Should I get OEM used or what brands are decent and will bolt right on my factory bumper? Also, should I get something for the rear or just use the receiver hitch with a shackle adapter?
Should I get OEM used or what brands are decent and will bolt right on my factory bumper? Also, should I get something for the rear or just use the receiver hitch with a shackle adapter?
or just use the receiver hitch with a shackle adapter?
Updating this thread, I had ordered a Curt hook and just like @mrblaine said, it was seriously rounded on the bottom, it looked like a beached rowboat (see pic) I wanted the retaining clips which the expensive Warn didn't show in the pic, but I ran across these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WZL8GT7?tag=wranglerorg-20 which have clips, the holes line up with the front bumper holes and they come with clips. Best of all you get two in the package. FWIW they claim a 10,000 lb. rating.
When they arrived I opened them up and there was a very slight rounded/raised ridge on the bottom, no where near like the Curt. I took them out to the shop and it literally took 30 seconds to flatten them on the benchtop belt sander (with an aluminum oxide abrasive belt). I think most of it was paint. After a quick re-paint they are ready to go. These will work for both the front bumper and the rear frame.
First pic is the Curt, followed by the XSTRAP
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Too blingy for me. They'd make the rest of my TJ look even worse than it really is lol.
I was going to ask what is wrong with the stock hooks? Is it the lack of the catchy thingy?
Too blingy for me. They'd make the rest of my TJ look even worse than it really is lol.
Too blingy for me. They'd make the rest of my TJ look even worse than it really is lol.
I am, I was only commenting on its brightly polished chrome look.Apparently you aren't a proponent of function over form.
Those hooks are really well made, see the rounded opening for example, done it's designed to be used with soft shackles. The polished inside of the hole is done with purpose too.
I am, I was only commenting on its brightly polished chrome look.
Pay close attention to the ones that Jerry recommended if you pick that option. The latest batch of them for sale at the common places is very flawed. The bottom face which needs to sit flat on the bumper is rounded more than the top of this one pictured below. They need to be flat to work correctly. We had to return several of them and finally pay top dollar for the Warn versions to get some that were flat.
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I can't read your mind, only what you write. There was nothing in your post that indicated that you appreciated the functionality. You said it was too blingy for you (and indirectly left it for inference that you hence won't run it on your jeep despite the design goodness, if you were in the market for one).