New winch and and randoms

[Brandon12]

Before the winch

Is my exhaust manifold supposed to look like this? lol
(bad pic, but i snapped right in half)

 

[PaleBlue90]

time to look for some headers or stock manifolds

 

[railman]

how is the winch plate mounted???

and i wouldn't trust those hooks on the rear bumper too much....not to mention they will hangup pretty easily on the trails...

otherwise, nice winch

l8r, John

 

[Brandon12]

I just welded the winch plate to my bumper really good. And why shouldnt i trust the hooks?

 

[railman]

I just welded the winch plate to my bumper really good. And why shouldnt i trust the hooks?

its just that putting the stress from extracting a truck can easily overpower the little plate ya welded your rear hooks to is all....

and when it fails, it will make one hell of a projectile.......be extremely cautious when using them....

as for the winch plate, hope ya used alot more than a few plug and stitch welds.....

just my opinion, but have seen first hand what that kind of mounting can and will do......

just want you and everyone ya with to be safe

l8r, John

 

[Brandon12]

alright thanks for the heads up. I have a nice bead going all the across the bottom of it and on the sides

 

[86 slo-vo]

id get some 1/4 braces on the front to pull the whole length of the front of the bumper...it will probably bend the top foreward

looks good just needs some more bracing you go through 4,000 plus LB's up there and youll see what im talking about...same on the back stock bumper isnt going to hold much at all

 

[nate09]

looks good. what are the specs on the truck?