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NeVeTaS
 


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Hidden Winch Fitting - Who?

I have trouble wiring a plug so I'm not going to even attempt to fit a hidden winch to my D3.

I will probably buy the mount from Ray. What is the best winch I can use, I assume it can't be too outragious otherwise it wont fit hidden?

Apart from the mount, winch + bits. Is there anything else I need?

Lastly anyone know where I could have all that fitted?

Thanks
  
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Yup, as CY states, contact 10forcash for all of your needs - I'd recommend a 2nd battery and running the winch off the second battery, not the primary/cranking battery.
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Cheers I have sent 10forCash an email. Bow down
  
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Ask him to fit an external one, hidden one is to limited in my opinion...and i have just taken one out of mine Thumbs Up
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Not great, cant view the rope spooling, everything is a bit in the dark to be honest.
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Agree, hidden winches are for occasional light use, if you need / want to use it seriously then a 'proper' winch mount is the only way to go - if in doubt, get yourself on a winch training course before commiting to one or the other Thumbs Up
  
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DG wrote:
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That's a good way to see the winch rope and use a plasma Thumbs Up
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TFC wrote:
Agree, hidden winches are for occasional light use, if you need / want to use it seriously then a 'proper' winch mount is the only way to go


TFC, I go driving quite a lot with JF Lux, who likes to get stuck, so maybe we'd better think about a standard winch mount for my car? Is it compatible with front PDC? I also need to confirm date, place, time to meet up in the UK later this month because I'm out of contact from tomorrow for a week. Are you about tomorrow? I'll call.

Cheers,

NJF
  
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