I found a 12k winch that I like for my D2 for a good price. I can probably fab something up as a mount. My only concern is adding the extra weight. The winch weighs 86lbs. Will the front end sag? Do I need stiffer springs? I am not a fan of lifting the truck so that is not an option for me. Thanks.

 

I am sure that once you have winch, you need to upgrade to medium duty springs already. If steel bumper and winch combo its the heavy duty suspension required.

 

Then I guess I am gonna have to put some thought behind this because new springs, shocks, and a winch are not going to be cheap.

 

Which bumper do you have?

 

Stock with the factory steel A-frame.

 

So, not steel. I'm curious how you mount a winch on plastic. What does it mount onto?

My guess is a plastic bumper and a winch, you don't need HD springs. Could be suck it and see, or get MD.

 

I know they came with plastic ones too, but my A-frame IS steel (I know because I had to repaint it because it was rusty ). Bumper is plastic. I saw the winch mounted to the chassis through inside the bumper on discovery2.co.uk

Here is a link: www.discovery2.co.uk / T-Max Winch

 

Cool. Commenting on your springs question, as you don't have a steel bumper you may not need such excessive springs. Steel A frame won't be a huge weight in comparison.

Shoot an email to Erik at Lucky 8. Or wait for him to swing by here. Might be that you are just fine as you are.

 

It would be great to be able to install a winch without any suspension modification. I have never been a fan of lifting, lowering, or "upgrading" the suspension. Never had a good experience doing that stuff. The farthest I would go is changing the shocks. Thanks for all the help.

 

If you don't want to lift then just go with light OME springs I'd say. Most OME comes to about 1.5" if you get the correct weight for lift, but going a weight lower should stick you back around stock. Alternatively, figure out how much it lowers the front and just throw a coil spacer under the front for the height difference.