D-ring tab on stock bumper

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nmcommando

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Oklahoma

• Jul 8, 2009

• #1

Ok well i was digging around on the site and i found these. Does anyone have any idea on how i could fabricate these because i want them like this but have no idea on how i would get all that steel to fit in with the stock bumper mounts there to. Any ideas would be appreciated thanks.

 

bcmaxx

NAXJA Forum User

Location

The West Kootenays,B.C. Canada

• Jul 8, 2009

• #2

the stock 3 bolts will rip the front of the frame rail out on a good tug!

 

xcm

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Southern Oregon

• Jul 8, 2009

• #3

advice? fab brackets from scratch, and tie into more than those 3 bolts. i myself cannot wait to get rid of the stock steel

 

Kiefer316

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Location

Littleton, Crawloardo

• Jul 8, 2009

• #4

Look up hicountryproducts they have a set for 100 bucks...

 

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nmcommando

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Oklahoma

• Jul 8, 2009

• #5

Ok well i looked up that hicountryproducts i couldnt find anything. If you could add the link that would be good thanks. and if i was to fab up my own should i just run 3/4 inch all the way back or how thick should i go?

 

Last edited: Jul 8, 2009

Tim_MN

Freakish Hand Strength

NAXJA Member

Location

Minneapolis, MN

• Jul 8, 2009

• #6

http://www.hicountryoffroad.com/Products/Cherokee/Recovery/cher_recovery.htm

Detours backbone - http://detoursusa.com/xjbackbone.php

 

Slip Kid

That'll buff right out

Location

A cornfield in IL

• Jul 8, 2009

• #7

To mount my bumper, which includes my hooks, I used the 3 holes in front and one further back, imitating most commercial tow hook brackets. I used 1/4" angle. If I did it again I would include the two bolts that hold the steering box, instead of going around the one. For D rings, you'd have to bolt some 3/4" (or whatever) to the 1/4" brackets. Actually, I would weld the two togather, if the club I wheeled with allowed welded tow points.

 

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cftj xj

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Location

Lincoln, NE

• Aug 21, 2009

• #8

interestingly enough, those are on my XJ now...

it uses the stock 3 bolts/holes, and a single 3/4" bolt in the back end.

if I recall correctly, the stock bracket bolts to the outside of the D-ring bracket. I had to oblong the mounting holes in the bumper by just a bit.

The hardest part was cutting the holes in the bumper. Measure three times, cut once, and still had to make the holes bigger.

 

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Ritter4.0

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Location

SOMD

• Aug 21, 2009

• #9

If you look closely in those pics you can see were the guy used frame tie-in brackets.