Dec 10, 2024
Hi Everyone,
Happy to say installed my winch. Tough at times but worth it.
RC high winch mount, MetalTech 4 x 4 Total Front Frame Reinfocement (TFFR),m M2M camera relocate kit, Warn Zeon XD 12s, Factor 55 Ultrahook and rope protector
Two men sixteen hours to install with some extras like painting and camera relocation. One day six hours and the next day 10 hours with basically no breaks.
The hardest part was the MetalTech's TFFR. Someone on here mentioned with another install they don't show you how it's done because it is a hard install and you may not want to do it after watching an install video. We found this install difficult. I asked Metaltech if there was anything different on the Raptor and they said there shouldn't be and sent me a video of them telling us how to install (a bench install video) saying one day they would show us how to do it on the vehicle.
The first thing we did was to paint the front bash plate and the front plastic.
Then we took the bumper off. The bumper comes off with six bolts. Three on each side.
Then the TFFR instal. One set on each side. Plus of course the hardware.
Thee are a few other manufactures of frame horn supports. I found these to be the best and most substantial and probably the hardest to install.
From there web site.
The TFFR or Total Front Frame Reinforcement kit is a 100% bolt-on external and internal front frame horn reinforcement system.
Here's a picture of the frame horn. Three pieces on each horn. This pic has the top T piece on it which they said to start with. Also, you can see the bolt sticking though the frame horn which the brackets attach too.
This pic shows the top and one side bracket. Of course the other bracket is on the other side of the horn.
This is a good pic of the top bolt on the T bracket that you need to take out (it holds the intercooler) and put a washer on it and put back in and slide the bracket into it. In the MetalTech video they it is doable. It is doable as we did it but I can ensure you that it is very tough. You can barley get in there to turn the bolt. We didn't have a ratchet wrench which would have perhaps helped if you could get it over the bolt. It still would be hard.
it is amazing now it doesn't look that hard but it was perhaps four hours. There was a lot of fiddling to get the entire bracket on and we had to loosen one bracket getting the bumper back on as it had pulled away when we tightened it and the bolts were too short. We pulled it back flush with the bolts only and then put the tow hook on. We were happy it worked. We didn't have longer bolts. They are pretty big bolts and probably not something you have in your bolt supply.
Camera relocate was pretty straight forward and the winch mount and winch instal was straight forward. You have to take the front grill off to get at the camera and thankfully it came off easy. The second hardest part was probably cutting the plastic to fit the winch mount. It took a couple hours as we did it bit by bit to fit. It turned out great. Half way through it didn't seem like it was going to but it turned out real well. We gave it another coat of paint once cut. There is a lot of fiddling with all of it. It seems the manufactures expect you to have some basic mechanical skills as you have to use your common sense at times.
We were real happy with the install once done. I am leaving off my DV8 D rings as they are gloss black and they don't look good anyway with the winch mount. The tow hooks will be just fine by themselves especially with rope chafe protection.
Happy to say installed my winch. Tough at times but worth it.
RC high winch mount, MetalTech 4 x 4 Total Front Frame Reinfocement (TFFR),m M2M camera relocate kit, Warn Zeon XD 12s, Factor 55 Ultrahook and rope protector
Two men sixteen hours to install with some extras like painting and camera relocation. One day six hours and the next day 10 hours with basically no breaks.
The hardest part was the MetalTech's TFFR. Someone on here mentioned with another install they don't show you how it's done because it is a hard install and you may not want to do it after watching an install video. We found this install difficult. I asked Metaltech if there was anything different on the Raptor and they said there shouldn't be and sent me a video of them telling us how to install (a bench install video) saying one day they would show us how to do it on the vehicle.
The first thing we did was to paint the front bash plate and the front plastic.
Then we took the bumper off. The bumper comes off with six bolts. Three on each side.
Then the TFFR instal. One set on each side. Plus of course the hardware.
Thee are a few other manufactures of frame horn supports. I found these to be the best and most substantial and probably the hardest to install.
From there web site.
The TFFR or Total Front Frame Reinforcement kit is a 100% bolt-on external and internal front frame horn reinforcement system.
- Boxed side supports for each frame horn (total of 4)
- Internal support bracing inner part of frame
- Top of frame supports integrating whole system
- 100% bolt-on - with no drilling or modification
Here's a picture of the frame horn. Three pieces on each horn. This pic has the top T piece on it which they said to start with. Also, you can see the bolt sticking though the frame horn which the brackets attach too.
This pic shows the top and one side bracket. Of course the other bracket is on the other side of the horn.
This is a good pic of the top bolt on the T bracket that you need to take out (it holds the intercooler) and put a washer on it and put back in and slide the bracket into it. In the MetalTech video they it is doable. It is doable as we did it but I can ensure you that it is very tough. You can barley get in there to turn the bolt. We didn't have a ratchet wrench which would have perhaps helped if you could get it over the bolt. It still would be hard.
it is amazing now it doesn't look that hard but it was perhaps four hours. There was a lot of fiddling to get the entire bracket on and we had to loosen one bracket getting the bumper back on as it had pulled away when we tightened it and the bolts were too short. We pulled it back flush with the bolts only and then put the tow hook on. We were happy it worked. We didn't have longer bolts. They are pretty big bolts and probably not something you have in your bolt supply.
Camera relocate was pretty straight forward and the winch mount and winch instal was straight forward. You have to take the front grill off to get at the camera and thankfully it came off easy. The second hardest part was probably cutting the plastic to fit the winch mount. It took a couple hours as we did it bit by bit to fit. It turned out great. Half way through it didn't seem like it was going to but it turned out real well. We gave it another coat of paint once cut. There is a lot of fiddling with all of it. It seems the manufactures expect you to have some basic mechanical skills as you have to use your common sense at times.
We were real happy with the install once done. I am leaving off my DV8 D rings as they are gloss black and they don't look good anyway with the winch mount. The tow hooks will be just fine by themselves especially with rope chafe protection.
23 Bronco Raptor, code orange belts, keyless, lux, leather trim/suede seats, carbon fibre, shadow black
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