ZJ rear winch bumper with tire carrier

[heep-a-lop]

u should wait... i promise it will be worth it.... give us about a month gonna prototype it on my zj, basically it will be our tie rods with the correct taper on the pin....(there gonna be unbreakable).... i will post some teaser pictures tonight of the new bodies.... they are patent pending as of friday

[bradley]

well that makes me confident in my choice of vehicle lol, well thanks for the advice guys
keep the rubber side down

[Knox]

Looks good Clay,

Is the swing out essentially just a T? or is there a diagonal under the hilift?, that's what I'm building right now and I'm debating if it needs to be gusseted or not.

[morerpmfred]

Is that a warn I see tucked in rhe baxk bumper?  Looks good clay.

[cLAY]

Nope its just a "T". I slotted the upright piece to go over the cross piece so its not just butt welded to it. I also tried to to compensate for the twist that would happen once the the weight of the tire was on it by welding it not vertical but slightly toward the rear hatch.

That is an M8000 tucked in there but to be honest I still have not got around to wiring it in. Hopefully this winter that will happen.

[TL-Iguana]

That is an M8000 tucked in there but to be honest I still have not got around to wiring it in. Hopefully this winter that will happen.

Going the same route with my XJ hopefully soon here... What sort of wire are you going to run from the battery, or have you gone with a remote battery?

[dubbleJs]

Bumper looks great! Love the rear winch...Alot of the time I'd rather back out of something then have to winch through it...the winch on the rear will probably get used much more than the front in mud holes etc

[cLAY]

Haven't run the cable yet  Will probably use some old welding cable I salvaged from work.