How did you wire your winch?

[GtX]

That is well done but it is also A Lot. It looks like you have the V6. The 2.0 as shown @PocketsEmptied pic is what I have. One of my goals is to insure that I don't hinder access to anything I might need in the future. For example, I don't want to have to remove my relay to get to he battery mounting bolt. Further up the thread there is someone that used the bolts on the firewall/cowl. That's not bad either but I also wanted to keep this all as far away from engine heat as possible.

That's a 3.0L diesel . I also have a fuse panel in the middle along the firewall for my rock lights. It's really just a few bolts then the whole assembly rotates out of the way.

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[Catiajockey]

Not 100% on the routing for the cable to the battery but it functions as it should. I'll clean it up tomorrow. Signal is from aux 3. The bracket I found at Lowes in the lumber section. I just drilled it and painted it with some engine enamel.

 

[iddpaul]

So I bought a VR 12 and wanted to say thanks for everyone's post...helped me greatly clean up the connection and relocate the control box to provide better air flow to the radiator. (thx @Roky for your pics as well). Added a relay and moved the control box under the hood. I no longer have my workshop so instead of fabricating everything as I once would have done, I just looked for other brackets and cables that would work. I bought the 7' relocation kit from Vice Designs (excellent product and service), pulled the air box and inner fender and ran the cables from the winch up to a new bracket mounted on the firewall. Connected the cables, added a relay, connected to the Aux 3 switch and then bought a cover for the winch (Amazon $12) to finish everything off. Thx again and hope this gives some ideas..!

 

[Roky]

So I bought a VR 12 and wanted to say thanks for everyone's post...helped me greatly clean up the connection and relocate the control box to provide better air flow to the radiator. (thx @Roky for your pics as well). Added a relay and moved the control box under the hood. I no longer have my workshop so instead of fabricating everything as I once would have done, I just looked for other brackets and cables that would work. I bought the 7' relocation kit from Vice Designs (excellent product and service), pulled the air box and inner fender and ran the cables from the winch up to a new bracket mounted on the firewall. Connected the cables, added a relay, connected to the Aux 3 switch and then bought a cover for the winch (Amazon $12) to finish everything off. Thx again and hope this gives some ideas..!

Looks good brother , nice work !

 

[iddpaul]

Looks good brother , nice work !

Thanks Roky...greatly appreciated everyone's posts and pics...the biggest tip is to remove the airbox and inner fender to run the cables...very easy to do and then allows unlimited access and a way to wire-tie everything in place.

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