elguidoam
New member
I went with the Pelfreybilt HWM and Warn Zeon 10-S. It's snug, but it fits without relocating the control pack if you give that line's brackets a little bendy. There are two things I am working through:
1. Clutch lever on the Zeon 10-S is larger than most winches that I saw at 4WheelParts when I went to pick it up. Looking down on the winch from the front of the car, if 9 o'clock is clutch engaged and 3 o'clock is disengaged, it gets hung up at 6 o'clock on part of one of the lower grill's mounting points. I tried moving the winch back all the way on the plate and it helped slightly. I already have a very slight gap between the fairlead mount and the back of the bumper, which I assume was pulled into shape when I tightened the fairlead hardware. The simple fix to this right now is to slightly pull out on the grill from the outside with one hand and twist the clutch lever with the other. It works, no biggy here.
2. I cut a hole and mounted a 4" ID screw in deck lid from a boat or kayak (they're both boats, I know) on the cooling plate, aka the giant plastic piece that covers the area between the radiator mount and the grill/headlight assemblies. While only being able to mount on the flat section and not the raised/angled portion at the front plastic piece, it's a bit too snug between the radiator mount, the horns and the already small cutout to get my hand in there after all to set it up. Might have to leave it open all the time unless I want to play with moving the horns.
A few pics to show setup
