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Originally Posted by TexasTJ
Ah yea, I've got an older generation VR8000, you must have the newest gen.
Just did it last week.
bumper cut, do this first as it can be your practice run and will never been seen, so it doesn't matter how ugly it is.
For the facia, I just put it back on the bumper (after cutting the bumper) and traced from the inside of the bumper. Cut that out, and then filed it/trimmed a little more, and filed again. Again, these don't have to be perfect, because the fairlead will then cover the hole.
The annoying part is, if the dealer installed the license plate bracket, you now have two holes in the bumper. Hindsight, I would've bought a new Pro facia without LP holes, cut it for the winch, and kept my original one in the attic, in case I ever want to go back to no winch.
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TexasTJ
Older thread but I'm getting ready to install a winch on my new ORP. This thread was done using my SR5 (I'm the op).
I'm interested in how exactly you installed the fair lead on top of the Pro fascia instead of cutting around it. I just can't figure out how you bolted the fairlead on... since you gotta get behind the bumper to hold the nuts. Can you provide some details on the standoff, the hardware used, and how you bolted up the fairlead, please? Thanks!
