Front winch mount for 2014 gx460

[iwashmycar]

nevermind....nytop one is too low

I see the Curt #31367 does fit a 460...someone had it on an earler model...like 2013. That said, we dont know where it would end up poking though on a newer 460. Still probably under front bumper like they usually are.

 

[sfab]

yeah, under the front bumper would be my guess.

 

[r2m]

nevermind....nytop one is too low

I see the Curt #31367 does fit a 460...someone had it on an earler model...like 2013. That said, we dont know where it would end up poking though on a newer 460. Still probably under front bumper like they usually are.

Having a front receiver is great if you have a receiver mounted winch. However you may need a winch, you can mount front or rear!

 

[Gix]

I wanted to get recovery points, and I have considered a few of these hidden winch set-ups. My understanding is that they are basically all probably going to remove the crash bar - which is a big no for me. I am considering just going for NYTOP recovery points for the moment and switch to a custom bumper if I decide to make my rig more extreme in the future. It's really unfortunate that there is not something better for the GX.

 

[Gix]

After giving it some thought, I have actually decided to give up on the NYTOP attachments out of safety concerns. The design is basically rigid attachments protruding in front of the vehicle, almost in front of the bumper, and transferring loads directly to the frame.

From their website, I see a deformation of 0.5 mm for a force of 11000 lbs (I guess for each point?). This a significant stiffness that would completely negate the whole crash design of the car. This would likely endangering the passengers just because of the large energy transferred, and potentially rip the frame also for not very high speed impacts. At that point, one should probably just go for the hidden winch mount offered by some companies, which I was discarding because of similar safety reasons.