winch bumper because the winch is mounted to the front cross member and not the top of the bumper. I should have taken pictures of the bumper off the Jeep.
The front face of teh bumper is not flat either, it has a slight angle.
You can see 3 of the bolts holding the bumper to the winch plate, 2 others go in through the back into the bumper with welded in nuts.
Here you can see the 4 factory bolt holes, and also 5 of the bolts that bolt the crossmember to the bumper. There is also a factory plate on each frame rail that bolts the bumper mount to that crossmember with 4 more bolts.
The front face of teh bumper is not flat either, it has a slight angle.
You can see 3 of the bolts holding the bumper to the winch plate, 2 others go in through the back into the bumper with welded in nuts.
Here you can see the 4 factory bolt holes, and also 5 of the bolts that bolt the crossmember to the bumper. There is also a factory plate on each frame rail that bolts the bumper mount to that crossmember with 4 more bolts.