Suzuki Club UK

mayby a silly question but i wont know untill i ask it

ive been searching for winches and came accross this one, any suggestions or pointers from people who have decent winches?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12V-12000-LBS-RAT ... 524wt_1140

I'm afraid winches are one of those items that it really is best to save up and spend the extra for a good quality one to avoid being let down a few months down the line. T-max and britpart are probably the better of the cheaper brands but you really want a goodwinch, come up, superwinch or warn as they are the most reliable.

At most you only need a 9000lbs winch for a Suzuki too, so that'll save you a few quid

cheers for that info, yeh i was thinking that too it didnt seem too cheap but i liked the idea of it being able to pull nearly 5.5ton! so aslong as its got a good mounting point at both ends then i should have no worries of it overloading.
ill be selling my other toy soon so ill be getting money off that anyways, thinking of a goodwinch...

what about bumpers then?
id rather keep the bull bar as i like the look, it protects alot (eg headlights wings) and it mounts my spots perfectly
all in all, am i right in thinking allowing around 6-700quid to fit a decent winch..? including buying bumper roller plates and that rope that attaches to the winch to go around trees and things. the names arnt coming to my head at mo haha

Can you weld? if so it's not that hard to knock up a winch bumper. the main thing thats needed are STRONG chassis mounts, the stock holes in the bumper need to be strengthened, either by welding some tubes into them or plating the chassis rails or you can use U-bolts around the cross member that bolt to the bumper (or even both). and always use grade 8 or higher bolts.

You'll find most winch bumpers have some sort of stinger/Abar on them to mount spot lights too anyway.

Also most winches come with the roller fairleads so you don't need to worry about that, I personally want a goodwinch tds 9.5c as you really dont need a 12000 for an sj because they dont weigh much more than a ton, well unless you plan on winching out stuck land/rangerovers all the time a smaller winch also weighs less so thats an advantage. If you can afford it I would also upgrade to a dynemma/plasma rope to save even more weight. I like to keep everything as light as possible as that is the SJs main advantage over other trucks

But yep I would say thats the sort of budget you need, £350-500 for a winch & rope (unless you can find a good one second hand) then £50-£200 for a bumper depending on whether you make or buy one.

If you're after a winch bumper...



Under the number plate there is a hole for the winch fairlead

You could fit a TDS goldfish in the winch tray easily...

Bumper cost £175 all painted and ready to fit...

The guy is on the muddyzook forum, username "russy196"... apparently he was making a few of them if you're interested

great info there ScottieJ you certainly know your stuff, really dont like them huge a bars though lol
and that bumper could be what im after would be easier just to buy one..

i will be defo considering both of these options and ill be making my own cage so ill look into that at the same time

cheers lads