I was installing the Gorilla 3000 winch yesterday evening on my '04 foreman 450. I plan on tapping into the accessory wire as posted earlier. Got on the forum to see what other people did, did a search and darn if you didn't have the same question. Actually you all answered all of my questions . Mounted the contacter in the rear storage box. Had same issue with front headlight, so, I dremeled off just enough from the cover for the winch to clear and put the cover back on. I noticed on the mounting plate for the winch that the u-clamps have one slotted hole and one standard hole. When I put the slotted holes at the bottom and the standard holes up against the mounting plate I did not need longer bolts which at first I thought I did. Another issue I had was that once I installed the winch mount I couldn't get the bolts into the winch, the holes were too close to the frame. No room for a wrench or socket. I ended up unfastening the winch mount and then mounting the winch on the mount with the mount loose in the bike. I also removed the bash plate which helped with access to the winch bolts and then reattaching the mount. I will finish up the install today. Dan