- Location
- Los Angeles
Does anyone sell anything like that?
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98 XJ factory tow hooks okay for recovery?
- Thread starter Greenspan
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Original_MudButt
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- In the eighth dimension
I think that's a Smittybuilt.
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN
Actually, somebody grabbed that picture off the Internet, because I made those. Rusty's 4x4 used to make something similar.
XJI6191
NAXJA Forum User
A definitely superior product. Shame they're not available to us that don't have the skill/expertise/facilities.
- Location
- Golden, CO
A former member bought something similar, could not find his post. I did find a post where someone drilled these to bolt to the factory bracket: http://www.bigdaddyoffroad.com/prod...ducts_id=49&osCsid=u2nurfcdol54526hu1bsjf0d76
XJI6191
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It was me that joined to learn something - glad it cuts both ways!
XJI6191
NAXJA Forum User
Is this what you mean by the tow eye?
I did Google image search, and that's one of the things that came up. I don't know what the purpose of that would be, other than to tie down on a ship or something, certainly wouldn't use that for recovery.
That it! Except '97 up didn't just have that piece of angle but it had a long "tail" extending backwards, with another hole right at the end.
It's more substantial than any tie-down I've seen (which tend to be pressings), there's only the one & it lines up with the cut-outs in the valence as if for attaching a tow rope.
I've certainly used mine for towing/being towed & once for a fairly light recovery, when I'd managed to get it grounded on the back axle, with one front wheel pawing the air. More of a tow on rough ground really.
Surely, at the end-of-the-day, it's as strong as the bolts & where they bolt through - & that's exactly the same as the hooks. Maybe I should find some HT bolts?
Ralph77
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- East Coast
My set up is like that with a tow hook. I would post a picture here but for some reason can't.
