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Best Class 3 hitch? Want it to be tucked right under bumper!
- Thread starter scottie_p
- Start date
Idiot Wind
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Littleton, Colorado
Hidden Hitch.
xcm
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Southern Oregon
the oem one? i dont see a reason to buy a generic model, when theres soooo many oem hitch's at the junkyards / in our parts sheds.
Jeepm@n
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Northern, WI
Curt, Hidden Hitch, OEM, Napa's (Valley). Be sure to get nut strips.
Do not get a universal style hitch.
Do not get a universal style hitch.
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RichP
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Effort, Pa
Another option, replace the bumper with a bumper that has the hitch built in already.
peleejosh
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Nashville, TN
Hidden Hitch
Justpunchit
NAXJA Member #1291
- Location
- Jaffrey, NH
Flipped OEM hitch
solomon7
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Portland OR
Flipped OEM hitch
Nice!! did you literally just flip the hitch and cut the hole in the bumper? any fitment issues?
Kevin108
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Virginia Beach, VA
The Curt hangs low! I dig a groove with mine somewhere every time I wheel.
Measured from the bottom of the stock bumper:
Measured from the bottom of the stock bumper:
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MT Mike
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Helena, MT
Flipped OEM hitch
How hard is it to get the hitch pin in and out? Do you have any other pictures showing how you did this?
danny Benavidez
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Texas
My tow hitch is from draw tie. See Photo
http://www.iidesign.info/Or_Photo/DevilsDen25.JPG
Just stay from any universal fit type.:spin1:..
Where do you tie-up the safety chain up too ?
http://www.iidesign.info/Or_Photo/DevilsDen25.JPG
Just stay from any universal fit type.:spin1:..
Where do you tie-up the safety chain up too ?
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RenegadeStang
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Statesboro, GA
Hidden Hitch
Kevin108
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Virginia Beach, VA
I swapped out my Curt plow for a Reese.
Pulled this from his project log.
...Also didn't like how the new hitch was so far down on the back of the Jeep so I did a simple flip and cut the bumper some.
And later this image shows a bit more.
It looks like he cut the hitch tube off the bottom of the lateral bar, and rewelded it on top. From the position of the safety chain tabs, it will be about even with the bottom of the stock bumper, just a bit of trimming and the hooks can go up into the bumper and drop into their holes.
I have been looking for an excuse to drop my hitch and blast/POR 15 the thing... I think we have the winner! Thank you Eric!
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Looking at things a bit closer, it may be wiser if you grind the welds at the ends of your lateral bar and flip that whole thing over. this would ensure the hitch tube was properly centered and square to the jeep. This of course wouldn't work if your lateral bar is rosette welded like mine.
Back on topic...
I have an old rusty drawtite which hides about half of the lateral bar with the the rear bumper.
Back on topic...
I have an old rusty drawtite which hides about half of the lateral bar with the the rear bumper.
Voteban
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Lehi, Utah
I have a U-Haul hitch, and it hangs a bit, but I like smacking that a lot more than smacking my gastank, bumper, or exhaust, even they still hit stuff occasionally. I wonder If I can flip mine...
You can see it in this pic, it hangs around 4 inches under the bumper, but it can take a heck of beating without budging or bending. I'm going to be fabbing a rear bumper at some point, so I'll just make one built in, I have the metal for it.
You can see it in this pic, it hangs around 4 inches under the bumper, but it can take a heck of beating without budging or bending. I'm going to be fabbing a rear bumper at some point, so I'll just make one built in, I have the metal for it.
xjsnake
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Nashville, TN
Find a local u pull auto junkyard. Most of them have a few cherokees with hitches on them and you can wander around and pick out which one you like the best. I've gotten two xj hitches that way and paid no more than $20 for either of them. As has been said above, make sure you get the nutstrips (2 for the early xj's, drivers side for 97+).
Non-StopXJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Kansas
JXJ4002-P: CHEROKEE XJ REAR BASIC BUMPERhttp://www.hansonoffroad.com/products.php?cat=19
Take a look at this all-in-one rear bumper, and if you don't wish to drop $800.00 to get it mailed to you then you can use it to inspire your own homebrewed, self-welded one.
