The opening is cut out, fairlead bolted in and fl ip-up license plate bracket attached – function with form.
A Metabo angle grinder makes quick work of cutting the opening out in the Fab Fours Black Steel bumper. DeWalt supplied the eye and hand protection.
Parker then fabricated 1/4-inch
steel extension brackets to hang the winch/mount between the frame rails and the spare tire hang-
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control cable plugs in next to the license plate step while the box is mounted between the winch and the bumper. Then Parker made a cutout in
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