06' Hilux Sr Recovery Points???

[07luxurious]

I have an attachment for the tow-ball at the rear, however for some strange reason there are no points on the front? Assuming the welded tie-down points are not worth crap. Can you purchase pre-fab points or am i better off getting it engineered?

[mmaaxx]

You can buy a recovery hook from K & N heres a pic below -










I beleive it's made out of 8mm steel and has a tab on top to help spread the stress......

I have heard thou of some people bending them when snatching someone not directly in front of them but slightly off centre to the vehicle.

I didn't like how low it hung down so I made my own for my hilux out of 10mm steel plate with more mounting points and more support and higher clearance.

Heres my version -


Loosely fitted to the vehicle -


With ARB bar splashguard modified to suit and right hand standard tow hook cut off -


My version is shorter, stronger, give more clearance and I dont have the factory tow hooks anymore to get hung up on rocks....

Hope that helps.[/img]

[berad]

Can i ask why you wouldn't just bolt the hook to the oem threaded holes in the hanger?, or are they not there on ifs models?

[mmaaxx]

Can i ask why you wouldn't just bolt the hook to the oem threaded holes in the hanger?, or are they not there on ifs models?

there arnt any holes there like on previous generation hilux's........

the back hole is in the side of the crossmember and bracket but the front hole is bolted through the lower portion of the arb bar mount......

toyota messed up in this respect