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Does the factory winch with modular bumper affect ride/handling?

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Does the extra weight out front noticeably affect the steering, handling, ride or cause the front suspension to compress noticeably? We have a 2 door 4 cylinder 7-speed Sasquatch Big Bend on order and are planning to add the winch.

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Iā€™ve driven Broncos with and without the OEM winch mount including the Warn winch. I donā€™t feel a difference. You just need to remember not to pull up to close to anything in front of you.šŸ™ˆ
I Have a Warn elite bumper (which is BiG) with a Warn winch and canā€™t feel any difference.

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I have the Ford setup on mine...very happy with it. All Broncos have a little factory rake, and the weight of the winch does add to that a little, I added a 1" level to compensate, but it rode fine before and after.

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Does the extra weight out front noticeably affect the steering, handling, ride or cause the front suspension to compress noticeably? We have a 2 door 4 cylinder 7-speed Sasquatch Big Bend on order and are planning to add the winch.

Jason
The only time I would think you'd notice a small difference is under heavier braking (going off the exit on a highway) with more nose dive, but it shouldn't make that much of a difference.

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I have the Ford setup on mine...very happy with it. All Broncos have a little factory rake, and the weight of the winch does add to that a little, I added a 1" level to compensate, but it rode fine before and after.

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I have a Westin XTS with winch on 2.3 OBX with 2.7 Badlands SAS Bilstein take offs. This combo dropped the bumper around 1-3/8ā€, and to me, caused more brake nose dive and the steering felt a tad heavier on road. I am adding a 1-1/4 coil collar as soon as I have a chance to lift the front back up. My front wheel well height went from ~ 39-7/8 to 38-5/8 post install.
 

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Does that light bar make much noise on the highway?
Ya. Not so bad when top is on, but it whistles. They give you rubber insulators for the fins, and it's better with them in, but still whistles. W/out the insulators it just screams!
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