Hidden winch bumper

[Chrisfrain2007]

Just having a thought, anybody made a winch bumper that's hidden? Iv seen the ones from rr-evolution and the original landy ones but they just look huge

 

[gfromleeds]

i saw an australian web site once were someone had done it! he even showed step by step pics, it looked good with just a hook hanging out the grill under the reg plate but cant for the life of me remember the address it involved a hole heap of cutting and welding though

 

[SpudH]

You mean like this:

 

[Dopey]

Thats a nice job, is that DIY? if it is are there plans about for it do you know?

 

[robint]

nice neat job that but you may well need to relocate the plug for the lead only an observation

 

[Dopey]

Thinking about it, I would have a bash at making one maybe two of them, sell one on and pay for mine so I get it free then

 

[Chrisfrain2007]

Exactly like that, , what winch is that? The biggest problem I see is getting a winch that's capable enough but small

 

[Chrisfrain2007]

And not a bad idea dopey, maybe Il make 2

 

[Dopey]

Keep the temp plate and the dims for me then will you?

 

[Dopey]

Have a look see
essai Range Rover P38 : la méthode Suisse - journal du 4x4

 

[Chrisfrain2007]

U can buy the second one dopes, that p38 is well sorted, I just want a few subtle mods

 

[gfromleeds]

You mean like this:

thats the same kit but the one i saw it on, was a white rangie
must be an off the shelf item somwere

 

[SpudH]

thats the same kit but the one i saw it on, was a white rangie
must be an off the shelf item somwere

No, I made that one myself from scrap iron. The winch is a cheap and nasty item from China. It has a 4000lb capacity when used with a single pulley which is only just barely adequate. If you plan any serious off roading 8,000lb is the minimum required for a rangie. Having said that, its done all I've asked off it so far but ireckon there is room for a genuine 4,000lb winch with my set up, the biggest issue is the fairlead roller set up. This needs to be low on the winch to keep things simple. The best set up I've seen since is a dismountable one. I'm away from my computer for a few days but will post a link when I get back