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awesome

 

[Rusty]

^thur it is! swat i got!

 

[99ex22]

smittybilt d ring in place of the hitch til I can find a real hidden hitch. That thing hung down too low. Trust me the bumper is sturdy! Ive put it to the test.

 

[97xlt4.0]

how hard was your hitch to put on/take off? I'm shopping for one, and debating if I want to pay somebody to put it on??

Thanks, your ride is lookin good!

 

[99ex22]

it's really easy. 4 bolts and it's out. 2 on top of the frame rails and 2 near the bumper. Im selling mine for 75.00 it's a class 3 Tow master made by hidden hitch if your interested. There is a photo on the previous page.

 

[97xlt4.0]

Yeah, I would def. be interested! Sounds like something I could do in the apartment parking lot and not get too much grief.

-Mike

 

[99ex22]

yeah only takes a few minutes. Let me know.

 

[storlied]

I wouldn't use that as a recovery point... think about it... if you can push the bumper around and use jacks to bend it .. how do you think it'll do trying to tow a vehicle, or the vehicle itself? Just becareful.. these bumpers aren't the best.. I've been in a couple accidents.. and while the bumpers did their job, they still crumpled... at least put some re-inforcements or something if you're gonna keep it that way.... I have a hidden hitch for sale, probably the one you had in the first place though... and it would hang a lil low with a bodylift..

 

[99ex22]

ive used my bumper as a recovery point multiple times and it hasnt budged. The first time I ever used it I was stuck on a trail that was dug out from at least 37" tires. Long story short a built jeep cherokee was yanking on my bumper so hard his front tires were bouncing off the ground. It's not going anywhere.

 

[Rusty]

yeah i've definately bent mine... that was towing a kia.. so i wouldn't trust it for much!

 

[99ex22]

maybe the older style is weaker because like I said ive used it multiple times and it looks like it's new lol. I may reinforce just in case but im still shopping for a hidden hitch..I like the ones where only the reciever is visible.

 

[99ex22]

So I went to the junk yard to check it out because they get new vehicles in every thursday and stumbled across a nice hidden hitch thats actually hidden. I ripped it off the explorer, took up to the counter, 25.00 and im out of the door.I then hit it with a few coats of black paint and bolted her on...
Painted

After 2 1/2 hours I finally got it on....

 

[Sbyrne97]

25 bucks is a steal....good job i saw me a few of those maybe i should go back

 

[99ex22]

yeah go back. These things retail at almost 200.00!

 

[Lacky01]

good find dude!

now theres no need to test the bumpers durability :

 

[99ex22]

haha thanks, im happy with this one. The old one on the previous page hung down too far for my liking

 

[storlied]

That's the same one I'm trying to sell, for a moment I didn't understand how you got it to line up n hide away with your bodylift. I think one day.. (if I can find somewhere that sells all the mounting hardware... I lost all mine.. ugh..) I'll put mine back on for better rear end protection... at least a little bit... but yeah dude.. Nice find.. I've used mine many times for getting unstuck or getting someone else unstuck.. no problems.

 

[99ex22]

yeah it's only a 1" body. luckily most everything has about 1" of adjustability in it so I got it to line up pretty good.

 

[Sbyrne97]

looking at your pics again and you seem to have a very nice under carriage.....haha did you paint it and wire wheel it?

 

[99ex22]

haha yeah I wire brushed it a while back and hit everything with a few coats off krylon black paint. It was very time consuming so now everytime I get it dirty I pressure wash it under there.