i have a bull bar in my libby and i love the look but as i get more into to going off road i know i will need to have recovery points. my question is would it be possible to drill holes into the brackets and use d shackles as recovery points? the brackets seem to be pretty heavy duty steel. I'm new to this whole jeep thing so try not to flame me too bad guys. :favorites13:
bull bar recovery points
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CzarKJ
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What type of bar? How is it mounted? What steel is it made of? There are a lot of considerations before making anything a tow point. It will have to take the weight of the vehicle x6+. Pictures and what model it is would help.
ill try to grab some pictures and throw them up by tomorrow. im not sure of the model. the brackets the bar bolts to are some sort of steel idk the type. say it would need to hold 6x vehicle weight now make me more skeptical of my idea. hopefully it will all make sense after the pics are up.
If its one of the regular " bull bars" we see all the time, no way to have any type of recovery points mounted to it or around it.
Remove it, sell it to some streeter and install some tow hooks and be done
Remove it, sell it to some streeter and install some tow hooks and be done
VAhlene
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Anything is possible, you could mount whatever you want to where ever you want if you have the skills and know how... Now is it cost effictive? Probable not, but that's not to say it can't be done. Also I personaly am not a fan of tow hooks as the chain or rope can slip off, I like me some D-Rings!
You could try and do some redneck engineering and keep the bull bar
BUT
seen it done a few times on here and LOST over the years and its never a good ending, the bull bars are weak and nothing to attach to,
Remove the bull bar and start over
teckman02
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There is a shop that makes something for the WJ that does what you want I just forget the name of the shop I know it starts with an F I will look it up
teckman02
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Fawkes Fabrication: Recovery Solutions for Jeep Grand Cherokees
talk to this shop they may be able to help
talk to this shop they may be able to help
Rennagade
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I have a bull bar on my 05. I definitely would not use it to attach any recovery points. I was able to fit the factory tow hooks in the factory positions after I installed the bull bar. I painted the hooks silver to stand out. I agree the hooks are not as good as d rings though.
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Bracket pictures. Give the needing 6x vehicle weight comment I'm not sure it will work.
Rennagade how did you manage to fit the hook up there with the bar?
