WARN 89305 ZEON 8-S Winch with Synthetic Rope - 8000 lb. Capacity

I have been using Warn winches for more than 40 years, and the new ZEON series is the best so far. I have a 2013 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited and I mounted the winch myself using the stock bumper. I am proficient at most things mechanical, but mounting it to the stock bumper is what takes the time. It is a fairly well designed and heavy duty Warn mounting unit, but as all things go, it took some pain staking patience putting it on the front of my jeep. I first ran into the problem of the carriage bolts that come with the mounting hardware not wanting to stay in their square slots so that the bumper could be tightened when remounting it to the Jeep. I ended up removing the bumper again, and welded the carriage bolts into their square slots so they wouldn't keep slipping out when tightening the bumper to the frame of the Jeep. The other issue I had was some of the holes not lining up well, so be prepared to do some drilling. All in all, Warn makes the best winch in my opinion, they are heavy duty and WATER PROOF, cheaper winches are not, and believe me, a winch will see water and a host of other elements. A Warn winch is the most money you will ever spend that you hope you never need. :-)

WARN should be synonymous with power winches; they are the best and the only one that I will trust on the rigs I have owned. This new winch is easy on the eyes, and is built with the usual Warn high standards. Mounted on a 2013 Jeep Wrangler. This is my first use of a synthetic cable/rope, and I have not used it enough to form any opinion. Yes, the price is orbital, the most I have ever paid for a winch. But, I look at it as insurance that will be paid once for the lifetime of the vehicle. I would rather pay a high price for something I trust, than pay less for something I would constantly worry about. Highly recommended.

Installation took longer than expected due to modification of my bumper but now that's over it has been great. The ease of use and power are even better than my old warn wicnch. Plus the winch looks great with the low profile.

Looks very nice but will not work with the JLU with a Rubicon front bumper and the Mopar winch plate it’s just too large! I think it’s too big regardless of the winch mount. Now if you have one of those after market bumpers and the winch mounts on top of the bumper it will probably work for you but for the Rubicon bumper we’re the winch mounts down inside between the frame rails No!

I love this winch and it was very easy to install. I messed up the threads on one of the mounting nuts which are not standard off the shelf nuts. I called Warn to see if I could buy more and was told they have no way to sell them to me so they sent them to me free of charge and it was my fault they were messed up!