Attica this weekend, need tow hooks

seanR · Jul 28, 2003

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 · Jul 28, 2003

seanR said:
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 · Jul 28, 2003

Maybe I will win the lotto between now and this friday so I can "do it right"

Handlebars · Jul 28, 2003

Saver your Lotto ticket money- you only need 80 bucks for a tow hook kit.

LRRH · Jul 28, 2003

yupp...the real ones are pretty cheap.

Eagle · Jul 28, 2003

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 · Jul 28, 2003

yup 80 bucks! thats like pocket change!!

stoney

seanR · Aug 5, 2003

Just for all to know, I "did right" and had a great time in Attica

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bgcntry72 · Aug 5, 2003

My God............

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 · Aug 5, 2003

Well I guess that is why the world keeps turning, To each his own
Thank you for your opinion

What Rd · Aug 5, 2003

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 · Aug 5, 2003

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.

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