Tow Hook to D-Ring Shackle Conversion for GMT800 Trucks & SUV's
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Today we are using a GMT900 kit from Rough Country to convert our factory tow hooks to D-ring shackles. No one makes a direct kit for the GMT800 trucks. Even Rough Country makes one for the GMT400's, and skips the 800 generation. Luckily, it doesn't take much to modify the GMT900 kit to work for our trucks.
As always, I'm just showing you what I did. I am not recommending you do this yourself. Please use common sense when working on your vehicle. You are responsible for your own actions.
Rough Country RS148 Tow Hook Bracket Kit:
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D-Ring Shackles I used:
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I don’t get why Rough Country makes a kit for the 90s Chevys, and the 07’ and up Chevys. I feel like they’re missing out on a huge portion of sales because I see way more GMT800s on the road in my neck of the woods than anything else.
I know! It seems silly since they are such a similar setup!
Im sure you are going to be fine but with the addition of a shim you changed the sheer of the bolt installed allowing room for the bolt to bend. That being said the factory tow hooks on these GMT800's are weak so im sure its not to the point where what you installed is weaker just pointing it out. I like the idea just not a fan of the execution.
Thanks for the input If you look at the design of the factory GMT900 hook, compared to the Rough Country, they are already different, as far as how the bolt is supported. If Rough Country is satisfied with their design vs factory, I'm perfectly fine with my execution of their product.
Thanks for the video! Gonna do this now too
You're welcome & good luck!
Gonna check this out!
It's a fun little mod!
Boss, how about a test recovery using those shackles? Safe to recover from?
As long as there's a camera in the rig, the first chance we get to use 'em, I'll post it up! Considering you end up with an identical setup to a GMT900, I'm not worried.
Do you know if i could do this on my 02 Suburban? I know the bumpers shape is a little different, and i removed the plastic valence a while ago. Thinking about purchasing but dont wanna be let down, just want a second opinion before i buy.
As far as I know, the components should fit the same, it's just a matter of what you might have to trim.
@OverlandAdventureTimes only problem is that mine is steel not plastic, so trimming is gonna be a lot harder. Just hope it works out
This shit was jerry rigged as hell, why did u not just angle them more downwards, put the bolt holes higher and then avoid cutting the bumper
Because that's not how it works, there isnt really room in the frame rail to "angle them down" and still use the main factory mounting location. The secondary bolt is identical to how the factory gmt900 is mounted. I didn't mind trimming for access. If you can't see, the bumper is already heavily trimmed. Explain what you feel is jerry rigged, other than you don't like cutting the bumper? The best thing is, you can just leave yours stock, or buy a $2K winch bumper if you want a different look. The choice is yours.