.... and it's a '95 Cherokee Sport

 

I used tow hooks and brackets from Rusty's Offroad
(www.rustysoffroad.com) on my 92 XJ and installation was not hard. All
bolt-on, and everything was in their kit. I cut a couple pieces out of
the plastic fascia under the bumper to access the hooks.

SEG.

noneyabusiness wrote:
> I'm planning on going to Terra Del Sol this year, and decided that I
> should have some tow hooks on the Jeep in case I need to get pulled
> out of a jam.
>
> Looking at the frame under the front end, I can't see a good place to
> mount them :( There isn't a place where I would be able to install the
> mounting bolts due to the "boxed" (?) section of the frame.
>
> Am I missing something, or should I pay to have the hooks *welded*
> onto the frame? (There is also the matter of the 4" wide "skirt"
> running across the front end, under the bumper - I suppose I could
> just have a notch cut in it to expose the hook(s)?)
>
> Anyone have examples of how/where to install hooks on a Cherokee?
> (I'm thinking of just using a receiver hitch hook for the rear.)
>
> TIA
>
> (95 Cherokee Sport; 4.0L; Auto; 235/ 75R15 Goodyear Wrangler ATs)
>

 

I used tow hooks and brackets from Rusty's Offroad
(www.rustysoffroad.com) on my 92 XJ and installation was not hard. All
bolt-on, and everything was in their kit. I cut a couple pieces out of
the plastic fascia under the bumper to access the hooks.

SEG.

noneyabusiness wrote:
> I'm planning on going to Terra Del Sol this year, and decided that I
> should have some tow hooks on the Jeep in case I need to get pulled
> out of a jam.
>
> Looking at the frame under the front end, I can't see a good place to
> mount them :( There isn't a place where I would be able to install the
> mounting bolts due to the "boxed" (?) section of the frame.
>
> Am I missing something, or should I pay to have the hooks *welded*
> onto the frame? (There is also the matter of the 4" wide "skirt"
> running across the front end, under the bumper - I suppose I could
> just have a notch cut in it to expose the hook(s)?)
>
> Anyone have examples of how/where to install hooks on a Cherokee?
> (I'm thinking of just using a receiver hitch hook for the rear.)
>
> TIA
>
> (95 Cherokee Sport; 4.0L; Auto; 235/ 75R15 Goodyear Wrangler ATs)
>

 

I used tow hooks and brackets from Rusty's Offroad
(www.rustysoffroad.com) on my 92 XJ and installation was not hard. All
bolt-on, and everything was in their kit. I cut a couple pieces out of
the plastic fascia under the bumper to access the hooks.

SEG.

noneyabusiness wrote:
> I'm planning on going to Terra Del Sol this year, and decided that I
> should have some tow hooks on the Jeep in case I need to get pulled
> out of a jam.
>
> Looking at the frame under the front end, I can't see a good place to
> mount them :( There isn't a place where I would be able to install the
> mounting bolts due to the "boxed" (?) section of the frame.
>
> Am I missing something, or should I pay to have the hooks *welded*
> onto the frame? (There is also the matter of the 4" wide "skirt"
> running across the front end, under the bumper - I suppose I could
> just have a notch cut in it to expose the hook(s)?)
>
> Anyone have examples of how/where to install hooks on a Cherokee?
> (I'm thinking of just using a receiver hitch hook for the rear.)
>
> TIA
>
> (95 Cherokee Sport; 4.0L; Auto; 235/ 75R15 Goodyear Wrangler ATs)
>

 

I used tow hooks and brackets from Rusty's Offroad
(www.rustysoffroad.com) on my 92 XJ and installation was not hard. All
bolt-on, and everything was in their kit. I cut a couple pieces out of
the plastic fascia under the bumper to access the hooks.

SEG.

noneyabusiness wrote:
> I'm planning on going to Terra Del Sol this year, and decided that I
> should have some tow hooks on the Jeep in case I need to get pulled
> out of a jam.
>
> Looking at the frame under the front end, I can't see a good place to
> mount them :( There isn't a place where I would be able to install the
> mounting bolts due to the "boxed" (?) section of the frame.
>
> Am I missing something, or should I pay to have the hooks *welded*
> onto the frame? (There is also the matter of the 4" wide "skirt"
> running across the front end, under the bumper - I suppose I could
> just have a notch cut in it to expose the hook(s)?)
>
> Anyone have examples of how/where to install hooks on a Cherokee?
> (I'm thinking of just using a receiver hitch hook for the rear.)
>
> TIA
>
> (95 Cherokee Sport; 4.0L; Auto; 235/ 75R15 Goodyear Wrangler ATs)
>

 

If those are the brackets I'm thinking of, they are a good thing -
they ------ the load on that front extension. The chassis manual for
the older XJ (and I think this one should be the same) shows a fairly
flimsy connection to the bumper. After pulling my front bumper off to
make some repairs, I wouln't trust that extension/mount to take much a
pull without a hefty ------er to transfer the load farther aft.

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:03:25 UTC Stephen Gibbs <blu.skink@verizon.net>
wrote:

>
> I used tow hooks and brackets from Rusty's Offroad
> (www.rustysoffroad.com) on my 92 XJ and installation was not hard. All
> bolt-on, and everything was in their kit. I cut a couple pieces out of
> the plastic fascia under the bumper to access the hooks.
>
> SEG.
>
> noneyabusiness wrote:
> > I'm planning on going to Terra Del Sol this year, and decided that I
> > should have some tow hooks on the Jeep in case I need to get pulled
> > out of a jam.
> >
> > Looking at the frame under the front end, I can't see a good place to
> > mount them :( There isn't a place where I would be able to install the
> > mounting bolts due to the "boxed" (?) section of the frame.
> >
> > Am I missing something, or should I pay to have the hooks *welded*
> > onto the frame? (There is also the matter of the 4" wide "skirt"
> > running across the front end, under the bumper - I suppose I could
> > just have a notch cut in it to expose the hook(s)?)
> >
> > Anyone have examples of how/where to install hooks on a Cherokee?
> > (I'm thinking of just using a receiver hitch hook for the rear.)
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > (95 Cherokee Sport; 4.0L; Auto; 235/ 75R15 Goodyear Wrangler ATs)
> >


--
Will Honea

 

If those are the brackets I'm thinking of, they are a good thing -
they ------ the load on that front extension. The chassis manual for
the older XJ (and I think this one should be the same) shows a fairly
flimsy connection to the bumper. After pulling my front bumper off to
make some repairs, I wouln't trust that extension/mount to take much a
pull without a hefty ------er to transfer the load farther aft.

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:03:25 UTC Stephen Gibbs <blu.skink@verizon.net>
wrote:

>
> I used tow hooks and brackets from Rusty's Offroad
> (www.rustysoffroad.com) on my 92 XJ and installation was not hard. All
> bolt-on, and everything was in their kit. I cut a couple pieces out of
> the plastic fascia under the bumper to access the hooks.
>
> SEG.
>
> noneyabusiness wrote:
> > I'm planning on going to Terra Del Sol this year, and decided that I
> > should have some tow hooks on the Jeep in case I need to get pulled
> > out of a jam.
> >
> > Looking at the frame under the front end, I can't see a good place to
> > mount them :( There isn't a place where I would be able to install the
> > mounting bolts due to the "boxed" (?) section of the frame.
> >
> > Am I missing something, or should I pay to have the hooks *welded*
> > onto the frame? (There is also the matter of the 4" wide "skirt"
> > running across the front end, under the bumper - I suppose I could
> > just have a notch cut in it to expose the hook(s)?)
> >
> > Anyone have examples of how/where to install hooks on a Cherokee?
> > (I'm thinking of just using a receiver hitch hook for the rear.)
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > (95 Cherokee Sport; 4.0L; Auto; 235/ 75R15 Goodyear Wrangler ATs)
> >


--
Will Honea

 

If those are the brackets I'm thinking of, they are a good thing -
they ------ the load on that front extension. The chassis manual for
the older XJ (and I think this one should be the same) shows a fairly
flimsy connection to the bumper. After pulling my front bumper off to
make some repairs, I wouln't trust that extension/mount to take much a
pull without a hefty ------er to transfer the load farther aft.

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:03:25 UTC Stephen Gibbs <blu.skink@verizon.net>
wrote:

>
> I used tow hooks and brackets from Rusty's Offroad
> (www.rustysoffroad.com) on my 92 XJ and installation was not hard. All
> bolt-on, and everything was in their kit. I cut a couple pieces out of
> the plastic fascia under the bumper to access the hooks.
>
> SEG.
>
> noneyabusiness wrote:
> > I'm planning on going to Terra Del Sol this year, and decided that I
> > should have some tow hooks on the Jeep in case I need to get pulled
> > out of a jam.
> >
> > Looking at the frame under the front end, I can't see a good place to
> > mount them :( There isn't a place where I would be able to install the
> > mounting bolts due to the "boxed" (?) section of the frame.
> >
> > Am I missing something, or should I pay to have the hooks *welded*
> > onto the frame? (There is also the matter of the 4" wide "skirt"
> > running across the front end, under the bumper - I suppose I could
> > just have a notch cut in it to expose the hook(s)?)
> >
> > Anyone have examples of how/where to install hooks on a Cherokee?
> > (I'm thinking of just using a receiver hitch hook for the rear.)
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > (95 Cherokee Sport; 4.0L; Auto; 235/ 75R15 Goodyear Wrangler ATs)
> >


--
Will Honea

 

If those are the brackets I'm thinking of, they are a good thing -
they ------ the load on that front extension. The chassis manual for
the older XJ (and I think this one should be the same) shows a fairly
flimsy connection to the bumper. After pulling my front bumper off to
make some repairs, I wouln't trust that extension/mount to take much a
pull without a hefty ------er to transfer the load farther aft.

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:03:25 UTC Stephen Gibbs <blu.skink@verizon.net>
wrote:

>
> I used tow hooks and brackets from Rusty's Offroad
> (www.rustysoffroad.com) on my 92 XJ and installation was not hard. All
> bolt-on, and everything was in their kit. I cut a couple pieces out of
> the plastic fascia under the bumper to access the hooks.
>
> SEG.
>
> noneyabusiness wrote:
> > I'm planning on going to Terra Del Sol this year, and decided that I
> > should have some tow hooks on the Jeep in case I need to get pulled
> > out of a jam.
> >
> > Looking at the frame under the front end, I can't see a good place to
> > mount them :( There isn't a place where I would be able to install the
> > mounting bolts due to the "boxed" (?) section of the frame.
> >
> > Am I missing something, or should I pay to have the hooks *welded*
> > onto the frame? (There is also the matter of the 4" wide "skirt"
> > running across the front end, under the bumper - I suppose I could
> > just have a notch cut in it to expose the hook(s)?)
> >
> > Anyone have examples of how/where to install hooks on a Cherokee?
> > (I'm thinking of just using a receiver hitch hook for the rear.)
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > (95 Cherokee Sport; 4.0L; Auto; 235/ 75R15 Goodyear Wrangler ATs)
> >


--
Will Honea