winch behind the stock bumper

[94explorerEB]

I recently saw a first gen ex in my offroad mag and it had its winch behind the stock bumper. And I believe I've seen one on here same color blue like in the mag. But my question is has anyone tried this and if so could you post pics or give some insight as to how you did it. I search but came up with two 2ndgens and their not quite what I'm looking for.

 

[jd4242]

If it was me I would put a front hitch on.then mount the winch to a hitch plate so it can plug into the rear or front.
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=358149

 

[94explorerEB]

I like the stealth look of it behind the stock bumper. Looking to see some pics of this done on a first gen. And its not been as easy as I thought it would be.

 

[Flip4ford]

If it was me I would put a front hitch on.then mount the winch to a hitch plate so it can plug into the rear or front.
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=358149

Thats how I have mine done

 

[jakebrake]

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=305630

This is how I did mine, only works with body lift or you can cut into your plastic grill a little and do it without.

 

[94explorerEB]

Yes jakebrake that is exactly what I was looking for as a matter of fact your rig was the one I saw in the mag and on here. I didn't get to finish mine my ex crapped out on me. So now iv been messing with pulling the motor out of my 98 mazda to go in my ex. Just havnt found the info on wat sensors to swap. So its been slow going. Its my first attempt at swapping a motor as well lol.