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Jake1996D1

Jake1996D1

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Got my bumper today and mounted it up in about an hour or so. Fit like a glove, excellent quality parts and the swing away tire carrier is very nice.

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I will get some more pics later on but just wanted to post this up to show the quality of work Denny does. I recommend his products 100%
 
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robertf

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are there any additional mounts other than the 2 bolts through the crossmember?
 
Jake1996D1

Jake1996D1

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robertf said:
are there any additional mounts other than the 2 bolts through the crossmember?
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Yea - and the bolts that mount to the cross member bolts to a piece of box that is all attached to the recovery points.

I thought this was pretty slick

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emmodg

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Don't be "that guy" that runs around town with bow shackles on his truck.
 
Jake1996D1

Jake1996D1

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emmodg said:
Don't be "that guy" that runs around town with bow shackles on his truck.
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haha half the time I do leave them on there just because I am too lazy to take them off. The ones on my hitch have been on there for a while - I need a screw driver or pliers to loosen them but keep forgetting to do it
 
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Jake1996D1

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mbrummal said:
I don't leave mine on just because I'm worried someone else might feel 'entitled' to them.
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haha yea well know nobody would be able to steal them cause I cant even get them off

plus none of the soccer moms at the mall even know what they are for
 
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p m said:
What's wrong with that?
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Nothing "wrong" with it but why?

A) Easy to steal
B) Pin rattles out
C) Rust sets pin to "welded-on-like" strength.... I've seen this on countless trucks! We did a training at a 4X4 parts place in Jersey and every Jeep there had enough shackles hanging off them for 20 trucks! Some were painted red, some blue, neon yellow and I saw one set that was pink!
D) Annoying "clanking" sound
 
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emmodg said:
Nothing "wrong" with it but why?

A) Easy to steal
B) Pin rattles out
C) Rust sets pin to "welded-on-like" strength.... I've seen this on countless trucks! We did a training at a 4X4 parts place in Jersey and every Jeep there had enough shackles hanging off them for 20 trucks! Some were painted red, some blue, neon yellow and I saw one set that was pink!
D) Annoying "clanking" sound
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The pink is to keep people from stealing them.
 
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emmodg said:
Nothing "wrong" with it but why?
A) Easy to steal
B) Pin rattles out
C) Rust sets pin to "welded-on-like" strength.... I've seen this on countless trucks! We did a training at a 4X4 parts place in Jersey and every Jeep there had enough shackles hanging off them for 20 trucks! Some were painted red, some blue, neon yellow and I saw one set that was pink!
D) Annoying "clanking" sound
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LOL, that soooo reflects the geography...
- I don't EVER remember anyone trying to steal a shackle off any of my trucks.
- Pin never, ever rattled out of any of my shackles. And I gave up looking around for a screwdriver to tighten one up - so they are tightened by hand.
- There's not a speck of rust on any of these shackles. For some reason, this zinc coating seems to stay on them forever. Unscrewing the pin may take an occasional whack, that's all.
- Clanking may be true, especially on the bumper. In the hitch receiver, not a problem.

I guess I got so used to these shackles all over the place in my ocean-going years that I don't pay attention to them.

Back to topic - Jake, the bumper looks good. Now I want one, too.
 
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