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Base plate brackets attach to your vehicle's frame to provide fixed attachment points for your tow bar.
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Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (169 Customer Reviews)
Base plate brackets attach to your vehicle's frame to provide fixed attachment points for your tow bar.The product was received as expected. The brackets aligned with all points and bolted up first time. The hardware was great, except two lock washer short (but not a problem as I had extras in my parts bins) and double the number of flat washers (extras for the next project). But is was great to have all optional bolts, washers and nuts supplied. Instructions were easy to follow and complete with one excepting. I need a bracket part from the old brackets and that was not included in the instructions, but was clear as I aligned everything in the pre assembly.
The mounts worked well the only problem I had was the directions had the mounts backwards so I had to reverse them to make my tow bar fit correct. The mount are very strong.
Jim R.
8/4/2018
Just got back from a 3,500 mile trip towing our Jeep and had no problems. The mounts stayed tight and worked perfect.
Very well made and Fit perfectly . Was easy to install ... Good and secure ...I was missing a few washers and nuts ... but wasn't a problem ... just got them at a hardware store and was able to complete the job ... Highly recommend
These brackets are just what I needed for my Stowmaster Tow Bar.
Easy application.
Brackets fit perfectly and are easy to install. For my 1999 Jeep TJ I also needed the adapter bar, RM-025 to fit my Reese tow bar.
Great service. Fast delivery with standard free shipping. Able to track shiing progress straight to my door. Will buy from etrailer again.
These were easy to install and exactly what I needed to tow my Jeep.
Bob S.
1/3/2014
Can these base plates be mounted if I have a winch on the front bumper? and do you use holes already in the bumper or have to drill new ones? can a Roadmaster Falcon 2 Tow bar be connected to these mounts?Thanks Bob S.
Jeep P.
2/6/2015
These were easy to install and were exactly what I expected. I am very pleased with this product.
Fast delivery, great service, right part, n 2 hour installation
Everything was there and it fit perfect on my 2002 Wrangler. It took about an hour and a half to install. Great product.
The instructions are good and the installation went smoothly.
Perfect fit for my 2005 Jeep Wrangler TJ using a Roadmaster Stowmaster 5000.
Remove bumper and front wheels. Bracket B is the only hole to be drilled for installing. Bracket C bolts thru existing steering box bolt hole. Bracket E bolts from main bar A to existing rigging eye in your samurai to anchor and secure the base plate. (See pictures) hope this helps. Only negative for me is the base plate sticks out in front instead of below bumper. All parts needed for installation where in the box.
I am super happy with this and the base plates for it. I am impressed that these parts were bought separately and fit like a glove together!
This thing is a really frustrating. For $xxx it should be a lot better even from the beginning where people understand the install situation. It isn't really a bolt on as step one is cut and grind off the factory tow hook. This isn't mentioned by RM. The instructions are a joke - they mix up front and back all the while telling you to read the instructions closely. And the support is really frustrating. If you have 3 questions with photos, etc, they answer only one question per email. You should stop selling this unit until you install it with a video on some vans of maybe different years and maybe RM will listen to you and update their instructions and as far as I can tell so far the hardware needs at least some different hardware. Until then sell the RM Westy front bumper with Clevises already on it for about the same money.
installed the tow brackets per the instructions - the pictures in the instructions were small and weren't real helpful so I contacted Customer Service which sent me detailed photos of an installation on a similar vehicle - helped a lot! Thanks! Within a week we were off on a cross country trip down to Mexico, put on 6000 miles and then retorqed the bracket bolts. This is a good product, easy to use, and we've used it pretty hard - no problems so far!
Very easy to install and well built product. Instructions made the job go smoothly. With the tight tolerance on the backing plate bolt spacing, I had to do a small amount of filing on the 1989 Jeep Cherokee frame holes so that the plates would slide easily through. Other than that, no real problems. As mentioned in the instructions, I had to cut small sections out of the top and bottom of the bumper for the new brackets but the install looks really clean.
Did have to cut off factory tow hook with a hack saw. Straight forward install otherwise and good quality.
The product fits perfectly. Installation is somewhat easy except drilling the opening on the frame. The arms are holding down very strong, good quality.
I finally have my parts today,I waited 5 Days but I Guess that's How It Is.The Set up was Not Hard at all,I had all the parts to Install it ,And Yes I will buy Again if I Need something else!
High Quality Product. Install instructions don't go into enough detail in step by step. A little vague for the Non-Expert installer. Nut Plates provided for rear mounting bolts are wider than the holes available in sub-frame for install. Had to mill sides of pads to get them into the frame for install. No instructions or fish wires to get them into place. Had to manufacture own fish wire system to get the plates in place for install. Once mods were completed and hardware designed and built, installation was pretty much straight forward. I would not consider this kit for a novice installer. Sorry I didn't take pictures of the "wide" nut plate situation and my redesign (width reduction)
made strong took about 3 hours my tow hooks on my suzuki samural were bent out so that slow me down a bit i used 5 pound sledge out bang them straight then bolts went in i turn the front wheels to the right so to drill the hole in the frame used small bit then went for larger one work out well follow direction they did work but lacking illustration .works good
A little scary at first but went on my Geo Tracker easily. Extremely solid once installed. Made the tow from CA to Ohio a breeze. I did have to make some adapters to fit my towbar but that's not the fault of your product.
Delivery of the products was EXTREMELY fast.
The installation instructions referred to a page with adjustment instructions but the page was not included and I couldn't find the missing page on-line either. Installation was a bit more complicated than I thought it was going to be.
Very sturdy product. It should do a great job for me.
This product is accurately made and heavily built, with good, clean welds. If I could critique anything they should have provided a stud for the center frame mounting bolt so the lower splash shield could be reinstalled easily- I had to fabricate brackets to make it work. Otherwise- excellent! 50 year professional mechanic here.
Very happy with the service I received, and so pleased with the base plate easy to install. Pics soon. Thank you etrailer
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Jim K.
7/1/2014
The brackets have performed as expected, no problems or concerns.