Custom Jeep YJ Recessed Winch 

I’m pretty stoked on how it turned out, hopefully more YJ work will be coming soon! Thank you for watching and Merry Christmas to you too 🍻🤙🏼

I really appreciate that! Definitely still have a lot of practice and things to work on but I enjoy it! I figured since I have a hard top might as well make it so it works hahah, can’t wait to test out the cage one day 😂

Me too haha it felt good to get some progress done, especially something I’ve been thinking about for a while. Thank you for the kind words 👍🏼

It all takes time but having a goal is all you need and you just gotta keep working towards it. 👍🏼 good luck with your YJ and I’m glad my videos motivate you. Thank you for watching!!

Appreciate that brother! There’s definitely ways to make it work with the steering box but it’s just harder lol. I can’t wait to see the build complete but I’m also really enjoying the process hahah

Thank you, I still have a lot I need to improve on and learn but I’m slowly getting more confident in my abilities and what I’m not the grinder fixes lol. I like the clean look of the ground down areas also haha. Thank you for watching!

Definitely makes it a lot easier to do with full hydro, thank you for watching 🤘🏼

I’m loving the look also and hopefully it will be super functional in multiple ways. Thank you for constantly supporting the channel and watching the videos! 🍻🤘🏼

Gizmo is turning out awesome, I’m enjoying following your project on instagram. I say definitely go for it!! It was a fun project to tackle

Hahah that’s awesome! Good luck with your build, thank you for watching. I’m glad I was able to help with some ideas 👍🏼🍻

Thank you Jake!

The YJ’s are the bastard children that everyone secretly loves hahah. I appreciate it 🤘🏼🍻 Merry Christmas

@@altered_life Merry Christmas!

🤘🏼 thank you!! I know right hahah, when I first put the motor in without the body I thought I messed but because of how far it seemed lol.

Hahah awesome we’ll I’m glad I could be some help and give you some more ideas on how to go about it 👍🏼

Thank you!! Good luck with your build, that’s going to be badass with that sitting in there 🤘🏼

@@altered_life thanks bud, it's coming along!

The hole saw ideas is great, I’m not very smart and never think of ideas like that when I’m in the moment. As for the retube idea, I’ve actually considered it but between the top truss, the front full hydro mount, the one piece RCV CAD delete, and welding the cast to the tube I’m hoping it will be strong enough where I don’t have to go through the retube process. But we’ll see and I might find out the hard way lol. I appreciate all the tips and advice, also thank you for watching!!

@@altered_life Hey man! Give your self credit! Damn, this is awesome build, and you are rocking it!

Hahaha i appreciate it!! I’m definitely learning as I go and can’t wait to see this build done and beat on it!

I appreciate that, can’t wait to make it even more rad lol

I know lol feels good to be back on it, hopefully more to come very soon 🤘🏼

👍🏼 thank you!

Thank you! I love how it looks! That bumper is the Motobilt YJ full width conversion bumper. That have a bolt on bumper that looks similar that could be modified and welded on. Thanks for watching! Good luck with the TJ 👍🏼

Yes exactly, good call. I did end up beveling those edges as well as ensuring that the line should only contact the fairlead but I will definitely double check that when I hook the winch up for good. Thanks for the tip and checking out the video 👍🏼

Hahaha yeah I sometimes go a little over kill because of my OCD 😂

They were some pod lights I found on Amazon a few years back. I just measured the opening and found a light that fit. I just had to drill a couple extra holes to mount them. I can’t find the exact ones on Amazon at this moment unfortunately

Yep the steering box is definitely a little tricky to contend with. I am going full hydro so I luckily didn’t have to worry about it. Check out recoil_tj on instagram and my walk around video of his build and look at his set up for his recessed winch. He was able to keep the steering box and make it all work. Thank you for watching!

Welcome to the channel Gary!! Glad to have you here 👍🏼 I’m obviously a huge fan of YJs lol but I will be painting the frame and bumpers all with Steel-It coating to protect it as well as make it easier for future modifications.

I’m glad you enjoy the videos and hopefully they give you some ideas for when you want to take your YJ even further hahah, thank you for watching and Merry Christmas!

I actually didn’t have to cut any of the Motobilt bumper fortunately, the winch plate just needed trimmed to fit down between the frame and that’s all I had to do really

Appreciate it!! Those are actually 40” black labels. The axles are out of a 2018 JL rubicon so “beefed up 44’s”. I have a lot planned to make those axles even stronger to handle the 40’s. I did a walk around video of the YJ last year talking about all the parts and plans for it but now you have me thinking about doing a update walk around on it since a lot has changed and there’s a lot more people that joined the channel. I say go for a YJ build!!! Haha appreciate you watching

@@altered_life Very nice, I tried to find a walk around video but couldn't dig it up. Did you pull the axles from a junkyard JL?

I’ll move the walk around into a “walk around” playlist on my channel so it’s easier to find. As for the axles my best friend swapped one tons under his rubicon so I bought them off him. They only had about 4K miles on them, so they’re practically brand new haha. His build will be on the channel very soon!

Thank you Jeremy, for the rear of mine I used YJ length springs but that required me to cut off and relocate the frame side spring hangers. Cherokee springs are longer and would bolt up after you install the stretch. One thing to think about is with the longer spring, you run into a chance of more spring wrap especially if you do spring over. A anti wrap bar is super necessary. I plan on doing a anti wrap bar with my set up for the extra insurance also. Good luck with your project and if you have any other questions just let me know, thank you for watching and have a Merry Christmas!

@@altered_life thanks for the insight. That is something I didn't think about. You guys have a Merry Christmas as well

Thank you!! And welcome, lately content has been slow because of some big changes in life but I’m hoping to get back at it real soon. The 44’s were purchased before realizing how the project would snowball lol so since I have already invested the money in leaf spring components and the axles I figured I’d give them a run and see if I can prove the stereotype wrong if done correctly. But who knows I could break them and have to upgrade sooner than planned but I’ll see how it goes hahaha. I have future plans for these axles under another project but until then we’ll see what abuse they can take while I save up for the one tons. Appreciate you being here and supporting the channel 👍🏼🍻

The corners of the pan are open to drain water but you’re correct, I should drill an additional hole somewhere centered to assist with draining under the winch

Thank you! It feels good to work on it again hahah. Once it’s running you’ll for sure see some trail videos haha. The wife’s shop is doing great!! She had an amazing past few months and she’s working her butt off, thank you for asking!! Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!