Shop Rig - 2007 Jeep Wrangler X

[Jeff]

Mopar Santa brought me a gift yesterday.






YAY LIFT KIT. I am excited to finally get this damn thing on here. Zach is hopefully going to be able to come down sometime Thursday afternoon and help me get it all installed.

I also installed a set of Hella 500 lamps on the front bumper and I got my CB installed. I went with a mount off of the rear stop lamp mount. I didn't want to do any drilling on the bumpers.

I do have one question for my MM friends though. Note the poll at the top. The bumper I have is designed for a Hawse type fairlead and I assume a synthetic rope by extension of the logic. I have a synth rope on my Warn M8000 but It is getting screwed up because I am using a roller fairlead and the rope is hitting the bumper, see the illustration below.



So, my question is one of aesthetics more then anything else. I like the look of a Roller fairlead. I think it is tough and classic. But the Hawse style is more popular and modern now. The question really is, do I cut my bumper to make room for the line to clear and work with the rollers or do I install a Hawse?

This is my roller. I would have to cut the steel behind it to make a large opening so the rope its the roller before the steel. Only problem here is if the Jeep gets sold without the winch the hole is larger and probably sorta ugly.



Hawse looks like this, they come in a million styles but I think I would just get a black one.