Just thought I'd share my experience with installing the Terrafirma hidden winch mount (newer version for the LR4) (TF096) and Terrafirma 12k winch with synthetic rope (TF3301). I got both shipped with a set of Brtipart recovery tracks DA4587 for about $1k shipped to SoCal from Britpart.com.
First remove both head lamps, there are 2 tabs per side. Simply slide the metal tabs up and they should slide out, and unplug them.
Remove the fender flares, there are 2 plastic tabs to remove in the rear inner archway, 2 phillips screws towards the front inner archway, and 1 phillips screw from the headlamp side. Remove the fender flares from the rear side and move along the arch towards the front. There's a metal tab that slides upward along a guide (if you will).
Then remove the front bumper. There are (4) 8mm screws on top, (1) 30 Torx on each side, (4) 30 Torx on the bottom, and 2 phillips screws on each side of the undercarriage wind deflectors. Once all the screws are removed, pop the sides of the bumper from the fender, I used a plastic body panel remover for it. Then press down on the 2 tabs on each side of the radiator holding the bumper in. When it's partially out, unplug the harnesses (fog lamps, parking sensors, and cameras) from the left side in the headlamp area, and unplug the (2) headlamp washer spray tubes on the right headlamp area. Now you can slide the bumper completely off.
In order to make room for the everything, you'll have to remove the crash bar (8 bolts 17mm), remove the crash sensors on the right (carefully slide rubber stops up), the window washer tub (2 bolts 10mm), and slide the crash bar up and out. You'll see a plastic air diverter that'll have to be complete trimmed off, except for the top part holding the air temp sensor. Pics after the install will show a clearer picture.
Next is to drill out the crash bar mounting nuts. I used a 3/16-7/8 step drill bit and just keep going until it pops out. Once all 8 popped out, I ended up drilling out the windshield washer tub spacer that mounts to the crash bar to slide the 1 half spacer into it and the other half on top. The hidden winch mount should line up perfectly with all 8 holes. I'd suggest starting from the inner left towards the radiator, then inner right towards the radiator, then outer left towards wheel (don't forget the mounting plate for the crash sensors), then the outer right towards the wheel (don't forget the plate that mounts the washer tub). Just screw the bolts down a few turns, top and bottom. You'll need the extra room to actually fit the winch in and wire it up.
Just follow the winch instructions to wire it up. I got lazy and decided to place the winch controller on the upper section of the radiator behind the grill. Since the wires were short, it fits perfectly. I simply ran the wires between the radiator support and the radiator to wire everything up. I also ran the power wires through the opening behind the right headlamp to my secondary battery with just enough length. You can easily run it with more than enough length to cover the main battery. Once everything was mocked up, I bolted the winch in place. Starting with the bolts near the back first and moved towards the front. Then tightened the winch mount up 8 bolts.
Deciding on how to mount your hawse fairlead was/is a task. I thought about it for a while and decided to utilize the included threaded spacer. Unfortunately, the mount kit and/or winch kit didn't come with the necessary bolts for it. I ended up going to a industrial hardware store and picked up the shortest (2) Metric Grade 8.8 bolt, (2) next size up and (2) next size up from that. The (2) shortest ones actually mounted from the winch mount to the threaded spacer, then either the next size up or the longer one was used to mount the hawse fairlead with (included washers and lock washer). The other 2 were spares. I also picked up a 2 inch long grade 8.8 bolt with fender washers and nyloc nut to mount the winch controller to a random metal piece with a hole behind the grill.
Now it's time to chop up the front bumper. Super scary, but not too bad. I used a dremel with the drill bit that it came with to carve out holes and random shapes. Since this is all I can upload, I'll stop here. To be continued... Plus the wife is calling me, it's late. To be continued tomorrow...
Windshield washer tub mounted to the right bracket:
Crash sensors mounted to the left bracket:
Temp sensor wire mounted onto the cut plastic radiator brace/wind deflector:
Mounted the grade 8.8 bolts to the threaded spacer on the mount:
The winch controller mounted to the random hole behind the left side of the grill, with fender washers (should of used a spacer instead), grade 8.8 bolt, and nyloc nut:
First remove both head lamps, there are 2 tabs per side. Simply slide the metal tabs up and they should slide out, and unplug them.
Remove the fender flares, there are 2 plastic tabs to remove in the rear inner archway, 2 phillips screws towards the front inner archway, and 1 phillips screw from the headlamp side. Remove the fender flares from the rear side and move along the arch towards the front. There's a metal tab that slides upward along a guide (if you will).
Then remove the front bumper. There are (4) 8mm screws on top, (1) 30 Torx on each side, (4) 30 Torx on the bottom, and 2 phillips screws on each side of the undercarriage wind deflectors. Once all the screws are removed, pop the sides of the bumper from the fender, I used a plastic body panel remover for it. Then press down on the 2 tabs on each side of the radiator holding the bumper in. When it's partially out, unplug the harnesses (fog lamps, parking sensors, and cameras) from the left side in the headlamp area, and unplug the (2) headlamp washer spray tubes on the right headlamp area. Now you can slide the bumper completely off.
In order to make room for the everything, you'll have to remove the crash bar (8 bolts 17mm), remove the crash sensors on the right (carefully slide rubber stops up), the window washer tub (2 bolts 10mm), and slide the crash bar up and out. You'll see a plastic air diverter that'll have to be complete trimmed off, except for the top part holding the air temp sensor. Pics after the install will show a clearer picture.
Next is to drill out the crash bar mounting nuts. I used a 3/16-7/8 step drill bit and just keep going until it pops out. Once all 8 popped out, I ended up drilling out the windshield washer tub spacer that mounts to the crash bar to slide the 1 half spacer into it and the other half on top. The hidden winch mount should line up perfectly with all 8 holes. I'd suggest starting from the inner left towards the radiator, then inner right towards the radiator, then outer left towards wheel (don't forget the mounting plate for the crash sensors), then the outer right towards the wheel (don't forget the plate that mounts the washer tub). Just screw the bolts down a few turns, top and bottom. You'll need the extra room to actually fit the winch in and wire it up.
Just follow the winch instructions to wire it up. I got lazy and decided to place the winch controller on the upper section of the radiator behind the grill. Since the wires were short, it fits perfectly. I simply ran the wires between the radiator support and the radiator to wire everything up. I also ran the power wires through the opening behind the right headlamp to my secondary battery with just enough length. You can easily run it with more than enough length to cover the main battery. Once everything was mocked up, I bolted the winch in place. Starting with the bolts near the back first and moved towards the front. Then tightened the winch mount up 8 bolts.
Deciding on how to mount your hawse fairlead was/is a task. I thought about it for a while and decided to utilize the included threaded spacer. Unfortunately, the mount kit and/or winch kit didn't come with the necessary bolts for it. I ended up going to a industrial hardware store and picked up the shortest (2) Metric Grade 8.8 bolt, (2) next size up and (2) next size up from that. The (2) shortest ones actually mounted from the winch mount to the threaded spacer, then either the next size up or the longer one was used to mount the hawse fairlead with (included washers and lock washer). The other 2 were spares. I also picked up a 2 inch long grade 8.8 bolt with fender washers and nyloc nut to mount the winch controller to a random metal piece with a hole behind the grill.
Now it's time to chop up the front bumper. Super scary, but not too bad. I used a dremel with the drill bit that it came with to carve out holes and random shapes. Since this is all I can upload, I'll stop here. To be continued... Plus the wife is calling me, it's late. To be continued tomorrow...
Windshield washer tub mounted to the right bracket:
Crash sensors mounted to the left bracket:
Temp sensor wire mounted onto the cut plastic radiator brace/wind deflector:
Mounted the grade 8.8 bolts to the threaded spacer on the mount:
The winch controller mounted to the random hole behind the left side of the grill, with fender washers (should of used a spacer instead), grade 8.8 bolt, and nyloc nut:
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