I hear ya, man. That's why the price is so high - you're paying for shipping, too! How much they soak you? I paid $105 in 2001 for mine.
Did my ARB winch bumper arrive missing parts..?? (1 Viewer)
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I hear ya, man. That's why the price is so high - you're paying for shipping, too! How much they soak you? I paid $105 in 2001 for mine.
jjdeneen918
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$125.99.
And with the awesome CA and Los Angeles sales tax it came to about $140.00
And with the awesome CA and Los Angeles sales tax it came to about $140.00
Ouch! Oh well, now for mounting it and on to the fun part - using it!
For me, the fairlead was key. Once it was located, I drilled the holes through the face of the ARB. These holes and bolts are the bottom 2 winch mounting holes and bolts. Then you can locate the top 2 winch holes. I was fortunate in that I didn't need spacers. My Ramsey was short enough to give me adequate clearance on the ends. Good luck with yours! Keep us posted.
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Well I finally got the winch in yesterday.
It went fairly well, I had a few setbacks...
I needed to make spacer brackets, I guesstimated 3/8" plate would be enough. I cut 2 spacers about 2 1/8" x about 7" and drilled the 2 holes for the bolts.
It still hit. I then cut 4 2" by 2" spacers and drilled out of 3/16" plate.
Put the 3/8" plate against the inside of the ARB and 3/16" between the foot pads and plate.
went down to the hardware store and bought new, longer bolts to make up the space for the brackets.
Overall it went well. I was very happy I didn't have to relocate my PA/horn speaker that almost got in the way of the install.
Just need to wire it now. the solenoid pack would have fit nicely across the 2 cross bars of the winch, now that it's clocked "foot forward", it isn't very pracktical.
I'm thinking I'll mount it up under the ARB (drivers side) near the a/c dryer area. I'll take apart and extend the wires for the control switch plug. drill a hole in the front of my bumper and have just the control outlet plug mounted flush to the face of the bumper.
I'll let you know how that goes....
It went fairly well, I had a few setbacks...
I needed to make spacer brackets, I guesstimated 3/8" plate would be enough. I cut 2 spacers about 2 1/8" x about 7" and drilled the 2 holes for the bolts.
It still hit. I then cut 4 2" by 2" spacers and drilled out of 3/16" plate.
Put the 3/8" plate against the inside of the ARB and 3/16" between the foot pads and plate.
went down to the hardware store and bought new, longer bolts to make up the space for the brackets.
Overall it went well. I was very happy I didn't have to relocate my PA/horn speaker that almost got in the way of the install.
Just need to wire it now. the solenoid pack would have fit nicely across the 2 cross bars of the winch, now that it's clocked "foot forward", it isn't very pracktical.
I'm thinking I'll mount it up under the ARB (drivers side) near the a/c dryer area. I'll take apart and extend the wires for the control switch plug. drill a hole in the front of my bumper and have just the control outlet plug mounted flush to the face of the bumper.
I'll let you know how that goes....
Nice! Looks like your making progress. Pretty soon it'll be usable. 
