Front recovery bar idea with bull bar

[Brecht Janssen Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Brecht Janssen]

Hello,

I've been thinking about proper recovery points on the front of my prado 90. Since I have a bull bar, the standard tow point are 17 cm under my chassis. Just a standard right angle, 6mm thick. Because of the lenght under the chassis, this will create a lot of force on the chassis to bent' it and the 6mm thick iron. Obviously this doesn't cut it as a recovery point. I've bent it already once.

I still want to keep the bull bar because i love the look of it, so I've been thinking of a front recovery bar with 2 hooks on it as recovery points and it will be mounted on the original mounting bolts on the left and right side of the chassis. Making it safer and stronger to recover from.

I have some pictures of the tow hooks that are on now, and a rendering of my idea of a recovery bar.
It's not that I plan to really get stuck, but hey, better be prepared than end up bending or breaking something!

Tell me what you guys think or what else I could do!

Thanks in advance,
Brecht

[Daniel150 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Daniel150]

Hi mate.
Good idea in concept. Just make sure you brace the bar back on an angle to to rear of the car.
Those original points are definitely not a recovery point. They are simply a tie down point. Some are better than others from factory and can be used to recover from. Yours are absolutely only for tie downs, they’d have no strength to recover from.
Good luck, keep us posted