Any ideas for mounting a front bumper flag for sand dune adventures? Only caveat being no bull bar or steel bumper - totally stock front end.

 

I have not done it yet, but I was myself planning to drill a small hole (1.5" or so) in the bumper cover right above the metal real bumper at a corner. Then on the metal bumper weld on something to thread in a rigid 16" pole which the flag pole would attach to. I want the rigid bit to prevent the flag pole from whipping into the headlight cover or edge of the hood. When not in use a hold cover could snap in place or simply leave it as it. Came to mind when I decided I need to mount two short poles in front of the grille for winch rope storage when on the trails - hate winding that thing back in every time.

 

Can you use a tow hitch adapter for the rear, still visible over dunes.

 

This is for a much heavier antenna mount, but the process could work for a light flag as well

It is mounted on top of the metal "bumper"
I am looking for some pictures of it tore apart and aill update when I find them.

Jeff

 

That is exactly what I was picturing but for a flag more to a corner. But for my winch I plan to use that exact spot on each side. Then I can loop the cable around them when wheeling on the trails.

 

I have the factory winch and it does not affect this mount.

Front view of bumper mount

Top view of bumper mount

 

Fantastic. This is probably the best solution, I’ll make mine threaded so I can remove the post when not in use. I’ll need to figure out a “cap” to cover up the hole when not in use.

thanks for the photos. Did your rig come with the factory winch? Or did you source it from somewhere?

 

I would recommend a threaded pipe with a floor flange mounted on the top of the bumper as I did. My problem is the antenna is 9 feet long and weighs 12 pounds so any pipe large enough to support that had a fllow flange that was too big to fit under the bumper cover. My pipe is 1 1/4 inch dia if you go with a 1/2 or 3/4 in pipe you should be fine. as for the "cap", I would recommend a rubber gasket that matches the size of hole you drill with a hole saw or drill bit.

I got the winch from Devon 4x4 in the UK. I would say, that unless you need a new factory winch, such as a G4 build or some such, I would not recommend one because they are super stupid expensive, almost impossible to find, and come with a steel cable. the kit came in a 2 x 2 x 3 ft wooden crate that weighed 94 kg. (you need a scientific calculator to work the formula to even guess the shipping cost) If you need a winch (anything that is not a mall crawler needs a winch) there are many other cheaper easier winch and winch mounts out there now.

Jeff