Rear tow/hook points on Range Rover Chassis

Joined: 29 May 2003 Location: hidin frm da wiminz!!!

Hey people I recently rewmoved these when I removed the old towbar.

Upon inspection of the bolt that holds these babies in place I noticed they were rusted a fair bit and decided not to reuse the bolts, I have also decided I dont want to use the standard tow points either.

WHat I am after is anyone that can tell me a good replacement (including new bolts) for this............. I really need the rear ones to tow out my uncles Nissan and my Cousins Toyota whenever they get stuck.

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Rolling Eyes

Joined: 29 May 2003 Location: hidin frm da wiminz!!!

Thanks TuffRR I checked this forum out and it sortof moved onto rear bars etc.
So i posted this in hope that someone could let me know a simple hook or something to put inplace of the original two points I had on the chassis.

A nice new rear bar would be nice though Confused

Joined: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Neither here nor there

If you have a look at my rear bar you can see i just have two standard rated hooks attached to the chassis. This setup should be achievable with most rear bar setups. Its nice and easy and IMO the best way to go. Painting them red is optional! Cool

Joined: 29 May 2003 Location: hidin frm da wiminz!!!

In your picture i can see the spot for the original tow points down the bottom those are the points i originally wanted to use.

In regards to yours did you drill the two holes for the hook, or were they already there ? ? ? Is it strong looks as if its not holding onto too much ?

Joined: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Neither here nor there

Drilled two holes through the chassis. Its very strong as the plate used is 5mm steel and the bar itself has been braced in a number of ways.

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Hmm sounds like the way to go.......................where is my drill.... Confused

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 12:52 pm

or you could weld one of these hook fings to back of the rear bar as well as the 2 hook like tuffrr

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My eyes are sheiate, I cant see shit all in that picture, just a dark colour RR with a peice of string hangin from the back of it Laughing

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:39 pm

here is a better picture of the recovery point when i was building the rear bar....

Joined: 29 May 2003 Location: hidin frm da wiminz!!!

TuffRR wrote:

Drilled two holes through the chassis. Its very strong as the plate used is 5mm steel and the bar itself has been braced in a number of ways.

TuffRR I noticed that I cant realy place mine in the same position as yours unless I get a different sorta rear bar with a whol/gap there (as I am not running any body lift).

What sorta rear bar (manufactured) would you guys recomend ARB (i think they look too big personally) and can you tow bogged Nissans out from most RR aftermarket rear bars?

I might just source a rear bar that has tow point on it..... Confused

TOO MANY FRICKEN OPTIONS Rolling Eyes

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 2:43 pm

The rear of the rr chassis has to be moded to put recovory points on it. You have to cut the L shaped bracket off and weld in a plate then drill.

ARB rear bar SuxOrs to fat too heavy too low... hmm anything i missed?

The rear bars that we run are home made jobbies that can tow a 3.5 tonne LC out of shite and snatch 17 discos one after another without a problem.

Rangie is one of the easiest rigs to build custom bars for IMO cause no body parts get in the way!!

Joined: 29 May 2003 Location: hidin frm da wiminz!!!

Well I would liek to go custom but I have no idea about welding and shit like that ( I get my uncle to do that stuff and he doesnt have to much spare time on his hands ).

If I was able to get a custom bar for both front and rear I would much like that but I just dont have the knowledge or skill (I am an end user Confused

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Who could I go and see around the gold coast in regards to getting some made up for my customised rig ? ? ?
And what sorta dosh would i be looking at for both front and rear customs ? Confused

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 3:13 pm

dunno i am from melbourne and I always buy my steel at trade then weld it myself A mate of mine go a custom bar made from CalBah for 1100 and a 6 month wait Very Happy

not really worth all the $$ as the welds are pretty shite IMHO

Just find a steel place and get friendly with some exhust bloke etc (make sure they can weld ) and see how it goes