Mounting a Winch (inverted) Upside Down - to fit winch inside stock bumper having the Hawse fairlead in the correct position to minimise cutting (1 Viewer)

[crazylankan]

Hi I am looking to purchase a Warn Zeon 10-s or Warn XP 9.5-s

Wanted to know if anyone has any information about fitting a winch in an inverted manner where the Hawse fairlead would be higher up. Please note that this is not reversing the line in and out direction keeping that the same but just turning the winch upside down.

This is to fit into a Landcruiser 79 series with stock plastic bumper where the grill section is in the bumper. Due to government regulation we are unable to put steel bumpers.

Regs
CL

 

[crazylankan]

To give some clarification of what I mean

This is the mounting point of the Hawse Fairlead if the winch is mounted normally shown in RED.

VDJ79 with standard winch.jpg

• crazylankan
• Dec 2, 2020

Stock Bumper of VDJ79 with Hawse fairlead with standard winch mounting (RED)

This is the mounting point of the Hawse Fairlead if the winch is inverted (mounted upside down) shown in Yellow.

VDJ79 with inverted winch.jpg

• crazylankan
• Dec 2, 2020

Stock Bumper of VDJ79 with Hawse fairlead with inverted winch mounting (Yellow)

 

[cruiserpilot]

Ask @Warn Industries
I’m they can tell you for sure but my impression is it would not matter so long as you
are still pulling the motor in the correct direction.