Interesting pics. Wish they were bigger so we could see how its mounted more clearly. I would say its real. It would be a shame to go to that much work and not have a functional winch.
A few things I noticed are:
1) Looks like the line spools from the topside of the drum and the clutch lever is on the passengerside of the truck. It must be mounted upsidedown (feet up) and the clutch assy re-indexed to make it face properly. You could mount the winch feet up as long as the motor/ brake assy. still rotate the same direction as they did stock.
2) It appears as it compromises the approach angle to some degree. The winch mount hangs as low as the bottom of the tow hooks although it does angle back alittle. There insn't that much clearance there to begin with, you definitely don't want to loose anymore ground clearance.
3) They need to tweak the torsion bars some to compensate for the added weight of the winch and mount. Looks like the truck really sits low in front. Look at the clearance between the top of the tire and front wheel arch. Raise the T-bars and realign the front end.
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