Crow27

I'm thinking of picking up a bull bar for my truck, but I'm wondering if there are any options so that I could keep my factor tow-hooks on? Possibly any kits that help relocate them?

CPT150

nope, because the bull bar installs into the mounts the tow hitch uses.. Unless you drill holes in elsewhere, and attach your tow hooks to the new holes. I dont see how you can keep them.

CPT150

you know, I guess you could, but you have to do a few things and I dont know how sturdy the hitches would be. Mount them to the outside of where they were before. If you did this, you would probably have to cut out new hitch holes but that is a stupid way of keeping your hooks.

jp4lsu

I too will get a bull bar eventually but I don't really want to lose the tow hooks.
If the bar replaces the hooks, could the tow hooks be installed to the bottom of the bull bar and use the same holes.

This would require longer bolts to got through the tow hooks and bull bar though.
Now if the bar drops down in front, foward of attach points, then this wouldn't work.

Crow27

Most bull bars seem to be mounted to the frame (tow hook location) w/ a drop down piece of angle iron. I was hoping someone had tackled this problem, but I'm considering drawing up a spacer or mounting plate of some sort once I get the bull bar. Hopefully I could mock the factory mounting as best as possible while staying 'rigid'. I also thought of welding up a bracket that could mount on both sides and have a central location for a single tow hook.