ARB Bumper: Buy Warn Fairlead or Syn. ? (1 Viewer)

[LFD2037]

I got a really good deal on an ARB bumper for my 80, even though I never planned on an ARB, I bought one yesterday. I'll either be going with a Badlands 12K with wire or Engo 10K w/synthetic rope. If I go with the Badlands I'll need to buy a Warn roller fairlead (~$130) so that scenario will total ~$460. The Engo 10K w/ synthetic will need an offset hawse fairlead (~$50) so that scenario will be ~$475. If this was your situation, which would you choose? Thanks!

 

[LittleRock80]

You can get a roller fairlead much cheaper than $130 WARN. They all share a universal bolt pattern from what I understand. I gave away my WARN fairlead to a club member because I went with a Hawse fairlead for my WARN 8274-50. I picked up a tweaked ARB a few weeks ago and now I need that roller fairlead back!

Good luck, Sir.

 

[LFD2037]

You can get a roller fairlead much cheaper than $130 WARN. They all share a universal bolt pattern from what I understand. I gave away my WARN fairlead to a club member because I went with a Hawse fairlead for my WARN 8274-50. I picked up a tweaked ARB a few weeks ago and now I need that roller fairlead back!

Good luck, Sir.

The WARN roller fairlead part #5742 is the ONLY roller fairlead that fits the ARB, for an 80, w/out any modification. That happens to be the 1 that you gave away! Good luck.

 

[canman]

The WARN roller fairlead part #5742 is the ONLY roller fairlead that fits the ARB, for an 80, w/out any modification. That happens to be the 1 that you gave away! Good luck.

I'm in the process of fitting up the Superwinch EP9 that I bought many years ago to an ARB that a buddy gave to me. Same dilemma. The Superwinch fairlead is wider and does NOT fit the ARB. I also had purchased some synthetic Masterpull syn rope at the time when I got the winch as well as a Slee alum hawse fairlead. Then, my intention was to build my own bumper. It still is, but I'll try the ARB first to see how I like it. Rather than getting a new Warn fairlead, I decided to put the syn line on the winch and use the Slee hawse fairlead. The Slee hawse fairlead fits the lower mounting holes, but I had to trim 1/2" from the lower edge of the opening. Is here the link to my thread.

https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/ep-9-0-superwinch-install-on-arb.823622/

 

[onlyonedr]

Not having used either, but knowing that most everything from Harbor Freight is total junk and that the Engo received a lot of praise in a magazine shootout a while back, I would go with the Engo. Plus you get synthetic rope. I think this is a no-brainer.

 

[Mudder]

Actually search for harbor freight winches. There's a whole thread on how they're actually good.

 

[LFD2037]

Not having used either, but knowing that most everything from Harbor Freight is total junk and that the Engo received a lot of praise in a magazine shootout a while back, I would go with the Engo. Plus you get synthetic rope. I think this is a no-brainer.

I normally agree about HF being junk. There's 2 items I've researched that constantly get good reviews from there & they're both surprising: their torque wrenches & winches. I avoid mud like the plague & won't be doing any REAL extreme rock crawling so I'll use this winch <3 times a year. The only reason I'm hesitant to go w/the Engo & syn. is that the syn. rope will more than likely rot before I get any decent use out of it while the cable will be going strong 10+ years from now (no rust where I live).

 

[LFD2037]

I'm in the process of fitting up the Superwinch EP9 that I bought many years ago to an ARB that a buddy gave to me. Same dilemma. The Superwinch fairlead is wider and does NOT fit the ARB. I also had purchased some synthetic Masterpull syn rope at the time when I got the winch as well as a Slee alum hawse fairlead. Then, my intention was to build my own bumper. It still is, but recently a buddy gave me a ARB bumper. Rather than getting a Warn fairlead, I decided to put the syn line on the winch and used the Slee hawse fairlead. The Slee hawse fairlead fits the lower mounting holes, but I had to trim 1/2" from the lower edge of the opening.

If you used an offset hawse you shouldn't have had to trim anything. Moot point now, though.

 

[Southeast Overland]

We sell the Engo 10k with cable for $369.99 with free shipping anywhere in the CONUS! That does not even include the Ih8mud discount

 

[LFD2037]

We sell the Engo 10k with cable for $369.99 with free shipping anywhere in the CONUS! That does not even include the Ih8mud discount

Can you beat $425 shipped w/synthetic line? Thanks.

 

[Southeast Overland]

Our usual discounted price on the 10s is $519.99, with the mud discount of 10% it would come out to $467.99 with free shipping. We could get the 9s close to the $425 though. Our regular price on the 9s is $479.99, with the discount it would come out to $431.99. The 9s includes free shipping as well.

~Jeff

 

[mr jits]

There's a black anodized offset hawse for arb bumpers on amazon for $80.

 

[onlyonedr]

The only reason I'm hesitant to go w/the Engo & syn. is that the syn. rope will more than likely rot before I get any decent use out of it while the cable will be going strong 10+ years from now (no rust where I live).

Keep a cover on the winch/line and you should not have too many issues. My Amsteel blue is about seven years old now and going strong but I do keep the truck in a garage so it is not constantly exposed to the outdoors.

 

[96Cruiser]

I know its a bit late but here is a thread where the 12K badlands fairlead is slightly modified [read grind a little] and fits into the ARB's upper mounting ears just fine. read down past the winch reseal and you will get to it.....
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/hf-badlands-12-k-diy-winch-hack-waterproof-upgrade-mod.848498/