Hidden winch

[Phomollient]

As you can see from the pic there is room in the stock bumper to mount a low profile winch. I used a Harbor Freight universal winch mount and modified the heck out of it.

[ASD Dad]

What winch did you use?  Was it easy to remove the bumper?  I need to take mine off this winter to do some work.  My wife backed into my NV when we were at a birthday party and I was parked right behind her in the lawn!  Put a nice dent dead center of my bumper.  Her Sienna has almost no damage surprisingly.  

[chphilo]

Looks great. Could you provide more info on what you had to do to install one?

[Phomollient]

Front bumper is relatively easy to remove. The plastic insert is a pain but not hard. You have to force out the plastic pins to remove. You will also have to remove the grille (more plastic pins).

 

The winch mount sits atop the frame rails with modifications. I used Smittybuilt’s 9500 low profile winch.

 

If I can figure out how to post pics I will.

[Phomollient]

[Phomollient]

[whitebread250]

That is very cool! I have been thinking of doing the 2" receiver in front for a place to attach the winch when needed but I may have to copy you. Great job on the roof rack too.  Did you weld to the frame or is this mount bolted in?

[Phomollient]

I built a pair of roof rails that bolt to the 10 factory mounting points (5 each side). The roof rails are 1 5/8” tall measured from the factory roof mounts. The rack, which is a separate unit, sits on top of the roof rails and bolts to them.