moooooooo said:
Nice looking truck! Thanks for the info.
Warn 9.5xp is ON!
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Nice looking truck! Thanks for the info.
dclee said:
Derek,
Did the ARB Deluxe bar change at some point? I have the Deluxe bar on my 01 and it has the winch mount on a separate piece that is mounted directly to the frame. Then the bumper bolts to the winch frame. It sounds like yours is different than mine. Maybe because of the difference in years? Is this also when they added those cutouts for the fog-lights like on the Sahara bars?
In this pic, you can see where the winch mounts on the "sub-frame" and then the bumper bolts to that piece.
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US Spec 03 trucks take the newer bars. Used to be the cradle as shown, but later it just has two brackets.
sleeoffroad said:
Ah, thanks Christo!
Greg B said:
Greg -
Yeah, yours looks stronger, but they changed the design for the `03+ Deluxe bar (not exactly sure why, as I like your winch-mount better). I will say that even though the winch now bolts to the front face of the bumper, it has lots of internal bracing, much more so than the 80 Series bar which also mounts the winch to the front face.
Also, the `03+ does have the cut-outs for the foglamps (which are very cool!).
dclee said:
I bet it had to do with weight. That sub-frame on my bumper is heavy!
dclee said:
I agree, they definitely make the bumper look nicer.
Thanks Spressomon!
Well I finally got the TJM from Slee (great service) and installed the bumper and winch. Thank's to Spressomon for getting back to me so quick with question about the right side brace. A little fabrication and we're on the road.
Thanks again for the help of this forum
Well I finally got the TJM from Slee (great service) and installed the bumper and winch. Thank's to Spressomon for getting back to me so quick with question about the right side brace. A little fabrication and we're on the road.
Thanks again for the help of this forum
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Campfire said:Well I finally got the TJM from Slee (great service) and installed the bumper and winch. Thank's to Spressomon for getting back to me so quick with question about the right side brace. A little fabrication and we're on the road.
Thanks again for the help of this forum
Congrats and you're welcome...glad I could help in some small way! Now all you need are a couple real Frame Recovery Brackets
Any left? I was thinking of you and your brackets when I put the factory hook back on? I'll take one if you have any left.
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Sorry to bring this back from the past, but I'm about to install a winch on the same TJM bull bar and was wondering how easy/difficult it is to access the clutch lever? Do you TJM owners just remove the top plastic cover permanently?
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I access the winch lever from the top gap. Also if I were doing it again I would reinforce the POS TJM plate that supports (bad word choice...
) the fairlead. Take a look at it and you will see what I mean. One good off-angle pull and it bends easily.
Looks great! Can't wait to get a winch too. I am not sure if the 9.5 would fit the Sahara without any mods. Need to do some reading of older posts...
I access the winch lever from the top gap. Also if I were doing it again I would reinforce the POS TJM plate that supports (bad word choice...
Yeah, the plate is really not the strongest mount I've seen. I'll probably weld in some gussets to the fairlead mount before it goes into the truck.
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bump for an old thread. Where does one find the winch mounting plates for a TJM T3 bumper these days?
Australia. You could probably fabricate a much better/stronger mount yourself. The one for the TJM is flimsy.
