WarDamnEagle
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It appears I need a set if I want to mount my 8274.
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I know someone was reproducing these - maybe?
Can’t be hard to make. Does it absolutely have to be factory?
Of course in my case I would need to know what they look like.
Yes..Factory brackets are riveted on. I guess you just cut them off and use bolts for the extension bracket?
Yes..
But with that said if I was going to mount a huge winch on the front of my pig I would build the winch mount first and deal with the fairlead placement then worry about the bumper mounts to place the bumper in a complimentary position to (A) not interfere with the working parts or (B) not stick out like a harelip for no apparent reason like must winch bumpers.
Bumper extensions should be the easiest part of this project and the least critical.
The way that mount is designed to fit into a bumper I believe you'll end up something custom to reattach your bumper anyway so tracking down factory extension very well could be a waste of time.
I’m doing very similar and already cut my factory brackets off, I’m building my own mount and will through bolt the frame to winch mount inside and bumper mounts outside frame...if that makes sense?Thinking the same thing now as well. Also not sure I want to cut the factory brackets off the frame anyway.
I’m doing very similar and already cut my factory brackets off, I’m building my own mount and will through bolt the frame to winch mount inside and bumper mounts outside frame...if that makes sense?
This is my inspiration for winch mount...
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Your ahead of me...Wow. If John DeLorean built a 55.......
Seriously though. I think it's not that difficult to have the bracket that I bought modified, with or without the factory brackets. Or I might send it back to him and get him to make me something a little different.
Like @J Mack suggested, I need to pull the bumper and install the bracket with the winch mounted and see where I'm at.
This all started because I'm looking for little things to do and my idea was to get my new rear bumper painted and installed........which lead me to start thinking about the front bumper......because if you're buying pewter paint, etc........
I built something very similar to what you guys are looking at but mounted a low-pro winch and slid the bumper back an inch or two, it would be just as easy to make that same mount to hold a giant winch and push it forward then put a factory bumper back on.
If you dig around my build thread you’ll see the winch mount I’m talking about.