My solution for a winch bumper

[Erock]

Looks great.

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[BottleShark]

Made some more progress tonight, got the sensor brackets all done and relocated the control pack for the winch under the hood for a bit more air flow

What does you front cam view look like. Are you going to trim the edges of skidplate that stick out?

 

[66GT]

I have a JCR mount in the mail.

also ordered a cable and hose extension to see about making my own mount.

Super nice work. Very impressed.

You'd be surprised how low you can relocate your camera and still get a great view. Just fabbed up a solution for my RC high-mount winch plate. (Aiming point for the factory front camera is about 4.5 feet from the lead edge of the front bumper... which converts to about 30° mounted this low.)

Wanted something more subtle than the bulky fairlead-mounted ones. So nice to finally have a full-view front camera again.

 

[Erock]

@66GT not to mention you got rid of the RC logo at the same time. Nice job

 

[Mikerider]

Super nice work. Very impressed.

You'd be surprised how low you can relocate your camera and still get a great view. Just fabbed up a solution for my RC high-mount winch plate. (Aiming point for the factory front camera is about 4.5 feet from the lead edge of the front bumper... which converts to about 30° mounted this low.)

Wanted something more subtle than the bulky fairlead-mounted ones. So nice to finally have a full-view front camera again.

I saw your post and work 1 day after ordering the mount from JCR. I also ordered the cable you used and a washer hose extension.

going to see which one works best

thanks for the inspiration!

 

[66GT]

@66GT not to mention you got rid of the RC logo at the same time. Nice job

Maybe I should just sell a RC cover plate... lol.

 

[Mikerider]

What does you front cam view look like. Are you going to trim the edges of skidplate that stick out?

i will try to grab some camera pictures as is. It’s better with the relocate for sure.

I will leave the skid for now. Going to pick up a full set at some point to cover the transmission and will get front at that point.

I do like the extra protection the skid offer for the CVs and steering though.

 

[Mikerider]

Here’s the camera views currently before and after the winch control relocate

 

[Mikerider]

Added some LOD frame stiffeners today for some extra insurance winching. These were a case of cheaper to buy then build.

https://lodoffroad.com/products/2021-bronco-black-ops-front-bumper-frame-tie-in-brackets

 

[Bronco_joe]

1.75 x0.120 DoM tube. It’s the only die I have for my bender.

excited to see what you have planned for a rear bumper. Im on to rock sliders next.

then I will get to a rear bumper.

Rear bumper done. I used spare dimple plate I had, not sure how I feel about seeing the frame. But I like how it turned out.

 

[Mikerider]

Rear bumper done. I used spare dimple plate I had, not sure how I feel about seeing the frame. But I like how it turned out.

nice work! Looks great

 

[67BroncoG1]

I ordered my rig with the capable bumper to gain fog lights knowing I would build one when the rig arrived.

Im no pro fabricator but this is what I came up with.

set out to make the winch mount strong and not block the ACC. Started by placing the winch and a Barnes 4wd winch plate.

then I worked on the mounts with some 3/8 plate

next up was attachment, used some 5” C channel to tie the plate in to the mounts. Also

Then I started adding some tube and reinforcements

Fast forward to lots of welding later and I painted

installed.

Next plans are to relocate the control box and camera. Then make permanent mounts for the sensors. They are just hot glued in place so I can test locations for a few days before fabbing some mounts.

also have the LOD frame tie in plates to install and will replace the factory hardware with some grade 8 nuts and bolts. (Gotta see if I can drill the 4th hole on the frame too for the tow hooks.)

Thanks!

beautiful work. my favorite bumper so far.

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