The Sprinter 4x4 increasingly carries expedition builds into places you occasionally have to pull yourself out of — and the factory front end makes no provision for a winch. This mounting plate solves that: the winch goes entirely behind the factory bumper, and the plate itself, bolted to the chassis rails, is made as a single welded assembly with no bolted-together parts. Hence the high rigidity at low weight.

The material is 6 mm structural steel, shot-blasted and powder coated in a two-layer textured finish. Fitting requires eight holes drilled from below in the ends of the chassis rails and the gearbox oil cooler raised slightly — it fouls the housing of a larger winch, though the lines stay in their factory routing. A cut-out under the winch drum makes clearing dirt off the rope easier.

Specification:

• 6 mm structural steel
• one welded assembly, no bolted-together parts
• bolts to the chassis rails — eight holes drilled from below
• cut-out under the winch drum
• weight approx. 13.6 kg

Important: this is the automatic-gearbox version — it does not fit vehicles with a manual gearbox, for which a separate plate is available. It does not fit vehicles from 2021 on with the 2.0d engine. This product has no type approval.