I am going to leave the winch thing alone.. but as far as skid plates this is what I decided on..

chassis skid plate:
I got the Myier skid plate, ordered it out of cabela's for 44.95. It has held up great!, I to do a lot of rock "sliding", it has a few scratches but nothing major (kinda surprised me when I looked at it, I was amazed how tough it is! and I think that the plastic slides alot better over things than the aluminum, but that is my opinion

Bash Plate:
Anything is better than the stock "pie pan" that comes on it. I looked around alot and ended up getting one from a company called Aluminum Products, it is 1/4 thick and very well made. I have smacked into things (rocks) really hard, so hard that I jumped off to look at the damage... well there was none...I was/am very impressed with it!

Stick Guards:
I also got stick guards from Aluminum Products... and I am also very happy with them, I got the bash plate and stick guards for $73 shipped to my door. (they did not have an outlet in Oregon, so I got them for dealer cost.. ) You can see/order stuff from them at www.aluminproducts.com

I hope this helps

 

I'd go with the maier skidplate, I really like the way they glide right over obstacles.
As far as the winch goes, either warn, rule or superwinch I believe would make you happy. I think the difference in the warn 2000 and the 2500 is larger wires and a better (less resistive)solenoid switch. They both have .9 horsepower motors and 136:1 gear ratio.

 

So far the best deal I have found is for a Warn 2500 for $339.95 and the mounting kit for $45.00 at ATV Parts Depot. I had to call and make sure this price is true. Any other good deals out there?

 

That does sound like a pretty good price for a 2500. Does it come with the roller fairlead? I paid 379 at Cabela's that came with the roller fairlead. I got the Warn mounting bracket through NAPA auto parts for somewhere around 40.

 

Check out High Mountain 4x4 at

http://www.sixstates.com/highmountain4x4/

I priced a A2500 at around $300 a few months back.


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