Anyone Upgrade Their Front Tow Hooks?

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Tarmacattack

Discussion Starter · Feb 20, 2008

Did a bit of searching here and ttora and couldn't really find any pics or write ups of after market tow hooks installed on the fronts of newer tacomas.
I want to see if someone has found a good spot to put them, I just bought one to do the passenger side of my truck and not 100% on where I want it, plus my truck only came with the driver side loop and it looks a little flimsy so I figured I should upgrade.
By the way how strong is that loop-recovery point, anybody break one yet ?

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Jeddak

· #2 · Feb 20, 2008

Driver-side loop is used during shipping for tying down, and it IS not be used as a recovery point. I remember reading a discussion about it on Ttora almost a year ago or so....

Tarmacattack

Discussion Starter · #3 · Feb 20, 2008

Well thats good to know, sooo where does one hook up tow strap to tow out other people?

06RadiantTacoma

· #4 · Feb 21, 2008

i put a hook on the passenger side and it fit very nicely but the first time i got tugged out by it, well its pretty much bent all to hell towards the driver side now as you can see in the pic.

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HUTCHSTACo

· #5 · Feb 21, 2008

i got pulled out this weekend with mine, it worked fine

Jeddak

· #6 · Feb 21, 2008

Tarmacattack said:
Well thats good to know, sooo where does one hook up tow strap to tow out other people?

http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63677&highlight=adding+tow+hooks
http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26130&highlight=adding+tow+hooks

TRD OR has a front recovery point on the passenger side.

TACOSALAD

· #7 · Feb 21, 2008

I upgraded mine to 2 very well mounted shackles, it was a bit expensive though

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johnecon2001

· #8 · Feb 21, 2008

I bought the TRD offroad one for my Sport.

I use it all the time to pull jeeps out when we go offroading.

Tarmacattack

Discussion Starter · #9 · Feb 21, 2008

I love that bumper Tacosalad, who makes them?

beastbluetaco

· #10 · Feb 21, 2008

Tarmacattack said:
I love that bumper Tacosalad, who makes them?

ALL PRO makes them. It's their new plate bumper.

TACOSALAD

· #11 · Feb 21, 2008

beastbluetaco said:
ALL PRO makes them. It's their new plate bumper.

What he said

TACOSALAD

· #12 · Feb 21, 2008

Tarmacattack said:
Well thats good to know, sooo where does one hook up tow strap to tow out other people?

Keep in mind that you want to avoid pulling people out in reverse. I can't remember exactly, but I think the reverse gear is weak and you can run into potential tranny issues from this. There is alot of info on TTORA regarding this subject.

MrGrimm

· #13 · Feb 21, 2008

TRD Offroad tow hooks :thumbup:

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toku58

· #14 · Feb 21, 2008

TACOSALAD said:
I upgraded mine to 2 very well mounted shackles, it was a bit expensive though

Now that is really nice!:thumbup::thumbup:

Ice|Burn

· #15 · Feb 21, 2008

MrGrimm said:
TRD Offroad tow hooks :thumbup:

Where might one purchase these?

chilidogrc

· #16 · Feb 21, 2008

Ice|Burn said:
Where might one purchase these?

prolly stealership for an arm.

Ice|Burn

· #17 · Feb 21, 2008

^ Well I was hoping for trdparts4u or something like that... but I can't seem to find them on the site.

MrGrimm

· #18 · Feb 21, 2008

Ice|Burn said:
Where might one purchase these?

Well, you can do what I did and buy one used from a member for $30 OR you can buy one new from the dealership for about $100.

TacoStuffer

· #19 · Feb 21, 2008

TACOSALAD said:
Keep in mind that you want to avoid pulling people out in reverse. I can't remember exactly, but I think the reverse gear is weak and you can run into potential tranny issues from this. There is alot of info on TTORA regarding this subject.

does anyone have any more info or facts on this??

TACOSALAD

· #20 · Feb 21, 2008

TacoStuffer said:
does anyone have any more info or facts on this??

Here's something Allpro wrote on TTORA:
"We didn't realize people would want shackle mounts on these front bumpers since they allow you to retain the factory recover point and since they allow for a winch to be mounted as a means of recovery. You certainly don't want to pull anyone from the front since pulling in reverse could cause damage your ring and pinion gears."

Here's the link to the thread: http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87793&highlight=reverse

The thread is discussing the lack of shackle mount on their old style bumper

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