Jeep: Front Tow Hooks

No offense, but if you aren't willing to drill some holes and come up with
some hardware to mount the aftermarket hooks, you shouldn't be going to a
Jeep Jamboree.
Buy the $10.00 aftermarket ones from a local parts store and bolt them to
the frame with the strongest (Grade 12) bolts that you can find. Take a look
at the existing holes in the front of the Jeep. There's a good chance that
the holes might line up with the aftermarket hooks anyway.
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"Keith Stelter" <net> wrote:
 

The problem is he has a ZJ, so he has no frame to bolt to. That's why
the OE hooks are so expensive, they need to include brackets to
reinforce the unibody.

Rusty's sells a kit for $100 (US). Here's a link that shows the
brackets needed.

http://rustysoffroad.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=rustys&Product _Code=ZJ-TH&Category_Code=rec_too

Whoops!
I missed the "Grand" part and thought that he had an XJ Cherokee!
Sorry!
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On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 05:48:09 -0400, "Keith Stelter" <net>
wrote:
 

I was sort of thinking the same thing but I understand the jamboree
has tamed down quite a bit in recent years (with "trails" from the
serious hardcore down to a stroll for the pavement princesses).

Anyway, look at Rusty's offroad. Oh and you'll need more than just
hooks, you have a unibody not a frame so you'll need the
re-enforcement kit to properly attach those hooks (unless you want to
rip up your Cherokee like tinfoil and put others at risk should you
need to use the recovery hooks)

Drifter
"I've been here, I've been there..."

First you need these to mount the front tow hooks

http://www.quadratec.com/cgi-bin/sgin0101.exe?T1=76045+802&UREQA=1&UREQB=2&UREQC=3& UREQD=4&FNM=00&UID=2005071006105886


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Thank you, for replying to my question, That is exactly what I am looking
for, no only if I could find a GTA (Toronto, Canada) supplier.

but I should clarify a few things, the dealer wanted a $102.00 Canadian
Approx $80.00 U.S for each hook, not including the kit for mounting, which
is no longer available, so i would need to buy each piece individually,

This leads me to a question with an aftermarket front tow hook being $10.00
and a Front Tow hook from a dealer being $100.00 dollars. Is there some
difference in material strength. ? are after market tow hooks any good ?
are the dealer Tow hooks overkill ? are all Jeep dealer parts outrageously
expensive ?

P.S.
I will drill holes, but hate it, much prefer a bolton solution



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Personally I am a mustang guy, I bought the 93 Jeep Cherokee as a winter
vehicle, it performed much better than expected in the snow. I fell in
love with it, I am even considering selling the GT.

So now I am interested in Offroading, but lack the knowledge of where to
start.

I am willing to invest some time and some money, but don't have the budget
to build a full blown rig, and buy the supercharger for the GT. $100.00 for
a tow hook kit, I can live with. if $100.00 per tow hook is indicative
of the cost of offroading I may need to give it up. Something has gotta
give.

At this point I am looking for Stock friendly trails. Where the likely
hood of breaking something is low and not expected. maybe someday I will be
at the point where it is pointless to go offroad with out a torch under the
hood, but I am not there yet.



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First you need these to mount the front tow hooks

http://www.quadratec.com/cgi-bin/sgin0101.exe?T1=76045+802&UREQA=1&UREQB=2&UREQC=3& UREQD=4&FNM=00&UID=2005071006105886




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