Side-By-Side Winch Bumper Comparison - Warn vs. All-Pro (pics)

[LandCruiserSteve]

Joeg180 previously said:

Did you suggest to All Pro to add the access spots to facilitate the install?

Not directly, but assuming that they're a concerned vendor, they must've read my All-Pro threads by now.

[FJ HOG]

Steve, thanks for the comparison, I pulled the trigger on the warn and haven't regretted it. I just like the old school look of it. I also like the extra brackets to mount fog and running lights. Will be putting ome coils on the front end to get the front end level again.

[uphill]

Did the installation time for Warn vs All Pro include the time to install the winch? I helped THUBUB a Forum member (and friend of Terry Baker from All Pro) install a Warn 8000 in an All Pro bumber last weekend and it's a very tight squeeze. It required manufacture of a special bracket, and four hands to get it put together. Time: About 4 hours. I'm sure that Warn's open access to the winch in the bumper would be an easier install...or is it?

[LandCruiserSteve]

FJ HOG previously said:

Steve, thanks for the comparison, I pulled the trigger on the warn and haven't regretted it. I just like the old school look of it.

You bet, Hog.

Yep, the Warn bumper does have that "classic" look about it that I've always liked. I would've hung on to mine if it wasn't for the mounting problems my particular FJ had. You won't regret pulling the trigger in that direction.

[LandCruiserSteve]

uphill previously said:

Did the installation time for Warn vs All Pro include the time to install the winch? I helped THUBUB a Forum member (and friend of Terry Baker from All Pro) install a Warn 8000 in an All Pro bumber last weekend and it's a very tight squeeze. It required manufacture of a special bracket, and four hands to get it put together. Time: About 4 hours. I'm sure that Warn's open access to the winch in the bumper would be an easier install...or is it?

Larry, yes, I included the winch installation time within the total install time. Even though the winch only took about 5-10 minutes to drop into the open winch tray, the majority of the Warn's installation were the supplemetal brackets and required fabrication to complete the job.

I didn't have the same problems that THUBUB did getting the M8000 into the All-Pro (about an hour or so) once I rotated the clutch assembly around to match the front opening on the bumper. However, the nearly-impossible part was getting to those two foward mounting bolts on the winch itself.

As I mentioned earlier, All-Pro should've provided access holes from underneath to get a socket extension up in there.