Winch mount and winch with pics

Finally mostly finished with the Lucrum mount and winch install. The whole process was way easier than I thought it would be. Taking the bumper cover off was an adventure and I broke both of the corner blocks in the process so that was an extra 50 bucks and a day waiting for replacements but no big deal.

One challange I did face was I wanted to keep my Defiant light bar. At first glance I thought it would be no problem, the brackets mount to the same studs as the OEM bumper and since the Lucrum mount replaces the bumper on these same studs I figured I was OK. Unfortunately, for the Lucrum to line up correctly, the brackets needed to be in front of the flanges on the mount rather than behind like they were on the bumper. No worries, I took it up to Paul Fox at Defiant in Orange and he modified the brackets to fit perfectly, 30 bucks and I was in business.

My biggest concern was how easy/difficult it was going to be to trim the plastic bumper where it meets the mount. I was sure I would screw that up. I was happy to find that it cut easily with a utility knife and came out very clean.

The winch installation was super quick and easy, probobly less than an hours work. Only issue was where to mount the control box. Space is tight inside the mount itself partly because of the light bar so that was out. The cables are short so that was a limitation as well. I am OK with what i ended up with but will explore options down the road. Will need to buy longer cables to get it where I really want it.

Anyway, here are some pics along with some of my new N-fab light bar and lights