I purchased a Motoalliance winch mount kit for my 2016 XP 1000. The actual plate went in easy, but when I got to the fairlead install I hit a problem. The fairlead bolts up to the stock fairlead mount position, but the front plastic interferes with the mount. I made sure the fairlead bracket is positioned so it angles upward as the instructions say. The motoalliance instructions show the front of a 1000 XP with the fair lead mounted to it and it did not have clearance issues. I’m guessing Polaris may have changed the front end on the 2016 just enough so that the kit will no longer fit? Or am I doing something stupid that a second pair of eyes could catch?
I don’t want to have to cut up the plastic.
Here is a picture of the issue:
