Recovery points.

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Recovery points.

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Hi all,

Has anyone found a bolt on solution to recovery points on the front of their gen 6.

I don't have an aftermarket bumper and was wondering where and how you have attached recovery points to the front of the vehicle.

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Front runner makes a recovery EYE which you can drill and bolt on...

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Hi Johno,

I've looked at the problem a bit and it seems that any recovery point will be behind the Tupper bumper. Don't know how one gets past that ugly piece of plastic without cutting it away. Maybe not a bad idea.
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Racing snake wrote:Hi Johno,

I've looked at the problem a bit and it seems that any recovery point will be behind the Tupper bumper. Don't know how one gets past that ugly piece of plastic without cutting it away. Maybe not a bad idea.

for real hardcore recovery the point really should be straight in line with the chassis - which would require one to go through the bumper.


making a contraption that exits below the bumper will incurr excessive bending moments. In which case the factory fitted tie down points may just be better.




PS - have you looked at REAR recovery points ??? THIS is not standard on the Hilux, and a real pain ....
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Chris you are correct in saying the bend or drop down recovery point is not the best but if you make up one with braces etc then they work well...
Remember 90% of the aftermarket replacement bumpers have recovery points and most of them are NOT inline with the chassis rail but they work just as well as ones bolted direct to the chassis.
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Re: Recovery points.

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Johno it certainly is possible to make it up ..... but certainly not advisable.

If everything else is made strong enough the bolts holding that bracket suffers immense shear forces, over and above the force of the recovery .....



as for what some aftermarket manufacturers do .... uhm ja .... some certainly pay more attention to esthetics than practicality ..... but with the ordinary buyer buying with his eyes it aint no secret why ..... sadly we have no system in place to protect the buyer and to ensure equipment are "fit for purpose" ....


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