ARB Bar with roller fairlead support bracket and swapping to dyneema rope

[cgm]

Well thanks to all the input, I put the rope in today.

Got brave and did a quick hack job on the front of the bar:

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Didn't bother to grind it all flat, just took the sharp edges off. Maybe one day when I have some more time I'll grind it flat and I'll clean the whole bar up and give it all a coat like MR did. More likely it will just get dirty and I won't think about it again.
(Looking at these pics now reminds me of that thread where someone fixed their sills, but hadn't bothered to wash off the mud - ha ha)

Gave it a quick go with the Satin Black. Actually touched a couple of bits on the front hoop and it matched reasonably. This would be the go if I do it over again one day.

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Following on from BA's advice, I did have to get an offset fairlead - that was $80 of pain since I already had one that wasn't offset. Will have to drink less coffee this week! Sorry for the reflection from the flash, should have taken it without the flash. The rope was a genuine Warn one. I bought it when I was in Saudi through Amazon of all places. It was cheaper even with freight than I could buy anything locally. Happy with it as it seems to have a nice layer of heat shielding on the first layer of the drum (the red bit in the pictures).

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Overall really happy. Not sure how my winding will go. Tried to use the suggestions of going back and forth across the drum to give the next layer a chance not to pull through so much. Maybe I'll get better with practice, will have to see how it goes once it gets used for real.

Was amused about the warning notice that came with it. "Always replace rope every 12 months"

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If you don't look closely you won't notice it's not on a Patrol