Is there anybody out there with a Frontier Extreme front bumper? That's what I have. With this extension at about 4 inches, I hope that the tow hooks will stick out enough to be usable. I could stick them out 5 feet if i wanted to, but then how useable would they be then? Too far out and I think they would just bend over ,or up, depending on the situation you might be in at the time. With the bumper I have, they cut some slits for tow hooks to stick out, but the factory hooks are the factory originals, and they are recessed to far in to be usable with this bumper. I like the idea of this guys product, but I don't really like the price. If somebody can give me another option, thanks, otherwise I think I'll go with it. There's been plenty of times when I've needed my tow hooks for myself or others, and I just can't be missing that option.

 

Chris,
I think if you wanted to do it properly you could have a steel shop get you some steel plate (1/2" or 1/4" would work as well) cut into the square shape and then have it drilled to act as a spacer, then you could just use some longer bolts and add enough spacers to each side to suit your needs. I'm not near my Dad's 04 so I can't see how much room you have before you run into clearance issues with the bumper. This might limit how thick of spacer you can add, but it'd keep them from sticking out obnoxiously.

If you wanted to do it the "not so right" way you could just add washers as was previously suggested, but for off-center pulls this would place more load on the bolts than with a solid spacer design.

 

Sorry but I have to offer a dissenting opinion here....

You gotta remember, although you may be able to source the steel, the bolts, and powdercoat them.......cheaper than Lazarsmith sells them for.....what is your time worth?

$95.00 sounds like a lot for what you get in this case. But try spending your own time finding what you need and fabricating them. How much is your time worth? How much do you make an hour? How much fuel would you burn going to find the material? When you start adding it all up, imo, $95.00 doesn't sound to bad.

Remember Mike's prices include FREE SHIPPING to your door in the US.


On the other hand, If you have all the tools, equipment, material on hand and like fabricating stuff for a hobby.....it's prob worth it do it yourself.

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Yeah that's what I was thinking. I have a huge flat slab of steel (like 8x18ft) that's like a half inch thick and one day when I get the time and feel like it I'll probably cut a couple pieces to use to extend mine out a half inch. Probably be a good idea to get some half inch longer bolts so I don't yank out the stockers seeing they won't be in as deep.

Probably look better than sticking out 5 inches and give me a tad more room.

 

"You gotta remember, although you may be able to source the steel, the bolts, and powdercoat them.......cheaper than Lazarsmith sells them for.....what is your time worth?"

When your brother has invested well over $6K, maybe even more, in a really nice Miller welder, and he and you both have plenty of scrap steel laying around, and your home all evening with nothing to do, and have pleanty of left over primer and paint cans, building them yourself sounds like a real good idea.

I don't actually have the optional tow hooks on mine, but seeing these, I think i will have to fab up some custom home built hooks to put on there soon.

 

Thanks to everyone, I've decided to just go ahead and bite the bullet on this one. I do have a brother-inlaw who has a very well equipped shop, but it is my brother-inlaw after all, and he is blindly brand loyal to Furds, so I'll go ahead and order the extension and be done with it. But just measuring it last night, even with these extensions, they won't stick out very far at all with my Frontier bumper. I may have to actually call this guy up and see if he can make me a set a little longer than he already makes.

 

Good point. Sometimes I have to remember there are people out there with different mindsets than me. You could have probably guessed it by now, but I'm the type that likes doing stuff myself and being a college kid, like to save money by doing things myself as well.

If folks have the coin and feel good about their purchase, who am I to say they shouldn't do it.

 

D45 , those tow hook extensions look great, nice pics...but your shop is way too clean and neat. Now I've got to go out to the Morton and start straightening things out.

 

Take some pics when you get the extensions mounted up. I've been thinking of gettin some for my truck and I'd like to see what how it works for you.

 

I'm in the same boat you are. I like the way that the Ford tow hooks look better anyway. I'll see if I can't scrounge some up at a boneyard & fab up my own mounts.

 

Ok guys. I had Mike make me some custom extensions, since I measured and found out his 4 inch extensions would be too short with my Frontier bumper. He made these 6 inches for me, and it will work for me. If I'd had gone any longer, It would have hit up against an angleiron brace on the inside of the bumper. Anyway, here's a few before and after shots. I'm happy to have access to my tow hooks again. Thanks Mike.

 

Looks nice! Thanks for the pics.

 

You do that, and make them available for that price to the front door of anyone in the 48 States (and don't forget to fabricate them with our quality!)... then let us know how it worked out for ya.

I feel your pain!
It hurts me to keep it under $100....

I appreciate your honesty, although it's apparent you don't actually know steel prices...

BTW - it isn't tubing (or pipe for that matter); and since you already attend college, I recommend an educational semester - perhaps several are better - of cost accounting.
Besides the edification, you might really enjoy it (I sure did!)

Looks good, Chris!
Picture really is worth a thousand words... all that time on the phone and I still thought it was different from what you described.

 

FWIW I have no dog in this race and have never dealt with Mike, but since everyone else voiced an opinion here, I might as well too.

Although $95 seems a lot for that to some, if I was in the market, that would be a cheap fix. As was mentioned before the time involved to find material, go get it, cut it, drill it, cost to powdercoat it all adds up. One other thing to mention is the cost of shipping to your door, and the liability insurance required to do these sort of things nowadays. God forbid if something broke while using those and someone was seriously injured or killed because of that product, in todays sue happy society a guy could lose everything because he builds/sells these things.
SO, I would assure you he ain't selling a 20 dollar item for 95 dollars.

 

Well once again guys, I can't spend all day long looking for materials. And then cutting it out and welding it up. And then powder coating it. It's been a few years since I've laid a bead on anything, so I'm happy that I have my tow hooks again. Soon I'll have a Carli kit on the truck. and an new exhaust sysyem, and some updated pics.