Review on 🚙 Jeep Stock Front Bumper Winch Mounting Plate - Smittybilt 2804 Textured Black by Curby Alston

Bought for the 4-door Rubicon 2012. The instructions are quite simple, but in the end I encountered an unpleasant "surprise” when installing this "bolt” kit. the vacuum pump and its holder directly in the frame bracket on the driver's side behind the bumper. The pump had to be removed, the bracket cut out of the frame, the winch plate installed, and then the vacuum pump bracket welded to the inner bracket of the winch plate. The screws that attach the inner brackets to the frame require some force. creative use of sockets, universal joints, extensions, etc. for tightening. Access to the screw heads is very limited as they end inside the guide frame. All in all, a vacuum pump turned a two-hour one-man job (using hand tools) into a six-hour two-man job that required a welder, a grinder with a cut-off wheel, and a more comprehensive tool kit. I love how the installation turned out, but I was lucky enough to have the tools and equipment I needed for the "surprise" on hand. If I had to do it again I would try to find another product or just make my own mount.