What did you buy today

[BigRAWesty]

Bought a New car today. First New car ever. Hyundai Santa Fe, 2.2TD Bloody Nice Car!!! Stoked.

I don't know you anyone man.
Your changing

[lucus30]

Hey mate, I'm part the way through. Winch cradle itself is mounted - easier enough, just had to rotate the gearbox and install it upside down so that the clutch handle was clear and the rope was feeding out from the top. Still have to get longer bolts to mount the fair lead up properly.

Currently stalled in trying to mount the solenoid, because the winch cradle mounts vertically to the bar the normal mounting points wont work and require you to fabricate up a bracket. Due to the way my bar and grill sit, there is very little clearance to get access to the control box and clutch so its a bit fiddly

Other than that, (which I guess are issues to be expected when buying a lower cost winch designed to fit up to a heap of vehicles and bars), I'm generally impressed with the Runva 11XP!

Hang on a sec... Am I mistaken I thought the genuine Nissan winch bars don't need a winch cradle?

[Crate]

Hang on a sec... Am I mistaken I thought the genuine Nissan winch bars don't need a winch cradle?

You are mistaken about being mistaken :-P

[lucus30]

You are mistaken about being mistaken :-P

Boggles the mind that statement does

[Agronaught]

Just took the chance and dropped in to an ARB store I've never been to before. The staff were helpful, polite, and happy to talk about options.

I bought the double swag while I was at it as I don't want to pull and setup/packup the camper trailer when I'm travelling solo. Not to mention the tracks I can't take with the camper in tow.

[Bacho86]

Hang on a sec... Am I mistaken I thought the genuine Nissan winch bars don't need a winch cradle?

sorry lucus my terminology might not be correct - hopefully photos will explain better....

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The winch itself mounts up straight to the bar, but I need to fab up a bracket to hold the solenoid

[BigRAWesty]

Mount it under the bonnet. Easier to access when bass deep in mud and keeps them cleaner

[megatexture]

Bought some front shock tower mounts from the wreckers today to cut and weld to mine for longer shocks coming up soon.

[lucus30]

sorry lucus my terminology might not be correct - hopefully photos will explain better....

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The winch itself mounts up straight to the bar, but I need to fab up a bracket to hold the solenoid

Yeah mate no worries I see. Just was confused as I have heard that some people still run a separate cradle for the winch even on winch bars

[Clunk]

Led Reindeer Rope Light, A Led "Merry Christmas" Rope Light, a LED star rope light, some solar powered sparkling lights for outside........ and some tinsel

Making it a bit more festive for the kiddywinks