undercover hidden winch mount completed

Truth....but if I had to choose (since I'm not made of money) I would indeed cross shop the two setups. Ideally I'd have both !

 

I only put it there on the tow hook wen I'm odd grossing makes it easier

 

the hole setup cost 400.00 for mount already powder-coated black and the winch was 250.00 so all in all was still cheaper than an after-market plate bumper and the wait of 3 to 4 months to get it plus paying to get it powder-coated and then another 300.00 for winch so 650.00 or 1200.00 this way was easier and still kept the factory look of the truck.

 

What winch did you use.

 

smittybilt xrc8 8000lb winch got a great deal on it

 

Go get your friend stuck in the mud so you can test it and show us the video of it in action

 

this^^^^^ it looks great......

i have the same xrc8
let me ask you did u seal the soleniod up????
if not do it now or you will have major problems

 

ill try in post a video of the winch in action hopefully before the weekend ill keep yall posted

 

no... what do i seal it up with any kind of waterproof sealant

 

take the cover off of the soleniod and you will see the factory gasket does not completly seal the soleniod put rtv sealent on that and around all the wire openings......or the soleniod will corroud and not work then your shit of of luck
their is a write up on this....ill try n find it

 

oh ok thanks for the info ill try and find this write up

 

this is one of them writeups
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/of...ur-smittybilt-xrc8-solenoid-before-fails.html

 

hope that helps you.......
i have had mine for over 2 years now and used it a bunch of times....
make sure u have a snatch block as well as some tree savers......
dont under estimate a snatch block it will save u.........

 

I remember seeing that write-up. My issue would be where to stick the damn license plate & would it still allow me to use my lightbar? Seems as it would unless the winch line was running way uphill. Wish I would've seen this before spending my tax return allowance on other things, lol. Lightbar pic........

 

you could always get a satasohi and put the lights behind it....

 

yea you should be able to use that light bar it looks like it would have enough clearence from the winch mount

 

is that write up from the 1st model of xrc8 or the new version of it the seleniod look different then mine but could be couse the plastic covers off

 

not sure ...didnt know they made a new model......
either way i would check it.....if that get corrouded its game over

 

will do just in case cant hurt to make sure ill definitely do this before i go out off-roading again

 

Very Nice! Since I now have a truck I can dedicate to offroading I wasn't wanting to to install a new offroad bumper to my 07, this is a great alternative seeing as I'll still wheel this truck.