Thread: D2 front recovery points???

Originally Posted by scarman

Can any one tell me of different brands and where to get front recovery points for a D2. I have tryed to search this but no luck.

There was a thread abot november last year extolling the virtue of swivel recovery points attached (higher) to the bumper/chassis - which made great sense, but I had already ordered under radiator ones from 4 x 4 Design (not cheap at about 200/pr ). I haven't yet followed up on the swivels, but they are still an objective.

Originally Posted by scarman

Can any one tell me of different brands and where to get front recovery points for a D2. I have tryed to search this but no luck.

The reason you can't find anything is because they are surprisingly hard to find. The sources usually recommended in posts on the forum - Philco, Troutbeck, and 4x4 Intelligence are either simply not responding to email or are no longer trading.

I'm none the wiser about 4x4 Design and Engineering Pty Ltd as their website is broken: Index of /

The only people who I had any success contacting was:

Custom Fabrications - Outcast Offroad

They list D2 points for $75 a pair. I haven't gone any further than contacting them as I was trying to find points that work with the stock bumper, so I can't comment on quality etc.

cheers
Paul

use the advanced search,
keywords = recovery points
select the D2 Forum
hit search.

there are hundreds,,,

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

use the advanced search,
keywords = recovery points
select the D2 Forum
hit search.

there are hundreds,,,

Of recommendations for sellers that no longer exist It's a bit like all those "Good Oil" posts which are full of broken links.

so you read them all??

and ANY time you want to step up and look after TGO,, be my guest.

seriously.

Arguably, one of the other reasons they are hard to find is, I believe, that the suppliers aren't willing to take the risk. I was advised by a couple of places (whom I admit had a vested interest in selling me something more expensive) that the chassis connection isn't designed to take the shock load as is. I invested in an engineered recover point which included a beefing up of the connection point to the chassis. It was several hundred dollars if I recall.

When I got my D2, I had a ridiculous conversation with Land Rover whose response was don't get yourself into the problem in the first place! They then said run a strap under the car from the rear tow bar to recover from the front!

Why one markets a vehicle for off road adventure and doesn't provide recovery points is beyond me.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

so you read them all??

and ANY time you want to step up and look after TGO,, be my guest.

seriously.

I don't begrudge you the good oil task at all Pedro.

That said I would contribute to a D2 FAQ if there was a way to set that up.

I now took the tip from here somewhere to use google search, prefix the search item with aulro then the key words you looking for.

i.e. aulro d2 recovery points.

seems to give you more specific results than the forum search engine and extends the search to other relevant forums like lroc's etc