I forgot about yours N2O, almost exactly what I was thinking of doing.

 

you bumper is what made me want a stubby..saved under favs..how much room is needed for winch inthe front piece?6" tight? sorry op for thread jackin..

 

pics ?

 

Slow work been busy, working on it tonight and tomorrow. Got around to cutting the brackets

 

Got one mounted to do a mock up then I'm going with 6 grade 8 each side

 

Got the winch cradle done and half *** mointed. I'm gonna go ahead and build a full bumper and did a tune up along with a turbo muffler.

 

What happened to the stubby bumper with a hidden winch?! Disappointed.

 

Too much work for little old me. ****s hard

 

Exactly what i thought..i was going to look at the pics at work instead of my phone..looks pretty big

 

Stubby should be easier than a whole bumper..build what you want the first time.

 

Actually it sticks out 5.25 inches past the grill. Just enough for a 9k. You try dealing with all of the other crap in order to build a hidden bumper. I'm still in the process of resesing it. Lw if I'm not mistaken didn't you too abandon the same design saying it's not worth it? Lol.

 

No I've got my patterns in cardboard I'm just short on moneyim copping ors stubby

 

Making a stubby isn't that hard, I'm mostly done with mine.
Front of it is like 2" from the grill

 

I just need something strong to throw a winch on for a while. Only took me 2-3 hours to put together and technically mine is stubby lol..

 

No, I abandoned the idea of making a hidden winch mount to use behind a factory bumper. Not because of it's complexity but because I don't have the time to devote to it and I'm not sure how well it would sell.

Making a hidden winch bumper is no more complicated than building what you're building now. If anything I'd say it's easier. If I ever get around to it all I have to do is drill a couple holes and mount my winch behind my bumper and I'll be done with mine.

The only thing that's different is cutting out the cross member. (Which takes 10 minutes)