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seanR
July 27th, 2003, 19:49
We are going to Attica this weekend and I need tow hooks. I was hoping to get new front and rear bumpers by now but I haven't had the money yet, hopfuly before Moab. Are there any just tow hooks I can get and bolt to the frame? I dont care if I have to notch the bumpers they will be replaced soon anyway.

Thanks, Sean
MaXJohnson
July 27th, 2003, 20:09
Originally posted by seanR
Are there any just tow hooks I can get and bolt to the frame? I dont care if I have to notch the bumpers they will be replaced soon anyway.

No self respecting NAXJA member would ever recommend that you bolt your recovery hooks to the "frame". You will need brackets designed to mount the hooks and distribute the load, a hitch reciever or aftermarket bumpers designed to accept hooks.

Mounting them to the frame is both useless and dangerous to you and the others you wheel with. Do it right or ride shotgun with someone else.
seanR
July 28th, 2003, 05:14
Maybe I will win the lotto between now and this friday so I can "do it right"
Handlebars
July 28th, 2003, 09:12
Saver your Lotto ticket money- you only need 80 bucks for a tow hook kit.
LRRH
July 28th, 2003, 09:50
yupp...the real ones are pretty cheap.
Eagle
July 28th, 2003, 11:18
Rusty's or Custom 4x4 -- kits are about the same, price is about the same. In your case, I'd shoose the one who can promise to get it to me overnight.

Figures a couple to 4 hours for install. The front bumper comes off, brackets go on, and bumper mounts to the brackets.
Stoney
July 28th, 2003, 12:41
yup 80 bucks! thats like pocket change!!

stoney
seanR
August 4th, 2003, 19:15
Just for all to know, I "did right" and had a great time in Attica

http://home.mchsi.com/~larstr/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-337301.html
bgcntry72
August 4th, 2003, 19:44
What have you done to that beautiful XJ?
I hope that it is not permanent.
No offense to you, personally, but that thing is heinous.
seanR
August 4th, 2003, 20:07
Well I guess that is why the world keeps turning, To each his own
Thank you for your opinion
What Rd
August 4th, 2003, 20:48
I'm real curious to know what your design goals were for your front bumper. The shackles, of course, I recognize. But your treadplate top surface is only slightly smaller than the hood. Was there a purpose behind having it stick that far out that I'm missing?
seanR
August 5th, 2003, 04:22
I put the bumper away from the grille so I could mount a windch in that spot later. Like all others it is a work in progress.