Winch mounted on Detours KJ Backbone - pics

phxtoad · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:28 am

See the Vendors section for more info:

Here's a Warn M8000 mounted and operational on the Detours KJ Backbone. Next up is to dream up some sort of doohicky bracket to remount my Hellas on.

Now I must fight the urge to drag random objects around for no apparent logical reason...

Hellrasor · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:14 am

That looks sweet! I have been looking at the backbone for a while and I still like the way it looks.

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:55 am

Best dang product to come out for the KJ since Boulderbars. Looks great!

Now just lose the cable, get some synth rope and save yourself some weight off the front.

DarbyWalters · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:57 am

and you will get rid of the big roller fairlead for a samll aluminum fairlead...lose about 25#s or more...

Alak · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:12 pm

I been waiting to get one, but the wife wants me to finish my race/street car and clean the garage out before I can have one. :cry:

USAFCOP · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:31 pm

Alak wrote:

I been waiting to get one, but the wife wants me to finish my race/street car and clean the garage out before I can have one. :cry:

At least she wants you to finninsh a project! Mine looks at my pile of growing parts, looks at the Jeep, and just scouls... and asks Why?.... She doesn't like the because I can answer

JeepinMaxx · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:58 pm

Looks great!

DarbyWalters wrote:

and you will get rid of the big roller fairlead for a samll aluminum fairlead...lose about 25#s or more...

In addition the weight savings - it sticks out much less than the roller fairlead...

Rush345 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:32 pm

The whole set up looks great and a real clean look. If you don't mind my asking how much did it cost and how hard or easy was it to install??? It has a great clean and finished look

bbo · **Joined:** Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:17 pm **Posts:** 382

http://www.timothylund.com/detours/detours_backbone.pdf

there's a link to the install I did .. not too difficult ... no special tools or procedures needed.

ratmloud · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:25 am

phxtoad wrote:

Next up is to dream up some sort of doohicky bracket to remount my Hellas on.

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phxtoad · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:43 am

Hey Ratmloud,

I remounted my Hellas similar to yours - pics to follow tonight.

However, I'm keeping the roller fairlead since it made a perfect place to mount a 'light bar'. I used an 18" piece of flat steel bar stock: 1" x 1/4" thick and bolted it to the fairlead on the top. Maybe some day for the synthetic line, but I hear they can be finnicky.

Also - ratmloud - you can flip the Warn solenoid bracket around and mount the box directly over the motor - thereby letting more air get straight to your radiator...

Todd

ratmloud · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:47 pm

phxtoad wrote:

Hey Ratmloud,

Also - ratmloud - you can flip the Warn solenoid bracket around and mount the box directly over the motor - thereby letting more air get straight to your radiator...

Todd

Ya it was that way and I moved it to the middle....middle is nice, I like it, and think it looks MO betterer :lol:

phxtoad · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:37 pm

And here's the lights remounted... Still need to re-wire them. The nice thing is that I can just see their tops over the hood from inside. Hopefully I will avoid smacking into stuff now.

Detour · **Posted:** Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:52 pm

I've been looking at different possible light backet set-ups for the KJ BackBone....

Do you guys like them/prefer them at the hieght thats been pictured?

Looking at different 'bolt-on' options....... :idea:

Dje Ryu · **Posted:** Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:11 pm

My lights will be bolted to the roof rack so I don't really care for any extra brackets. Thanks for thinking of the KJ crowd, though. I would like to see pics of an '05+ with a Backbone, though. with or without winch, please?

DarbyWalters · **Posted:** Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:45 pm

It seems like the ones we see here are the most logical place to mount big round lights...they look great :idea:

SoDakJeep · **Posted:** Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:29 pm

ya i want to see an o5 as well

Detour · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:34 pm

Check the link Tim provided on page one.. :wink:

(bbo)

bbo · **Joined:** Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:17 pm **Posts:** 382

I'll try and get some pics of the backbone again in the next few weeks ( been off the comp past few days working on meeting my new daughter !!! )

I got some por-15 mix pack, so I am gonna rust proof the whole thing ( will be taking the bumper off so if anyone has any specific pic requests, please PM me)

2006KJSPORT4x4 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:50 pm

once the jeep piggy bank is satisfied i'll just have to dive in on one of those setups, looks VERY COOL!!!!

Winch mounted on Detours KJ Backbone - pics

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