Questions about winch capable brush guard and light bars

[Ghost_dog75]

Love my H3. Got my issues resolved and it kicks ass. I'm looking to put a badlands winch on but I don't know what sort of brush guard or bull bar to get. First time owner here. Moved up from Subarus.
I don't have a huge budget here so I'm open to suggestions.

Also, I have a Cree 50 in led bar picked out. 52 in total. Not sure about mounting it above the the windshield or directly to my Rage Roof rack. It comes with mounts but I wonder if there's better suited for the H3 for either application.
Thanks in advance.

Sorry about sideways pic, not sure why that happens

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[650Hawk]

The G2 light bar mounts are awesome; a bit expensive, but really nice and H3 specific. Much nicer than the generic mounts. I picked up a set on the swap meet section of this forum, and am hoping my kids come through for Xmas with my light bar!!

 

[JPaul]

If you get a Badlands winch I'd go for the 12,000 Lb one, and get it on sale. You can look at my build thread for some info on sealing up the housing better to help reduce the risk of water damage to the internals. Personally I am probably going to replace mine in a couple years with a Smittybilt 12,000 X20 with synthetic line. But for now I think the Badlands will do just fine (especially since I got it for $200 as an open box item at their parking lot sale). I've only used it once, but it was to pull my H3 and a Suburban up a hill a bit (at the same time, the Suburban was strapped to me, we were both stuck thanks to slippery snow and bad tires). Other than having an issue with my not having the cable spooled on correctly initially (VERY IMPORTANT!) it went great.

As for a winch mount, you've got several options. There is a brushgaurd/winch mount you can get for about $400, but it's only rated to 10,000 lb's.
Or you can pick up one of 4speedfunk's winch bumpers at http://www.thorparts.com
Or you can get the hidden mount from Schwaartzy at http://schwarttzy.com/shop/
Or if you're stupid lucky a Boulder(?) bumper used, but they don't come up very often I think (they are no longer made)
Or of course there is always the ARB bumper.

Any of those will be just fine, all depends on your taste and vision for how your H3 is going to look.

 

[cbetts]

I am happy with my Badland 12000. Runs a little slow but I prefer that!

I have been extremely happy with the THORparts bumper as well.

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