I'm looking to put an ARB Deluxe bar and a winch on my locked '97. I was looking at a less expensive, non-Warn winch, but found a deal on a new in box 16.5ti for $1k. It's a deal I don't want to pass up, but I'm also not interested in hacking up the ARB bumper to make it fit. I've used the search function, and the results indicate that it *should* fit, but I'd like to hear more conclusively.
Has anybody mounted the Warn 16.5ti on an ARB deluxe bar on an 80? If so, I would really appreciate any information you have to offer.
Reportedly, the ARB fits the M12 perfectly. Dimensionally, the M12000 and 16.5ti are almost identical. Warn tells me that the fairleads are dimensionally identical. The one caveat is that the 16.5ti has an additional pair of mounting bolts on the rear/lower feet that are required for installation. The Warn rep said that these are essential when the winch is mounted feet down because of the shear load, and that the load is different when mounted feet forward, but of course he couldn't tell me that it was ok to omit the bottom bolts. I'm inclined to believe it'd be fine, but I could just drill two extra holes, assuming there's room on the bumper.
Here are the dimensions of the two winches:
16.5ti dimensions: 24.2" L. x 8.5" D. x 9.7" H.
M12 dimensions: 24.37" L. x 8.45" D. x 11" H.
Thanks guys.
Has anybody mounted the Warn 16.5ti on an ARB deluxe bar on an 80? If so, I would really appreciate any information you have to offer.
Reportedly, the ARB fits the M12 perfectly. Dimensionally, the M12000 and 16.5ti are almost identical. Warn tells me that the fairleads are dimensionally identical. The one caveat is that the 16.5ti has an additional pair of mounting bolts on the rear/lower feet that are required for installation. The Warn rep said that these are essential when the winch is mounted feet down because of the shear load, and that the load is different when mounted feet forward, but of course he couldn't tell me that it was ok to omit the bottom bolts. I'm inclined to believe it'd be fine, but I could just drill two extra holes, assuming there's room on the bumper.
Here are the dimensions of the two winches:
16.5ti dimensions: 24.2" L. x 8.5" D. x 9.7" H.
M12 dimensions: 24.37" L. x 8.45" D. x 11" H.
Thanks guys.