8274 Winch Mount

[scbronco]

I've also got to figure out a way to disguise what will be the massive plate the winch is mounted to. I'm hoping I can wrap some tube around it or something to make it a little easier on the eye. With the narrowed grill, I don't have any room to taper the left and right sides of the bumper and won't have much room to swing a piece of tube without having some sharp bends - doable but not sure it will help the looks as much as a gradual sweeping tube line.

How much of the material above the fairlead can be removed? i would start with a straight horizintal cut removing as much of that as possible, then once you have established what the center section can be, start looking at how you can add tube or plate to make modular design center section... possibly able to add wings or a stinger later...

Another option would be to break up all that flat real estate with a couple of shackle blocks, or even cut out some 4" holes to mount some offroad lights...

I like the beefy-ness of what you ahve so far, but all that plate above the fairlead is what is making it aesthetically awkward. another option is to bend a stinger, and then lay it over the plat so that the inner edge of the top most portion of the stinger is at the top of the plate above th fairlead. use that to draw a cut line, cut out the corners and weld in the stinger "hoop" so that is make a rolled edge for the plate. finished product should not be a stinger, but a rolled bend of tube horseshoeing the fairlead form the top. In my head, im placing the tube behind the plate, so its flush...

The picture may help... and as always, just a suggestion...