Has any made or found a way to add D-ring shackles to the front bumper. Looking to add them, If possible.


Any and all comments are welcome, Positive negative or otherwise. :-)

 

There are a million ways to do it, and probably a thousand RIGHT ways. Most of the right ways will involve fabricating some kind of bracket to connect whatever shackle you choose to whatever point(s) on the frame (NOT to a stock bumper) that you choose. What exactly do you plan to do with these shackles? Are they purely cosmetic? Do you plan to use them for tying the truck down? Or are they for self-recovery? Where do you expect to get stuck (what terrain)? Put your location in your profile. What other recovery equipment do you carry? How much does the truck weigh? Do you wheel alone or with other trucks? What recovery equipment do THEY carry? How do you want the front of your truck to look? Which way do you want to mount these shackles? Do you care if they swing & rattle as you drive? Or do you want them to be quiet & unobtrusive? Do you park where they might get stolen?

There are many OTHER questions whose answers would help us help you choose something suited to your intentions, but you have to explain your intentions to us. Pics of the truck would help, and so would pics of other trucks with shackles that you think you might want.

This was my first method of mounting shackles up front:

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This is the 2nd/current:

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This is a way of adding recovery eyes to a '92-96 truck:

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But there are many styles of recovery points:

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There are also .

 

Thanks Steve for the response - Ill be using them for recovery of my and others vehicle. Ill look over the pic you posted and go from there.

Thanks Steve.

 

The slits in air damn dont cause any issues with cooling, do they? I heard that the air damn is pretty essential in that function.

 

I can attest to the air dam not mattering at all, in my own experiences. I'm in hot, humid, southern florida, so if something was going to overheat, it would be down here on me! I've taken the air dam off both my '91 and '94 2wd trucks. Never overheated, never had the AC get hot, no issues what so ever. That's even through stop and go city driving with 1500 pounds of crap in the back. I don't tow anything more than a utility trailer with a sport bike on it, so I can't comment about if it makes any difference towing a heavier load

 

She's trolling again. She's going on the ignore list.

 

I seriously do not know what steve's problem is, I do not. Whatever. Thank you mustanggt, that helps me know I dont have to worry so much. Fortunately my truck, even when pulling the largest loads I pull with it, is never really stressed. Its more of a it gets pushed around being a light truck by heavy trailers.. The truck pulls nice tho