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I have one currently sitting in my garage waiting on some parts for my lights to install it. So far it looks pretty straight forward for the install. I'll be posting a review when I get it installed
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Can I ask what winch and lights your going with? From the pictures I see on Fab Fours website, there is a place for the winch to go. Id like to see if you could tell me what the dimensions are? Im looking at going with a Superwinch XS10. It seems like it will fit. Are you replacing a plastic bumper, or something else?
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For the lights I went with Diode Dynamics SS C2, with a pair of SAE Fogs and SAE driving lights. I have the Mod bumper currently with no fogs, so I'll be doing the mod to add fogs using the factory harness. and then running the driving lights off an Aux switch.
For the winch, I have the Badland Apex 12k winch, since I got it for a steal of a deal ($450) a couple months ago.. I've come to find out that the dimensions listed on the Harbor freight website are actually incorrect. It's stated to be 21 1/4" wide, but it's actually about 23" and the space between where the frame mounts are is 22 1/2" on the premium bumper.. So I'm going to have to try and modify the premium bumper a push the side plates out but 1/4" on each side.
As long as whatever winch you go with is less than 22 1/2" wide, you should be fine for fitment.
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Thank you, is there some sort of CAP that goes over the opening for the winch? I think so, and how is that secured, by some bolts? My only question is about getting to the clutch and enabling free spooling. On the Superwinch it pops up a little, but not sure about getting my hand in there to activate it. Thanks for the information!!
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I installed the fabfours premium bumper with the superwinch 10000 SR onto my 2 door 2.7 black diamond that had the capable (steel) bumper and steel bashplate. The bumper and the instructions that came with it were a breeze to follow and install. The only challenge i had was that the superwinch is not symetrical along its width which resulted in the bolt holes in the bumper's winch plate did not align with the holes in the base of the winch. As a result i had to drill out four new holes. After that it was easy-peasy. There is a winch cover that bolts to the bumper with two provided bolts. The Superwinch free spool knob sits inside the bumper but there is a window on the bumper face that allows easy access to the free spool knob. The superwinch comes with both a wired and a remote controller, and a nice sized hook. The provided wires for negative and positive battery connections are plenty long for this vehicle.
The only think i am working on now is lighting. There are mount holes on the top of the bumper as well as windows on each side to accept aux lights.
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I put DD lights in the pockets and on the bumper.
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