They are hooked up to the factory plug behind the door trim. I don't think they actually work with my factory radio – it's not the Infinity radio. I'll have to try that. Install took 20 minutes.

 

I will keep an eye out

 

Rough Country winch bumper with stinger bar and d-rings ordered. Should be here mid-next week.

 

As I wait for the bumper to come in the mail, I've started preparing a few things to make sure the installation goes well and to make sure it looks as good as possible.

First thing I did was relocate the vacuum canister into the engine compartment and ziptied it to the hose at the top left of the engine compartment. This way when the bumper goes on, it has a place to go and won't be visible:



Additionally, the horns will actually stick out under the bumper. I don’t want that. So I flipped the horns around behind the bracket on the unibody behind the bumper and re-electrical taped all the wires. This location isn’t visible at all:




Took the bumper guards off to make removing the stock bumper as easy as possible when the new bumper comes. While I had them off, I took advantage of the situation to clean up some of the dirt and clay that accumulated under there. I plan to trim the wheel well shroud a little:

 

I like your attention to detail and how you think ahead and plan out what you're going to do about the "little things"... good work man.

 

Thanks

The anticipation of waiting for the bumper is killing me so I do these little things to pass the time. Haha.

 

I'd be doing that exact same thing right now, too bad the constant cold and wind and other crappy weather here in PA has killed my motivation. I decided I'm going with Nates 4x4 winch bumper and ordering it next week. Gonna relocate my vac ball and horn as well. Just curious, is there plenty of slack in the line for the vac ball to move it up that high? or did you have to add any ?

 

The ball has plenty of slack. You may need to shear some of the factory zip ties and replace them with your own. That's about it.

 

Finally got that bumper on, and I must say, I like it!



I notice that without that piece of plastic up front, I get a lot more flex room. I know that will come in handy in the future.

 

Looks good man... that's a huge stinger - I'll bet no one else in that neck of the woods has one like that.

 

Definitely not, lol. Makes me stand out, I like it!

Just need to fill up that hole with a winch soon

 

yessir!

 

So while I wait for the money to get a winch, I am considering fabricating a steel lockable box that can be bolted down to the winch plate in the bumper to store recovery equipment in.

 

Just made some more CB antenna mounts:

 

Lookin beautiful man. Love that color--can't wait to get mine built up. A buddy of mine has that same bumper it's pretty beef. He has an RC winch also, but it got a little rusty on top after a year or so. I just ordered a Superwinch LP8500. Should be here this week.

I have my Nates4x4 bumper on order and hopefully it will be arriving soon. I also secured a new apartment that has an awesome garage! Finally one of my own..now I guess i'll have to spend all my money on tools! LOL