I have a good feeling about the way I did this. It seals super tight no visible gaps. Put a piece of super heavy duty stripping on the glass. And also built up RTV at the top of the seal to close the top gap. I think it’s going to work.
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Back In the Saddle Again
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Now it completely seals. Filled all the gaps with RTV. Put that strip on the glass and it seals tight. 
My winch finally showed up so I can finish the front bumper.
I decided on the "zeak" winch. Basically china winches were all that was in my budget currently. my pplan is to upgrade later and put this one on my car trailer.
but this zeak winch took quite the beating on a few youtube channels and even outperformed some of the bigger names.
I decided on the "zeak" winch. Basically china winches were all that was in my budget currently. my pplan is to upgrade later and put this one on my car trailer.
but this zeak winch took quite the beating on a few youtube channels and even outperformed some of the bigger names.
If you aren't winching all the time I feel like a China winch is the way to go as long as it's been proven to be decent quality.
It out performed the smitty built and the warn in the same price range. So I went with it.
Outperforming Smittybilt isn’t a huge thing based on my underwhelming experience, but better than Warn is a pretty big deal.
Larry has a 10k shittybilt in the back of his k10 and I’m not overstating this, it has broke something every damn time he’s used it. One of those times Larry’s truck was two wheels off the side of a mountain when it broke the case for a second time. I had to use my 15 year old Warn to finish the job.
I’d like to see the test on the one you got if you got a link. It could be a low cost option for my customers if we can find a distribution point for the brand.
They are no longer called "Zeak" but there is a company on amazon selling them under a different name. Called AOTOWO on amazon however you get the "Zeak" winch in the box with Zeak branding and everything in the box.
I think the warn vr are made in china too, no?
Yeah all the winches in the test video above are China winches
My horror freight apex 12k has been great for a few years now. Used it on pritchet a couple times and all around the neighborhood here.
I like my harbor freight Badlands.
I have the $289 12k regular winch with cable and I just got the $529 12k improved with the synthetic rope and wireless remote.
I need to make a bumper for the suburban so I can try it.
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This is the Zeak one.
I found this one on sale and I bought one and a buddy bought one. I haven't mounted and used mine but he has and really likes it.
Finally
Just about ready for primer
All bagged up last time you’ll see it in calico
1 coat of prime left then it’s coming home so I can spend a couple days blocking it out. 
I lied I forgot about the guide coat haha 
Was not fun to do on mine. Scotch Brite and adhesion promoter are your friend.
