I've toyed with the idea of putting bolt-on recovery points on the ARB too, but have shied away from it because of issues with the attachment. Of course, putting a backing plate will help but I'm not sure if that would be enough. I should look into it. Somehow tying to the bumper frame rail "cap" would do, but I haven't look into it yet. For now, I'm happy to use the OEM tow loops. From all I've read here it seems like the (semi?)documented failures likely had something to do with the loop having been damaged previously. So for now, I'll look carefully at the loop before using it. And I have a spare just in case.
added: the good thing about the bolt-on points is that bolts are surprisingly strong. A 1/2" grade 8 bolt will have a tensile strength of over 20,000 lbs or so I think based on about 120,000 psi for the steel. That's really the shank but I imagine the threads are designed to match or exceed that. So put 4 or those and you get close to 100,000 lbs worth. (Not that I would stand next to that...). So, interestingly, the bolts are likely not the weak link. But when you look at the pic from exped xchange, it looks like the loop is about as thick or more than the bolts. The plate isn't but that's shear. Anyway, I suspect that the 3 tons is very conservative. But who knows...
