Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Not sure whether this has been beaten to death (I know I have thought about it for years now) but I just wanted to run this by you guys one last time before I start cutting :flipoff2: .

Constants are:
1. M8274-50 as rear winch (with rope and plastic fairlead) - same as front for spares and has external brake for lowering down.
2. keep rear door.
3. keep the truck as is (no chopping anything like rear doors and the like).
4. Truck has 2" body lift.

The options I have figured out are:

Option 1:
Keep stock plastic tank in stock location, cut an opening in the floor of the "truck" (what used to be the truck) and fab up a mount for the winch right above the tank with the rope protruding between the cabin and the rear crossmember.
Cost: Winch mount

Option 2:
Ditch stock tank and get a fuel cell with external pump and mount winch in place of tank.
Cost: fuel cell, pump and winch mount

Seeing that I am in Lebanon and the fuel cell availability is, well, unavailable, I'm leaning towards Option 1. In both cases there rear door is untouched and the weight of the winch is not on the extreme rear, but soemwhat between the rear two crossmembers.

What are your thoughts?

option 1 for sure

Went through the same dilemna last year, opted for replacing the fuel tank but keeping the tank under the boot floor and cutting out rear chassis x-member replacing it with winch tray but located where the rear ofthe original tank was then cut 3" off rear chassis rails and made new rear bumper with ali fairlead, also got another fairlead on winch tray set nearer the centre of the drum, this way i always get the rope laying perfect on the drum as its not easily visible. New fuel tank holds 15 gallons, fills from original filler and is no more vulnerable than the original, weight all kept low down and not on the extreme back of the truck

any pics?

WIll try and take some pics when i take the skid plate off but truck was on the cover and featured in January's LRM

Option3:
ditch the 8274 as the brake won't be up to the weight of the Disco when lowering out.
Buy a Superwinch Husky and fit that instead
10000lbs pull no brake mech.
slow but strong and safe.
no point having a winch that will let you free fall to an accident.
tank moved winch in place on a tank gaurd mounting.