I've just started putting my front bumper/winch assembly together, and I'm trying to pick a fairlead. My new setup is a Savvy bumper with the winch guard, a Warn M8274 winch with synthetic line and a TRE safety thimble (not yet installed), and a Barnes 4x4 M8274 mount:
Right now, the front license plate is on a Fishbone flip-up mount, but the safety thimble won't fit behind it. I think I'm going to mount the plate directly to the front bumper below the winch mount, and I like the TRE safety thimble fairlead for it's ability to keep the thimble out of the way. However, there wasn't a lot of real estate for fitting everything on the bumper since I'm keeping the OEM anti-roll bar (it's not re-installed, yet), and the winch guard is right in the area where the thimble would end up when stored. Would one of you with the TRE safety thimble fairlead be so kind as to measure these dimensions for me so that I can see if it'll work:
W = vertical distance from the center of the mounting hole to the bottom
X = vertical distance from the center of the mounting hole to the top
Y = thickness of the main portion of the fairlead
Z = depth of the opening where the thimble sits when stored
I know that the winch guard is right where the thimble will sit, but I'm hoping that I'll be able to make it work by orienting the thimble so that the opening faces forward when it is stored.
Any help y'all can provide is appreciated. Also, I understand that Ricky Garza, the owner of TRE, is on here as @Garza. If you can help, Ricky, I'd be especially obliged! Also, if you do see this, any idea when the black anodized thimble fairlead will be back in stock?
Thanks,
sab
Right now, the front license plate is on a Fishbone flip-up mount, but the safety thimble won't fit behind it. I think I'm going to mount the plate directly to the front bumper below the winch mount, and I like the TRE safety thimble fairlead for it's ability to keep the thimble out of the way. However, there wasn't a lot of real estate for fitting everything on the bumper since I'm keeping the OEM anti-roll bar (it's not re-installed, yet), and the winch guard is right in the area where the thimble would end up when stored. Would one of you with the TRE safety thimble fairlead be so kind as to measure these dimensions for me so that I can see if it'll work:
W = vertical distance from the center of the mounting hole to the bottom
X = vertical distance from the center of the mounting hole to the top
Y = thickness of the main portion of the fairlead
Z = depth of the opening where the thimble sits when stored
I know that the winch guard is right where the thimble will sit, but I'm hoping that I'll be able to make it work by orienting the thimble so that the opening faces forward when it is stored.
Any help y'all can provide is appreciated. Also, I understand that Ricky Garza, the owner of TRE, is on here as @Garza. If you can help, Ricky, I'd be especially obliged! Also, if you do see this, any idea when the black anodized thimble fairlead will be back in stock?
Thanks,
sab