superj
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No idea what year they are from. They were on market place in wilmington for 40 bucks. The guy said they actually came off an f150 raptor so that is my story because its cooler to tell people, ha ha ha.
The covers are marked left and right but the hooks are identical.
Anyways, it was very easy to install them, though i had a trim a little off the back end to fit into the intercooler mount bracket as that is the rear bolt for the tow hook. File your cuts so you dont get snagged or cut from the metal and then paint to stop corrosion.
There are these two little white clips on each side of the top of the blank plates that came stock that i didnt put back in, thinking they only held the blank plate in and i now realize they held the bumper to an inner bracket so tomorrow i have to lay under there and try to get them back in place or i have to take the front splash guard off and the rear part of the bumpet stuff to get them back on.
They are these:
And they went here:
So here is how they look installed:
So, tear everything from under the front to access them. The small 8mm screws that hold the front lip to the rear of the bumper splash guard need to be removed all the way across, there 5 or 6 and also 2 thicker diameter screws that are also 8mm heads that need to come out so you can reach in and get the blank plates out with those white clips.
That 14mm bolt you see in the tow hook opening is the bolt that will be the rear most mounting bolt for your hook. You will also need another two of those same size/rated bolts and a spacer that goes under the bracket for the front hole so the tow mounts level. You see that bracket the bolt in the pic is holding, thats the intercooler lower mount bracket, just fyi.
So, you put your trimmed, smoothed, and painted tow hooks in place and bolt them down. Then you put the plastic tow hook trim pieces on over the mounted hooks. The plastic trim actually clips to the tow hooks and doesn't bolt or screw to the bumper. Lastly, you put those screws in place and the splash guards. You are now done and have cool tow hooks on your 2wd truck now.
The covers are marked left and right but the hooks are identical.
Anyways, it was very easy to install them, though i had a trim a little off the back end to fit into the intercooler mount bracket as that is the rear bolt for the tow hook. File your cuts so you dont get snagged or cut from the metal and then paint to stop corrosion.
There are these two little white clips on each side of the top of the blank plates that came stock that i didnt put back in, thinking they only held the blank plate in and i now realize they held the bumper to an inner bracket so tomorrow i have to lay under there and try to get them back in place or i have to take the front splash guard off and the rear part of the bumpet stuff to get them back on.
They are these:
And they went here:
So here is how they look installed:
So, tear everything from under the front to access them. The small 8mm screws that hold the front lip to the rear of the bumper splash guard need to be removed all the way across, there 5 or 6 and also 2 thicker diameter screws that are also 8mm heads that need to come out so you can reach in and get the blank plates out with those white clips.
That 14mm bolt you see in the tow hook opening is the bolt that will be the rear most mounting bolt for your hook. You will also need another two of those same size/rated bolts and a spacer that goes under the bracket for the front hole so the tow mounts level. You see that bracket the bolt in the pic is holding, thats the intercooler lower mount bracket, just fyi.
So, you put your trimmed, smoothed, and painted tow hooks in place and bolt them down. Then you put the plastic tow hook trim pieces on over the mounted hooks. The plastic trim actually clips to the tow hooks and doesn't bolt or screw to the bumper. Lastly, you put those screws in place and the splash guards. You are now done and have cool tow hooks on your 2wd truck now.
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