2010 tow hook install question

nickwc · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:41 pm

I'm trying to install tow hooks on my 2010 and every write up I see looks totally different then what my jeep looks like. How do I remover that plastic piece to get my hand in there? Do I cut it off? Cause I removed the 3 clips on the bottom and tried to pull the whole thing out but it is a massive piece and won't come out without taking the bumper off.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

jonrjen · **Joined:** Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:53 pm **Posts:** 60

Not sure if this will help, but here is a link to the direction I am using to install my tow bar bracket from Blue OX. It shows how to remove the front bumper cover, maybe it will help you out.
http://www.aemfg.com/pdfs/BX1976.pdf

jonrjen · **Joined:** Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:53 pm **Posts:** 60

Here is another link to a post here on the forum from a member showing how to do the same thing (install tow brackets) with better photos.
http://www.grossie.net/Michael/Tow_Brackets_Jeep.htm

At The Helm · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:01 pm

Which hardware set did they give you? If you have the "m" shaped bolts you shouldnt have to remove the bumper. There is another bolt setup that has a flat piece and two studs forming a "u" which you would have to take off the bumper cover for installation. Mine didn't come with any hardware so i bought my own bolts, nuts and washers and fished them through the small opening of the "frame" rail with a coat hanger and string. I only had to pull back the fender flare and unclip those 3 bottom clips on the bumper. It didn't take long but it was a pita.

nickwc · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:52 pm

The hardware is good, but in all the pictures I see of tow hook installs the plastic piece in front of the trans cooler is taken out and I can't figure out how to pull the piece out. Do I need to cut it? I don't want to take the bumper off.

At The Helm · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:29 pm

If you are talking about the little square plastic pieces with vents in it then yes, cut it.

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