Quote Originally Posted by tom4bren View Post
Actually, I don't think that you'll ever be able to get a roller fairlead to fit without significant removal of cladding.
Quote Originally Posted by VXorado View Post
You can use a hawse fairlead instead of the fairlead roller. The hawse version is much smaller and won't protrude like the roller. With the correct positioning, the hawse could fit exactly at the license plate bolt holes and then covered up using a license plate mount. Winch Incognito.
Cutting the license plate area isn't what worries me, it's the fact that SPAZZ removed the entire lower cladding area to make it fit. It's really hard to tell in the pics which is why I bought it to begin with. You can kind of tell in this pic:



I'd want to keep my VXC/rowhard front faux skid plate and I'm okay with cutting the center of it to make room for the fairlead. The problem is that the cuts to the bottom of the cladding remove the lower mounting holes. Sure you could drill new holes through the plate and rejigger it, but it's entirely possible that between the fairlead and new mounts the plate would stick off the cladding by a good inch or more.