shooter5635

Hey all,

I need to install some front recovery points on my 2000 cherokee and from what i understand, there is no easy way to do this correct? Meaning, you need a special mouning plate/bracket to mouth the hooks? I dont want to go and drop the $$$ on a front hitch because honestly, i dont wheel enough to need that. Any suggestions how to home brew the mount? I dont have access to a welder...

LCFRJEEP

Do not waste your money or possibly destroy your rig with home brewed crap by skimping on your recovery points. This is one thing you need to spend the cash on and buy the appropriate brackets and tow hooks. Now saying that, the only cheap way I know to get around this is to go to a junk yard and see if you can find an XJ that came with factory tow hooks and get the brackets and hooks off of that rig and transplant them to your rig. Good Luck!!

sluggy

i belive warn do a front kit thats cheap ish if you wanna buy somthing, but i would go with 'lcfrjeep' as well.

mcguyver_xj

rustys sells these brackets that allow you to mount tow hooks with slight mods to your bumper and you can buy them with -or- without tow hooks

caged

yup, get the factory front brackets and a hitch for the rear. cheapest proper way to do this.

then once you get a built front bumper with d-rings, you can easily sell the brackets to someone else.

Jmalone9

Yea, i went to Rusty's Offroad and got their front tow hook brackets, cost around $75 if i remember, work great... and hand tools is all you need to install.

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