How to Install Poison Spyder Hawse Fairlead Light Mount - Textured Black (07-18 Wrangler JK) on your Jeep Wrangler

The Poison Spyder Customs Hawse Fairlead Light Mount is a simple way to add two auxiliary lights to most off-road vehicles equipped with Hawse-type winch fairleads. This mount is designed to work Poison Spyder and most other manufacturers’ Hawse winch fairleads.  

Installation is fairly simple with the right tools and good mechanical abilities. If you are not confident in your mechanical skills, please seek the help of a professional to perform the installation. Please read through these entire instructions before proceeding with installation. 

PARTS LIST
(1) Hawse Fairlead Light Mount

VERY IMPORTANT: Read and follow your winch manufacturer’s Owners Manual and Operating Instructions prior to operating your winch. Follow all safety precautions during any operation of your winch. 

1. Park the vehicle in a suitable workspace and set the parking brake. Use the winch controller to loosen tension in the winchline and feed out a couple feet of line. Disconnect the negative battery cable in order to ensure power is cut to the winch.

2. Remove any existing hook or shackle from your winchline thimble (assuming the winchline is already installed) and push it back through the fairlead so that it no longer comes through. If the hook is not removable, put the winch’s gearbox lever in neutral and un-spool the winch rope or cable, then disconnect it from the winch drum.

3. Remove the existing fairlead by removing the two bolts/nuts at either side of the fairlead. Set the bolts/nuts aside as you will re-use them.

4. Align the Hawse Fairlead Light Mount so that the two mounting holes correspond with the mounting holes in the bumper or fairlead mount, with the light mount tabs above the fairlead opening and facing forward. Align the Hawse Fairlead similarly, so that the Light Mount is sandwiched between the fairlead and the bumper or mounting plate.

5. Reinstall the two bolts/nuts to hold the fairlead and Fairlead Light Mount in place. If the bolt’s threads do not reach completely through the nut, replace them with longer bolts of the same type. 3. Push the thimble end of the winchline back through the fairlead and re-attach the hook or shackle. If your hook is not removable and you had to un-spool your winch line, thread it through the fairlead from the front and reattach it to the drum so that it rolls onto the bottom of the drum, and spool the rope or cable back onto the drum.

6. Stow the hook on a nearby tow point where you usually keep it when not in use. Put the winch gearbox in neutral and manually roll up the slack in the winchline, then re-engage the winch gearbox. Re-connect the battery cable and use the winch controller to put some tension in the winchline and hook while stowed.

4. Install your auxiliary lights to the mounting holes in Roller Fairlead Light Mount, and wire according to the instructions for your lights.