Go with a Warn....Less issues in my opinion...

John

 

I agree, go with a Warn, the first polaris winches were made by warn, but now there chinese

 

polaris whinches are made overseas unless it says polaris made by warn right on it. WARN, except no others.

 

It can't be too hard to do, even I installed mine and I assume that I did it correctly because it's worked for the last 3 years....

 

I bought mine from a guy off ebay brand new still in the box it was the polaris winch but made by warn for polaris says warn right on it, came with detailed instructions and I mounted it on my 08 sportsman 800 it was simple. The wiring and everything else was factory installed on the quad side so it made things easy. Mount-plug-play!!!!

 

got to love those prewired polaris

 

I installed mine on an 07 800 X2 a couple years ago...but i went with a Viper winch...didnt want to spend the $$ on a Warn and i had one on my 500 and wasnt all that impressed. The Viper has done everything i have wanted it to. I did have an issue with it...winching a big log up out of a ravine and it locked up. Wasnt under warranty. Called motoalliance and they told me id have to cover shipping but they would fix it. I think thats a good deal. Was i over working the winch? Definately...long continuous pull with a huge tree trunk up hill. I should have stopped half way and let it cool a bit. Would Warn have broke? I dont know...but MotoAlliance stood behind their product and this says something as a company. My next winch will be another Viper. For the price you cant beat them.

On to the install...i think mine is pre-wired...but i didnt know that. i mounted the contactor and ran the wires. I just zip tied my contactor to the frame. Its not to difficult. If you have specific questions let me know.

 

easy to do. i did mine without any help.