WARN 101255 Winch Mount for Jeep Gladiator JT & Wrangler JL

This is a sturdy mount, well built and packagedl. With this winch plate, I mounted a HF Badlands Apex 12k winch on my Gladiator, with no problems. For my application, I had to buy longer bolts for the fairlead, I went with a 55mm length from Fastenal. Installation Tips for a Jeep Gladiator: - You will need to lengthen the two holes at the rear of the skid plate. Slot these two holes going towards the rear of the vehicle by approximately 3/8". Do this first. - Do the "Jeep grill mod" once you have the bumper off, before installing anything. Consists of removing the grill (very easy, check YouTube), removing the 4 bottom inner retainer clips, but leaving the two outer clips on the bottom of the grill. This allows you to remove the grill in the future without removing the winch. Pop each side out, pull up to remove after the mod. - Leave the grill off until the winch is installed, this prevents scratching it up and allows easier routing of the wiring. It's easy to install once the winch is mounted. - For the Badlands Apex winch, move the positive winch wire that comes out the side of the winch towards the grill. Drill a 3/4" hole in the "electrical box" on the left-hand side, above the motor connections. Re-route the positive lead to come straight out the left-hand side of the winch. Google Apex winch wiring mod. It's not hard to do. The positive cable will press up against the grill if you don't do this. The electrical box is not waterproof anyway. - There are two brackets on the winch plate that get installed to the Gladiator frame, leave all the bolts loose until after the bumper is fully tightened, before the winch is bolted to the Warn plate. - Use a piece of tape to hold the (4) mounting nuts at the bottom of the winch, these are the winch to Warn plate bolts. Do not bolt the winch down to the Warn plate until the bumper retaining buts are ALL completely tightened. This allows you to move the winch from side to side so you can access the hard to reach inner bumper mounting nuts. - Once the bumper is properly fastened, then you can tighten down the fairlead bolts, and then the winch plate bracket bolts. - There is a spot next to the battery that you can mount the switch that comes with the Apex winch. A sturdy piece of aluminum works well. Remove the factory bolt for the fender on the edge, there is another threaded hole approximately 3-4" towards the front of the vehicle. Obtain a bolt to use, mount your bracket for the switch here. Overall, the installation took me 3 hours, it was not bad at all. Everything lined up nicely. Since I did the above steps before starting it went quickly. Concerning mounting the winch to the Warn plate, The tape holds the nuts, but they will move a little, use a small piece of stiff wire to "align" the nuts with the holes in the winch plate.

I installed an Apex 12000 lb winch on a 2020 gladiator Rubicon with the factory steel bumper. It is nice that the kit includes five nuts to reinstall the bolts for the top closeout panel that's removed and not used with the winch. I recommend installing these bolts before installing the bumper due to having very little room to get to the center bolt to install or tighten the nut. If needed the control box can be removed to access the bolts, which might be a good idea since the fairlead hardware is virtually impossible to install with the bumper on. The kit also includes the front closeout that covers the extra holes in the bumper behind the fairlead. the mount is made of 1/4-inch steel and has brackets that support the rear of the plate as well. be careful to remove the fog light wiring harness per the instructions so it won't be pinched in the plate and bumper and get damaged, overall the kit is easy to install, the instructions are clear and complete with pictures for people like me, and the winch fits well. other brands of winches may have different results. is it worth the money? I would say yes if you want to keep the factory steel bumper, but there are complete aftermarket winch ready bumpers available in the same price range as this kit so you be the judge.

Holds my warn winch perfectly 2020 Jeep JT. I like not having to sacrifice the stock bumper for aftermarket.

Not worth it. They can't even drill the holes straight. There are better options with higher quality at a lower price. Customer service is slow. Expect them to want more and more details about how they screwed up. They don't respond for days at a time.

Very strong, well built. Fit the badland's winch in a 2025 jeep gladiator. Did have to get longer bolts for the badland apex aluminum fairlead the two that go on each side of it, just went to an ACE hardware and got two bolts that were same grade and about 1/4th an inch longer. Must have the Steel bumpers option on the gladiator. You will have to shave about an 1/8th of an inch off the lever on the winch, mine just barely hit the bumper. Grinder and polish can can't even tell i did anything to it. Don't forget to pretension!

Strong winch support

Could fit better at lower brackets that mount to skid plate brackets. They hit the welded on nuts on the skid bracket. Other than that, worked as it should!

I must've watch and read the instructions 100 times before purchasing and starting the job. I've heard from many that it was difficult or hard to fit in but for my it was perfect. The bumper removal was extremely simple. I attached the entire winch plate loose and everything went together as it should. After dropping the winch, i followed a few tips from other youtubers and worked perfectly. putting the bumper and skid plate back on was extremely simple. Most important tips: 1. Keep everything loose before placing the winch in so it line sup easier. 2. Make sure you attached the ground wires before putting the winch in. dont drop the washer inside... 3. Run the power line properly straight back - i ran it to the side and looked really sloppy. had to reroute it (Update) Previously, my only complaint was the skid plate not lining up as every single YouTube video I saw also said they had to drill out the last 2 bottom bolt holes. Son of a gun, I was about to do the same and I gave it one more try... it fits. No drilling necessary. You have to keep everything super lose and push on the skid plate to make the holes line up. One of the two bottom bolts lined up perfectly when lightly pushing up on the skip plate white the second bolt needed to man handled but it fits. No drilling necessary. 1000% satisfied.

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Bought this for my Rubicon with the steel bumper. Instructions were adequate, but YouTube videos show the process to watch before you install. Very happy with the purchase. Fitment was excellent.

Everything went together as expected on my 2021 rubicon. And if you follow the instructions as defined there was no need to modify any of the mounting holes. Everything lined up exactly as expected. Only complaint was that the provided zip ties that are critical for installation, were not the correct size to do the job. If I didn’t have some of my own already that worked id have been pretty upset. Warn just needs better quality control on their packaging line.

Fit perfectly in my JL Rubicon bumper. This thing is one solid piece of mounting equipment. Also comes with a front licence plate, which is requirement in my Province. Spent a few $ more for this vs a Rugged Ridge or other brand, but well worth it. I've read lots of reviews for other mount brands that bent under load and I do it want to be that guy if I'm stuck in the woods and need to winch out. So I went with Warn who are the standard in winch equipment.

Works great, and an easy install. Only suggestions is to have a pin handy to help align bolts, and start all bolts before tightening.