XJ front tow hook mod
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Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
XJ front tow hook mod
I just wanted to share with you my homemade XJ front tow hook. After a ton of searching around i came to the conclusion that putting a good heavy duty front tow hook on my XJ was gonna be expensive and not too easy. My dad has a Ford f250 Super duty and he had to change the frame on it due to it being rusty. Before he scrapped the frame i stole the two front tow hooks off of it.
I got the torch out and cut the angled brackets off so just the looped metal was left. then i pulled my front bumper off to see where the hell this thing was gonna go
At first i just attached the hook to the stock front frame rail because i needed to get the hook on really quick as i was invited to go wheeling the next day.
As you can guess it was not very stable and that would be an issue if it was going to pull my *** out of the mud so i found some scrap plate steel to reinforce it with.
I dusted off the old drill press and got it all to fit with the new reinforcement plate.
My next task was to fit the front bumper. Since i reused the old front bumper holes for my hook I had to find some longer bolts and match them up with the bolts on the hook. Once i got the mount all set up I test fitted the front bumper and marked out the area where the hook would pop through then cut it out.
Then i bolted the bumper back together and this thing looks mint!
Ready for the trails!
I got the torch out and cut the angled brackets off so just the looped metal was left. then i pulled my front bumper off to see where the hell this thing was gonna go
At first i just attached the hook to the stock front frame rail because i needed to get the hook on really quick as i was invited to go wheeling the next day.
As you can guess it was not very stable and that would be an issue if it was going to pull my *** out of the mud so i found some scrap plate steel to reinforce it with.
I dusted off the old drill press and got it all to fit with the new reinforcement plate.
My next task was to fit the front bumper. Since i reused the old front bumper holes for my hook I had to find some longer bolts and match them up with the bolts on the hook. Once i got the mount all set up I test fitted the front bumper and marked out the area where the hook would pop through then cut it out.
Then i bolted the bumper back together and this thing looks mint!
Ready for the trails!
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