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Old Mar 6, 2021 | 04:07 PM
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I think I’m pulling the bumper.....gotta pull the grille to change some lights anyhow. I ended up getting the Demons for 75 shipped. I like the finished look more

I had them in my cart on American Trucks site yesterday and i'm glad I kept searching because they list them for $129.99 and AMI styling has them for $79.95. Now i'm trying to decide what shackles to get because it doesn't seem to list what size shackle pin it takes. I'm kind of new to these but there's a couple different sizes right?
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Old Mar 6, 2021 | 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by johnday in BFE
Are you getting their hooks as well?
Do not plan to

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Originally Posted by SHIFT_Lock
I had them in my cart on American Trucks site yesterday and i'm glad I kept searching because they list them for $129.99 and AMI styling has them for $79.95. Now i'm trying to decide what shackles to get because it doesn't seem to list what size shackle pin it takes. I'm kind of new to these but there's a couple different sizes right?
7/8---thats the Demon Hook pin size.

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https://www.gearamerica.com/collecti...-anchor-points




Pretty sure I'm getting these....not sure which one. I like red ubers, but Id rather have aluminum(wrong color red)

https://www.gearamerica.com/collecti...r-shackles-red

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I'm in the same boat. I wanted the really nice aluminium ones but it's a darker red. So i'm getting the Gear America UBER locking ones.
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Originally Posted by SHIFT_Lock
I'm in the same boat. I wanted the really nice aluminium ones but it's a darker red. So i'm getting the Gear America UBER locking ones.
The spacers will take care of the pin size difference.
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Amazon Amazon

I just hope this red matches my truck well.
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Old Mar 6, 2021 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by SHIFT_Lock
I'm in the same boat. I wanted the really nice aluminium ones but it's a darker red. So i'm getting the Gear America UBER locking ones.

So 7/8" is all the pin sizes
Aluminum Ultra on the way.

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Originally Posted by ManMountainDean
I've got this one from Rough Country on the way. Will be installing it this week along with a couple of 3/4" D rings from Quadratec. Be glad to finally replace the OEM tow hooks.

https://www.roughcountry.com/ford-to...it-rs150c.html

How do you like these and are they still holding up well? I would likely just use the black D rings which come with the Rough Country kit if I do swap to this style.
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SUPER EASY....I did try to save the tow hook sleeves, but I couldn’t modify them enough to make them fit the way I wanted so I left them out. Doesn’t really matter I guess.....so this is really easy to do. I took a 1 7/8 hole saw and cut the sleeve so I could access the front bolt really easy. Took that out, loosened the rear bolt, slid it back to get it off the rear bolt and when it clears that it just slides right out the back. Then I just slid the sleeve out the same way. The only “difficult” part is having the front of the sleeve clear the front of the frame to release it.

AMI Demon brackets.....had to modify a tiny bit
Gear America Ultra Shackles

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