#99cherokee

I have an arb bumper for my jeep Cherokee and before putting it on I want to get a winch. I found one on craigslist and it comes with one of those skinny looking oval shaped fairleads while I want one of those bigger heavy duty ones that looks like this:

Looking online they all seem to be different sizes. I just want to buy the cheapest one I can get that will mount to my bumper, however I cant tell which ones will fit. If someone could help me out that would be great.

McCaffrey

You mean like this? These are for synthetic cables. Steel cables require the type you've pictured.

There should only be 1 size that fits Jeeps. The smaller ones are for ATVs.

cdn_xj

The ARB Bullbar was intended to have a Warn roller fairlead used. Other brands may not fit into the upper fairlead support. I know for a fact that the Smittybilt one does not fit.

To install the roller fairlead you have to partially disassemble it and then re-assemble it onto the bumper using bolts instead of the pins that hold the side rollers on. You will also need ot drill a couple of holes into the fairlead frame because the mounting bolts for the winch go through the fairlead.

Or you could just use a Hawse fairlead and by-pass all of the installation issues.

Ianf406

There is no disadvantage to a hawse if you are using synthetic line. They are lighter and allow slightly more extreme angles of pulling. They also don't stick out as far which depending on your bumper can be important or unimportant.

Ive ran a hawse with steel line and never would again.. it is pretty easy to groove and seems to fray the cable much faster.

If you just want the look, There are a few companies that sell synthetic rollers for the traditional fair leads which are supposed to be better for synthetic cable and are lighter.