Rough country winch mount unbox/ INSTALL tips.

[okbob]

Mine's still sitting in the box in the shop......

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[Gomezstx]

Not quite done yet, Need to cut the plastics and longer bolts for the light bar and relocation of the control pack. Factor 55 ultra hook is inbound as well. There is some difficulty and modding needed if using a warn winch though.

I can envision a custom camera relocation mount that goes on top of the warn winch control pack removal space. That should keep the camera relatively close to the stock elevation and push it forward of the winch obstructed view

 

[Blaylock1988]

I got my LOD reinforcements in too, although I already installed my winch. It's not directly stated but I think you need to remove the entire bumper to add the reinforcements. I may wait until the next long weekend to take my winch and bumper off to install these.

https://lodoffroad.com/assets/pdfs/BFT2100 Bronco 2021 Front Bumper Frame Tie Brackets.pdf

In the meantime, here's my finished winch (still waiting on camera relocation kit).

 

[SubmarineNuke]

can someone with camera post pic of the view?

 

[‘21OBX]

I got my LOD reinforcements in too, although I already installed my winch. It's not directly stated but I think you need to remove the entire bumper to add the reinforcements. I may wait until the next long weekend to take my winch and bumper off to install these.

https://lodoffroad.com/assets/pdfs/BFT2100 Bronco 2021 Front Bumper Frame Tie Brackets.pdf

In the meantime, here's my finished winch (still waiting on camera relocation kit).

I was disappointed to see standard hardware with the LOD kit. I’ll have to source zinc plated or stainless. Or just undercoat the heck out of it after install. I also think I’m going to retain then original nuts and bolts if possible as I think we need the longer factory bolts to mount the winch plate and not have to try to reach around the bumper to hold a wrench on the back side. I’d like to source some of fords bolts that they use with the factory winch setup. They are shouldered and go thru the frame but don’t crush it. But At this point my bronco is still at the dealer trying to get the front end clocking diagnosed.

 

[Blaylock1988]

can someone with camera post pic of the view?

There's (literally) nothing to see.

 

[‘21OBX]

There's (literally) nothing to see.

Same as the ford winch setup until you relocate the cam. For you with the badlands grill look up asfir 4x4 for how they did the camera relocate. Nothing against JCR’s setup but the way I did it and Asfir does it costs substantially less money but you do have to cut/drill your grill.

 

[Rus-T]

Finally got my trim pieces trimmed and installed this evening. Worst part of the install IMO.

 

[Blaylock1988]

Same as the ford winch setup until you relocate the cam. For you with the badlands grill look up asfir 4x4 for how they did the camera relocate. Nothing against JCR’s setup but the way I it and Asfir does it costs substantially less money but you do have to cut/drill your grill.

I saw theirs but it looked unfinished to me, and you'll still see a lot of the winch in the way right in front of the truck. I know I'll be 100% satisfied with JCR's but the cost certainly sucks. RC's mount is so inexpensive it makes the overall package cheaper and better than 99% of bumper options I've seen.

 

[66GT]

Installed the RC winch plate with a Badland Apex 12k synthetic. Big fan of the clean angular look of the winch and mount with the control box relocated (which I still have to mount and wire in). Fits the front of the Bronco in proportion and styling. Preserves almost all of the approach angle.

Visibility is not terrible with the control box relocated... but not sure it will still be useful cresting a ridgeline while staring at my hood. It sure screws with 360° view, though... showing absolutely nothing to the front. (... and if you've got to stare at the back of a winch... not the worst thing in the world staring at a "Badland" logo while you're sitting in a Badlands.)

My biggest issue is with the left parking sensor relocation. Keep getting error messages. I'll switch the sensors and the wire extenders and see if the problem follows the parts.

No issues so far with ACC.

Was not expecting to have to pull the bumper to move the sensors. There's 90 min I didn't budget for.

Overall pretty happy except for the sensor error.

Edit: The rectangular shape of the winch ends minimizes the room allocated for the sensor relative to round ones.

Removed both sensors. Switched sides. Added one of the RC stick-on rubber pads directly to the back of the sensor and used the bolting on of the sensor plates to firmly seat the sensor against the winch housing. Worked great.

No issues with parking sensors or ACC. Needs a camera relocation solution.

 

[Octaveus]

Finally got my trim pieces trimmed and installed this evening. Worst part of the install IMO.

Thanks for posting a pic of it with the Rough Country winch. Do you know if the control pack can be relocated on that one?

 

[Rus-T]

There is no kit that I know of, but it definitely can. I’m actually thinking of relocating mine to under the hood and making a flat plate to mount on top of the winch. I will let you know how it works out.

 

[Blaylock1988]

Installed the RC winch plate with a Badland Apex 12k synthetic. Big fan of the clean angular look of the winch and mount with the control box relocated (which I still have to mount and wire in). Fits the front of the Bronco in proportion and styling. Preserves almost all of the approach angle.

Visibility is not terrible with the control box relocated... but not sure it will still be useful cresting a ridgeline while staring at my hood. It sure screws with 360° view, though... showing absolutely nothing to the front. (... and if you've got to stare at the back of a winch... not the worst thing in the world staring at a "Badland" logo while you're sitting in a Badlands.)

My biggest issue is with the left parking sensor relocation. Keep getting error messages. I'll switch the sensors and the wire extenders and see if the problem follows the parts.

No issues so far with ACC.

Was not expecting to have to pull the bumper to move the sensors. There's 90 min I didn't budget for.

Overall pretty happy except for the sensor error.

I was able to pull the sensors out without pulling the bumper off, helps to have slender hands.

 

[66GT]

I was able to pull the sensors out without pulling the bumper off, helps to have slender hands.

I secretly despise your tiny hands.

 

[SubmarineNuke]

damn...camera relocation is something I wanted to avoid.

and I'm a newb to OHV so messing with winch wiring is Greek to me too.

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