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Soooo what the biggest winch you guys put on your Slee short bus bumper? (1 Viewer)
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This was an unfortunate miscommunication from engineering to sales. The bumper design was modified to fit the body of the winch. It was a PITA to sneak the Zeon body into the bumper with the old rear cross bar location and light tabs. Unless something has changed without my knowledge, it’s not a straightforward fit.
Off topic but how easy would it be to swipe any of the winches from the Slee bumper? My 80 sits in the driveway for now…
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Not hard. Install winch “lock” mounting hardware. That will deter most thievea.
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Anyone would quickly figure out that it’s easier to take the entire bumper winch and all.
I took my truck to a local muffler shop and had them weld four of the nuts on the underside of my Short Bus to the bumper itself. So, no one will be walking off with my bumper or winch without making a lot of noise and taking some time. I don't think you can get the winch out without backing the bumper off the frame horns, at least, or maybe removing the bumper entirely.
Probably even easier to just put the whole truck on a flatbed and steal everything if you really want the easiest route hahah
don’t use the new Harbor Freight Badlands 12k. Doesn’t fit without relocating the solenoid - and it’s a big sucker so good luck finding a spot in the engine bay
I know this is an old thread however did you mount the HF Alex 12,000? I picked one up on huge sale, however not finding posts about it fitting on a 94 LC.
Any chance you got the Apex 12k HF winch mounted on your short bus bumper without relocation of the solenoid?
hey @Kabanstva it looks like you have unbolted the frame off the winch, not the control box off the frame.
here is how I fit a Warn VR EVO 10S into a Slee short bus bar. Winch went into the bar before the bar was bolted to the cruiser. I made a bracket out of scrap flat bar that picks up three of the mounting holes on the underside of the control box, which is oriented sideways between the grill and the radiator. being sideways lets you access the plug for the hand controller. I have the wiring isolated with a switch I have attached to the battery hold down bracket.
and here's a couple of the isolator switch.
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Not specific to the biggest winch (I just have the Comeup 9.5 that the Shortbus bumper was designed around), but the solenoid box mounting approach behind the grill posted above is the same thing I did for the warn M12 (in my 200 series) and it has worked great for many years now. It is a good solution for limited space in the bumper.
It just looks so much cleaner being hidden away too, I have a black cover that hides the winch and I keep the hook stored in the recovery kit so it's quite subtle. I have managed to fly under the radar quite well with this cruiser as our highway police will issue a defect notice for a suspension lift and larger tyres, but being that this car looks fairly tidy it doesn't attract the attention.
