Hey, just thought I would share the photo of my hook with my snatch strap fitted as I know there is some concern about whether or not some straps will fit on the hook. Mine is a brand new (yet to be used in anger) 8t Ironman strap and it fits on, but it is tight to get on and off, not something you can do in a hurry. Based on other photos it looks like the Ironman has a pretty small/thin loop, I've attached a few photos for comparisons sake of the loop sitting on a leather glove. It's probably worth mentioning that I picked this strap up from my local Ironman dealer for about $120 in a recovery kit which included 9m 8000kg snatch strap, two 4.7 bow shackles, recovery hitch, leather gloves and reinforced carry bag - pretty good value I reckon.
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Jasman
Had a WK2 MY12 Laredo 3.6l, then a MY14 Overland 3.0l and now a MY17 Trailhawk 3.0l
just looking at tight fit on yours & scarps, in the manual it suggests you remove the front dam for off road work to protect it from damage, does it give you more room to access the hooks???
just looking at tight fit on yours & scarps, in the manual it suggests you remove the front dam for off road work to protect it from damage, does it give you more room to access the hooks???
I won't be removing the air dam, though it would give more room it exposes lots of stuff that looks to easy to break.
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Jasman
Had a WK2 MY12 Laredo 3.6l, then a MY14 Overland 3.0l and now a MY17 Trailhawk 3.0l
just looking at tight fit on yours & scarps, in the manual it suggests you remove the front dam for off road work to protect it from damage, does it give you more room to access the hooks???
I think it's less to do with space around the hook but rather the opening in the hook itself.
I have not yet had to use the hook, but I'm not looking forward to it - it looks very tight. I left the air dam on, and had no problems. It seems to be a lot more "tucked up" than previous models, and the tracks were challenging. I did remove the little winglet things that hang down from the air dam though.
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Marc Hillman - 2012 WK2 LAREDO - 3.0L CRD Auto - Quadralift - Mineral Grey - MJOC Secretary
I finally got my hook on friday and went out to try it over the weekend.
It works a treat, a little tight to get strap on but it wont come off accidentally.
And for anyone thinking of taking your front air dam off, try it first. Its not that easy and I would rather protect whats behind it. So far I haven't even scratched the front, its prety strong.
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2011 Grand Cherokee CRD Laredo,
CRDSTU lift, Skid plates
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