Re: Tow Hooks.....Group buy??? (a bit long)

From: jason nahrgang (jasonnahrgang@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Feb 13 2000 - 14:59:42 EST


I'll see if the mounting points on a 2K are the same as 97-99 daks...unless
someone else know's already? I don't know if they modified the frame for
the new r+p steering setup.

Jason Nahrgang
Moss Green '97 V8 4x4 SLT+ 5spd
3" Gibson
K&N homegrown
Bilsteins up front
32x11.50 Pirelli Scorpion ATs

>From: "Frank Johnson" <frankwjohnson@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: Tow Hooks.....Group buy??? (a bit long)
>Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 09:41:23 PST
>
>I'm definitely interested, but my Dak is a 2000.
>I'm in on the group buy, but i'm gonna need very specifi instructions for
>the install. (I'm not great at the handy-man stuff anymore, especially
>with
>only 1 good arm!)
>But the tow hooks are needed on my Dak bad since summer is approaching
>rapidly, and the mud is gonna fly!!!!!!!!
>
>Frank WJ
>
>
>
>>
>>I'm working with a local fabrication shop to try to come up with a
>>mounting
>>bracket to mount tow hooks on our daks. The shop does excellent work,
>>lots
>>of Disco customers (custom bumpers, roll cages, jambo racks, etc). I
>>stopped by there a few days ago to inquire about the possibiliy of not
>>only
>>the brackets but a group buy for the DML if they worked out. I have an
>>appointment for March 2 to have them made and looks like a group buy would
>>be a sure thing.
>>Basically, they're going to form a piece of 1/4 or 3/8 inch flat stock
>>into
>>a square U-shaped (imagine the cross-section looking like a square with
>>the
>>top side missing) bracket about 10 inches long. They will bolt right up
>>to
>>the existing bumper mounting holes and will be designed to use chebby
>>style
>>tow hooks although we can probably drill them for just about any type hook
>>if you want. The project will require holes to be cut in the air dam.
>>They're charging me 75 dollars American for the whole thing, so I imagine
>>once we get the specs right for mass production, prices for any group buy
>>will be lower.
>>
>>Any intrest? (IF it works)
>>
>>Jason Nahrgang
>>'97 V8 4x4 SLT+ 5spd
>>3" Gibson
>>K&N homegrown
>>32x11.50 Pirelli Scorpion ATs
>>
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Jason Nahrgang
Moss Green '97 V8 4x4 SLT+ 5spd
3" Gibson
K&N homegrown
Bilsteins up front
32x11.50 Pirelli Scorpion ATs

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