Tow or recovery point?
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For light recovery it is fine, I have broken 3 of these under heavy pulls/snatches. If you do need to perform a heavy pull make sure you have a dampener on the line between the vehicles to keep the line from snapping back violently. It's not a pretty sound when they let go. I honestly don't think many people need to worry about this, but for safety reasons you can't be to safe. The little "d-ring" mount is solely a tie down bracket. Do not use that for pulling/recovery, it will give way at the worst time.
I would invest in some Spresso FRB's. I know you are in EU, and shipping may be expensive, but having proper recovery points is vital. Pulling from poorly designed recovery points is never a good idea, heavy or light load. I have never trusted the 100 (even with aftermarket tow points) under heavy pulls. Between the front diff or the recovery point/locations I'm not sure which is a worse design.
What is the little "d-ring" mount?
it's the OEM tie down bracket. Looks like a anemic version of the Spresso FRB. Thinner than a pencil. Should of had one front and rear from factory.
If you add an ARB bumper, and possibly others, the supplied bolts are not long enough to include that hook.
Here is the link to the spressofab FRBv2:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/sale-parts/518835-frbv2-frame-recovery-bracket-80-100-series.html
2-4 of those will have you covered!
https://forum.ih8mud.com/sale-parts/518835-frbv2-frame-recovery-bracket-80-100-series.html
2-4 of those will have you covered!
they fit either side on the front and the passenger rear. You can do a little bit of trimming on the rear driver side to make it fit there.
I dont follow. Are you referring to the rear ARB? Because I ran those with my front ARB for a couple years before I removed and replaced with the older style recovery bracket. (the ones that were around before Spresso). I didn't have to source different bolts to run those hooks on the front.
^ Just for the record...if you are referring to the original FRB as shown below...then this was my original design for a recovery bracket. I had a batch made from 6061T6 with milspec hard anodization...and then there were a couple other members that offered a steel version of same later on.
My original frame recovery bracket wouldn't fit some of the ARB bumpers...and hence the impetus for the redesign.
My original frame recovery bracket wouldn't fit some of the ARB bumpers...and hence the impetus for the redesign.
I hadn't remembered you did the first run.... man that was a while back. Mine is the same design but in steel. Either from the first or second run after the original.
