my fiance has a lifted suzuki sidekick and is always doing more to it some of you might know him he is on here and has several ppl from here as friend s on facebook i want to get him a winch or something like that for christmas but i know nothing about them or anything new that he could do to his suzuki we already got him new shocks and everything else thats why i was thinking a winch hes always helping others in need and towing them and what not so please i added this just so i could try and get some help if you could give me info on a winch for him or anything that i could get him to make his mud truck better it would be great thank you
candice

Candice,
Lets start with what he has already done to his rig..... for instance.. he will need a winch bumper for his Kick before he can install a winch... If your not real filmier with what he has done to his rig, post us up a pic, that will help a lot... Has he been talking about any upgrades he has been wanting to do to it?

Zig

i think the winch idea would really put a smile on his face.
he'd also spend many hours figuring how to mount it, make or buy stuff to do it, etc.

mabe look into an 8000lb unit (smittybuilt xcr8 works for me- +- $325).

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I gotta agree with Rascott... If somebody woulda bought me a winch there would be no problem findin a way to get it hooked up or buyin the stuff ta make it work!!!

I have a 9000 Ramsey and it is overkill but I have had it for a long time on many vehicles. On a kick a 6000 lb anything would be plenty. If you want a lil more outta it just add blocks and and you have 12000 lb line pull and that is way more than adequate. 

I have a Warn 6000 pound winch on the Gnewt, and it's never failed me - even winching up an ice-covered obstacle in my neighborhood.  The best thing about that, is if you get him the (6000#) winch this year, next year you can buy him a synthetic winch line for it.  I switched from factory steel cable to 1/4" synthetic - and I got 175 feet of synthetic line on it.  That's freaking amazing!!!

Amazing, how many and how quickly we all post up when it's a girl involved!

Amazing, how many and how quickly we all post up when it's a girl involved!

So Mike is that why you posted?  I'm pretty sure my wife of 32 yrs would find this funny too.... 

Shhhhsh! My wife never comes on here!

Don't worry yer secrets safe wit me.... Mine knows I frequent these Zuki  / Vette Porn sites daily..... Ahhhhhh, Life Is Goood!!!

My advice:

If you DO get him a winch, get a damn good one.  Warn, Smittybuilt, etc.  Getting him a good winch is like giving him good sex.  Getting him a bad winch is like giving him Herpes.  He'll never forgive you.

My advice:

If you DO get him a winch, get a damn good one.  Warn, Smittybuilt, etc.  Getting him a good winch is like giving him good sex.  Getting him a bad winch is like giving him Herpes.  He'll never forgive you.

ahh, but true love forgives all,  except a bad winch!

I'll toss my 2 cents in: Since you don't know his vehicle, & you want him to get a winch he'll be happy with, you could give him a handmade card/gift certificate type thing that says "Good for one winch of your choice... etc."
I know that may seem a bit tacky, but it would also avoid getting the wrong thing & having him be disappointed or him having to pretend he loves it if he doesn't. I'm not sure if any vendors actually offer gift certifacates, but you might check. I've had very good service from Low Range Off-Road in particular, maybe give them a shout & see. (Hope this didn't come too late, since the big day is only 9 days away.) Zomg... 9 days!! I'm never ready!!

Hth,
Fuzz

ahh, but true love forgives all,  except a bad winch!

Or a bad wench!  HA!   

Quote from: bentparts on December 16, 2010, 05:13:47 AM

ahh, but true love forgives all,  except a bad winch!

Or a bad wench!  HA!   

Hey, sometimes a bad wench can be more fun than a good one!

thank u so much for the advice and i actualy put uneducated girl to get more ppl to read lol if i knew how to put pic s i would of for more help lol i need help and i was told to put up pics of his sidekick to get more help on my problem but i have no clue how to post them this is my first time on anything like this lol i just figured out how to read the post u sent me
he was looking at winchs the other day and said he didnt want the one we say bc his suzuki was 3000lb or something alone and a small one wouldnt work he has done alot to it as it is i have to jump to get in it and i am five seven so its tall and i have no clue what kind of bumper he has bc he kinda made it so i dont think its even legal lol