Lighten up buddy, it's a joke and not aimed at your wife.
If you look at any of my previous post in other threads it's my humor.
Also I've helped plenty of people in other threads including a "instructional write up"
As for your winch plate, I have the Warn winch plate so that all I know...
Seems like great mines think a like.
I also started with a hardtop then added a sunrider, felt bad my kids couldn't also enjoy the open top so I picked up a soft top.
Now it's soft top full time till I take my truck up to my place in the mountains, then it's hard top with sunrider.
We also...
When I did track days with my street car I would use the widest painters tape I could find. I taped up the bumper, some of the hood, and anywhere gravel might hit the car behind the tires.
Not my car in the pic but you get the idea.
I started with a hardtop, added the Bestop Sunrider, felt bad my kids couldn't also enjoy the open top so I got the factory softtop.
So now most of the year I have the softtop on, when I go to the snow or rainy season I switch to the hardtop plus Sunrider.
I use Moto Cinch to secure my bikes so I don't need straps. Also helps by not putting a load on your fork seals.
Whats also nice is I'm able to get two bikes in with the tonneau still attached, so when I unload the bikes I can still lock up the bed for storage of my ramps.