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I registered here a while back with the intention of posting, but was side-tracked around the time I actually got my Foreman.
Anyway, it's a 2007 Camo 500FM. The first 2007 model of anything they got where I work at the local dealership.
I bought a Warn 2.5 and a winch plate mount kit, that I was told would fit. On the box it says 05-06, and since it was brand new, I figured it would be the same, and it would work on 07's.
Not true. The front bumper (the whole big metal bar piece) is slightly different. The four points on it that connect to the front end (kind of forms a square facing it head-on) connect to the bumper differently. The arms on the 05-06 bumpers that connect to the frame are round tubing. My 07 has a channel type shaped like l__l if you lay it down.
Obviously, it's simply a case of year model difference, but Warn does not make a mount kit for the 07 models yet and was wondering if anyone knew a way around it. The problem is that the U-bolts will not reach around the channel shaped steel. The lip on the arm also makes it too wide for the back of the winch plate. U-bolts wouldn't really work anyway, because it would crush the arm. I'm sure it's weaker than the tubing... but Honda seems to be getting cheap lately anyway. 2007 models lost a tailight, and with a few other cost cutting procedures the MSRP went up $150.
So, if anyone knows a solution to this problem please let me know, and let it be known to those of you with 2007 models that it won't fit.
Anyway, it's a 2007 Camo 500FM. The first 2007 model of anything they got where I work at the local dealership.
I bought a Warn 2.5 and a winch plate mount kit, that I was told would fit. On the box it says 05-06, and since it was brand new, I figured it would be the same, and it would work on 07's.
Not true. The front bumper (the whole big metal bar piece) is slightly different. The four points on it that connect to the front end (kind of forms a square facing it head-on) connect to the bumper differently. The arms on the 05-06 bumpers that connect to the frame are round tubing. My 07 has a channel type shaped like l__l if you lay it down.
Obviously, it's simply a case of year model difference, but Warn does not make a mount kit for the 07 models yet and was wondering if anyone knew a way around it. The problem is that the U-bolts will not reach around the channel shaped steel. The lip on the arm also makes it too wide for the back of the winch plate. U-bolts wouldn't really work anyway, because it would crush the arm. I'm sure it's weaker than the tubing... but Honda seems to be getting cheap lately anyway. 2007 models lost a tailight, and with a few other cost cutting procedures the MSRP went up $150.
So, if anyone knows a solution to this problem please let me know, and let it be known to those of you with 2007 models that it won't fit.