Lono
Adventurer
Hi all,
I posted here as opposed to the "support gear" forum since my question is Discovery II specific, hope thats ok.
Looking to not reinvent the wheel here and see what people have successfully installed in similar applications without ridiculous mods or fabrication.
As the title says, I'm looking for a 9000 lb. class winch for my 2002 Discovery II with an ARB winch bumper already installed.
I'm going to stick with the usual suspect major manufacturers like Warn and Superwinch. Warrior seems to be a reputable contender if anyone has a fitment suggestion for one of those. Of course any suggestion regarding a winch that worked for you would be appreciated, regardless of brand.
It has been suggested to me that the Superwinch Talon 9.5 would suit my needs well at a great price point. The main question (and I suppose this applies to any make) is, does it matter on this truck if I run the "i" model with integrated solenoid on top or do I need to run the model with the side-mounted solenoid. My truck has always run fine temp-wise with two big Hella 4000's in front of the grill, which I can happily remove if the combo of those and the integrated/top-mounted solenoid proves to be too restrictive. My point being that with those alone in front of the grill I've never had a problem.
Expecting to pay in the $1000.00 range, plus or minus. Preferably more on the "minus" side if possible. I know Warn has some rebates going currently.
I'm looking for specific model suggestions if possible, based on what people have installed on their trucks or what they happen to know works on this application.
Also, if anyone had an idea on how much time a shop might charge for installing one of these, I'd appreciate the input on that too.
Thanks in advance for any and all replies to this.
Steve O.
I posted here as opposed to the "support gear" forum since my question is Discovery II specific, hope thats ok.
Looking to not reinvent the wheel here and see what people have successfully installed in similar applications without ridiculous mods or fabrication.
As the title says, I'm looking for a 9000 lb. class winch for my 2002 Discovery II with an ARB winch bumper already installed.
I'm going to stick with the usual suspect major manufacturers like Warn and Superwinch. Warrior seems to be a reputable contender if anyone has a fitment suggestion for one of those. Of course any suggestion regarding a winch that worked for you would be appreciated, regardless of brand.
It has been suggested to me that the Superwinch Talon 9.5 would suit my needs well at a great price point. The main question (and I suppose this applies to any make) is, does it matter on this truck if I run the "i" model with integrated solenoid on top or do I need to run the model with the side-mounted solenoid. My truck has always run fine temp-wise with two big Hella 4000's in front of the grill, which I can happily remove if the combo of those and the integrated/top-mounted solenoid proves to be too restrictive. My point being that with those alone in front of the grill I've never had a problem.
Expecting to pay in the $1000.00 range, plus or minus. Preferably more on the "minus" side if possible. I know Warn has some rebates going currently.
I'm looking for specific model suggestions if possible, based on what people have installed on their trucks or what they happen to know works on this application.
Also, if anyone had an idea on how much time a shop might charge for installing one of these, I'd appreciate the input on that too.
Thanks in advance for any and all replies to this.
Steve O.
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