has anyone considered beefing up the Suzuki brush guard ( which mounts via the lateral tube between the front chassis rails) as a mount for a winch??

I am thinking of getting a plate made to fit to the brush guard with reinforcing webs and bars to prevent fore & aft rotation.

would this be feasible??

what size winch does a 3dr soft top require??

I can't imagine that being strong enough!  The smallest Warn self-recovery winch is 6,000 pounds (that's what I run on my Sidekick), but I just can't see any way you could make that brush guard strong enough to handle winching!  Well, I guess it depends on how much carnage you want to see...  Maybe it would work.

is your calmini style winch bumper just fixed with the 4 of 8mm bolts into the chassis rails? or is the fixing beefed up some how to accomodate the winch?

I think the fixing of the brush guard to the chassis is strong enough, but I would need to look at the body of the guard and some how stop the leverage causing rotation.