I started installing a new winch in my Mopar winch bumper last night, and the supplied fairlead does not fit. I am putting in a Ramsey REP 8.5E. I know that the Warn fairleads should fit this bumper, but I was wondering if anyone knows any others that will fit with no drilling, cutting, or trimming. I haven't decided if I will go hawse or roller yet, in fact I'm pretty indifferent, so if you know of any fairlead that bolts in let me know! I am planning a trip out of town this weekend, and need to get the fairlead in tonight or tomorrow. Thanks guys/gals!

 

Why won't it fit? Are the holes too close...too far apart? Please elaborate.

 

A picture would be worth a thousand words, but in a nutshell, the supplied fairlead has holes that are offset from the horizontal midline of the opening. The bumper has holes that are on the horizontal midline. Also, the size of the opening in the hawse fairlead is not the same as in the bumper. I'm not too bent about it, I knew from the start that I would probably need to buy a different fairlead than came with the winch...I just was wondering if anyone knows what fits.

 

...what you are saying. Just pick up a Warn failead, maybe from someone here who switched to synthetic rope and you'll be golden. However, looking at it more closely, it looks as if the fairlead mounts right to the winch. Does that cause any clearance problems with the mounting?

http://www.ramsey.com/winches/rep85e.html

 

The fairlead doesn't mount directly to the winch, it is meant to be on their winch plate. Either way my best bet is probably to just pick up a Warn fairlead from Northern tool later today. I was just hoping that someone knew of a cheaper version somewhere.

 

If I were you I would wait and post a "WANTED" ad here for a used roller fairlead. There are a lot of guys who ditch them when they move to synthetic winch line. If not here, try ebay...