The winch mount has been finished and fitted, along with a repaint of the bumper. The mount and bumper were etch primed, blacke enamelled and sprayed with a thick coat of matt black stone guard. The relocated winch mount now sits back far enough for the winch not to foul the bull bar and should only require the trimming of the the bottom 3″ of the Def front panel. The mount is now attached directly to the chassis at the rear, with 2 1/2″ bolts secring its front to the front edge of the bumper. Once fitted, the roller fairleads should be flush with the front edge of the bull bar, giving a neat and discrete installation.
The curved SIII front apron panel (sits between fron wings) will need to have the forward-most 1″ removed in order to fit behind the winch mounting; this can quickly be seen to with the grinder. Fitting the apron will ensure that all ram air forced through the grille passes through the rad, rather than spilling down through the void infront of the x-member. It should also help prevent mud and debris being thrown up into the rad when off road.
The pictures show the assembled bumper, mount, bull bar, Dixon-Bate tow jaws and Kenlowe Hot Start plug. The view from the rear-right quadrant shows the Hot Start unit mounted on the inclined rad panel plate, above the steering relay.
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