Muncher Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 So I think I'm going to get a hidden winch mount from bad fab mounts on Facebook. To anyone who has one of his or has a hidden winch how much of the radiator support do you have to cut out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Does the company really say you have to cut the radiator support?! Factory ones just bolted in behind the bumper with a very reinforced bracket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 The factory one spaces the bumper out, some after market tuck the winch back. Don't know about Bad fab, but Boostwerks requires something like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muncher Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 57 minutes ago, fiatslug87 said: The factory one spaces the bumper out, some after market tuck the winch back. Don't know about Bad fab, but Boostwerks requires something like this: Doesn't seem to bad. He says that the cut you make doesn't matter because it reinforces the whole front end with all the mounting points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muncher Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, eaglescout526 said: Does the company really say you have to cut the radiator support?! Factory ones just bolted in behind the bumper with a very reinforced bracket. Yes they do. The only ones I've seen aftermarket require you to cut it it seems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustyballer16 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Ya most of them require you to cut out basically the whole are where rhe 2 big ovals are. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Is this because modern winches are larger than the old ones and so don't fit the space? or because modern Jeepers tend to by winches that are way stronger than the old ones necessitating a stronger structure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSch88L Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Will defenitely follow his thread since I want the same thing eventually. Just to be clear, other than adding a fairlead, these hidden winch mounts should let you keep the stock bumper, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muncher Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 On 10/10/2020 at 1:06 PM, OldSch88L said: Will defenitely follow his thread since I want the same thing eventually. Just to be clear, other than adding a fairlead, these hidden winch mounts should let you keep the stock bumper, right? Yes some come with d ring mounts that stick through the bumper also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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