Behind Front Cladding Winch Bumper Blueprint

[tom4bren]

If you could figure out a way to preserve the lower front cladding I'd be interested as well...

Sure ... no prob

I should have a finished product out by no later than 2015

Actually, I don't think that you'll ever be able to get a roller fairlead to fit without significant removal of cladding.

[VXorado]

Ouch, does this mean Spazz sold his VX with a big square hole missing from the front cladding?

If you could figure out a way to preserve the lower front cladding I'd be interested as well...

You can use a hawse fairlead instead of the fairlead roller. The hawse version is much smaller and won't protrude like the roller. With the correct positioning, the hawse could fit exactly at the license plate bolt holes and then covered up using a license plate mount. Winch Incognito.

[vt_maverick]

Actually, I don't think that you'll ever be able to get a roller fairlead to fit without significant removal of cladding.

You can use a hawse fairlead instead of the fairlead roller. The hawse version is much smaller and won't protrude like the roller. With the correct positioning, the hawse could fit exactly at the license plate bolt holes and then covered up using a license plate mount. Winch Incognito.

Cutting the license plate area isn't what worries me, it's the fact that SPAZZ removed the entire lower cladding area to make it fit. It's really hard to tell in the pics which is why I bought it to begin with. You can kind of tell in this pic:



I'd want to keep my VXC/rowhard front faux skid plate and I'm okay with cutting the center of it to make room for the fairlead. The problem is that the cuts to the bottom of the cladding remove the lower mounting holes. Sure you could drill new holes through the plate and rejigger it, but it's entirely possible that between the fairlead and new mounts the plate would stick off the cladding by a good inch or more.

[tom4bren]

You can use a hawse fairlead instead of the fairlead roller. The hawse version is much smaller and won't protrude like the roller. With the correct positioning, the hawse could fit exactly at the license plate bolt holes and then covered up using a license plate mount. Winch Incognito.

Yup, that'd be the ticket.

I was thinking about the same thing only conical shaped. I likey this one mo betta.

[BigSwede]

I wish I could delete this post entirely but it won't let me.

[BigSwede]

If there was a delete option I missed it. No big deal.

[tom4bren]

Edit ... Delete (bottom right corner) ... Delete message (bottom left corner) ... Delete this message (bottom right corner)

[BigSwede]

Uh Huh. Here is what I see after I hit edit. I don't see delete options anywhere.



Maybe that luxury is reserved for contributors...

[tom4bren]

On mine there is a 'delete' between the 'save' and the 'go advanced'.

& now the bigger problem is that I've lost all interest in trying to figure it out

[vt_maverick]

Might be a site supporter feature only...

[VXorado]

Jay Dunford's old VX:

[44ficus44]

this is sick.... i hate you all.... all i do is just keep adding to the car hajaha.... instead of a rav 4 on crack... now it looks like a rav 4 on roids ... poor VX, jajaha thanks for the new project!

[tom4bren]

ROFL

It's what we do!!!

[44ficus44]

next project accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!

[44ficus44]

and tom.... i hope my GF takes it like you did honey yea... um..... im outta $ cuz my VX needed brackets on its teeth hajaha