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I’m doing this very soon as my LOD mount arrived today. I’ll be putting in a smittybilt x20 that I’ve had for a few years.

I have a question: did anyone need to use spacers for the bumper?
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I’m doing this very soon as my LOD mount arrived today. I’ll be putting in a smittybilt x20 that I’ve had for a few years.

I have a question: did anyone need to use spacers for the bumper?
No spacers necessary in my install, though you can hardly slide a sheet of paper behind my X20 and the grille. It's a snug fit.
 

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No spacers necessary in my install, though you can hardly slide a sheet of paper behind my X20 and the grille. It's a snug fit.
thank you for the info! I guess I’ll find out how snug it is in a few days when I get around to doing it.
 

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I had to use the supplied LOD spacers, but my winch was a Warn EVO 10S.
 

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I had to use the supplied LOD spacers, but my winch was a Warn EVO 10S.
I hadn’t opened the box yet I didn’t know it had spacers 👍🏽
 

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Parts:
LOD Signature Winch Plate
Harbor Freight universal fairlead mount
Two hawse fairleads from Amazon

Bolted in LOD winch plate and Smittybilt X20 winch, bolted HF fairlead mount to the bottom of that, and cut out all the plastic and metal in the center. Kept trimming till look and clearances were right.

The two Amazon hawse fairleads will be sandwiched behind the visible fairlead / bumper and in front of the HF fairlead mount. I need to find two bolts for this so I will post when done. This will create a solid aluminum sandwich up front that is very sturdy for the cable to pass through and hold the plastic in the center rock solid. The two together were a perfect fit between the plastic and the fairlead mount.

Outside wings seem as solid as before. All the metal and plastic is still in them.

Plan to finish it off with the bright silver Mojave skid plate underneath.



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Definitely inspiring me on doing this to my Sport Sand keeping my stock bumper.

will consider different winches and try to keep a tighter clearance around it. But love that aluminum fairlead plate on the front!
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