Thread: Defender Winch Bars

This is my bar:



If Daniel's SVX modded bar is the same as my ****(rhymes with Brit)part bar that Rovacraft sells and Daniel helped install, it won't fit an 8274 without serious modifications. The mounting bolts for the 8274 are further apart than those of the low mounts by about an inch, and face the front where a low mount's bolts can be rotated to face any direction. The bar is set up to have the winch bolted down, not forward like the 8274 requires.

To fit an 8274 means cutting the centre section of the bar out and welding in a new cradle. Then cutting your front grill up if you have the extended nosecone like mine does.

When I bought the bar, the company that sold it were definite the 8274 winch would fit with the extended nose cone but they didn't even check the mounting holes, just took the money and sent the item. Now I have a bar that doesn't fit my winch. It looks rubbish without a winch but I don't want to downgrade to a low mount winch.

And that is why I have an ARB bar to replace the ****part item.


Also the powder coating on the bars is rubbish, flakes off easily and has gaps around weld seams. They should come with a tin of black spray paint.

Originally Posted by isuzutoo-eh

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Now I have a bar that doesn't fit my winch. It looks rubbish without a winch but I don't want to downgrade to a low mount winch.
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What sort of winch do you have mark?

Will it fit the bar?

Hi mount for the moment...pending upgrade

I think it'll fit the ARB style* bar without much more than a few holes drilled but the Rovacraft one...big problem.
Really need to see it before knowing though.


*Think its a genuine LR bar but is set up for low or hi mounts, no maker's marks on it anywhere just serial numbers