ARB Recovery Point

Anyone have any info on this ARB Recovery Point...

It was just at sema. Couldnt find anymore info on it. Kinda interested in it. I have a ARB Bumper and just have the Factory tow points which I do not like. Im thinking its only for the 2016 model but not to sure and could be wrong.
I have also been looking at getting this...
https://www.bpfabricating.com/products/tacoma-recovery-tow-hook

Will it work for a 2010 and other years? Where can I get it? Anything else similar for a Recovery point?

Thanks.

 

Noticed the same thing. Pretty sure it was on a 3rd gen. I have no idea if the mounting points are same over both gens.

With that said price is going to be $$$. I've seen the same style ARB recovery points for Prados and FJs and Land Cruisers for the Aussie guys and they are up in the $150-200+ range

Edit: you should get a mod to move this to "2nd gen" not the for sale section

 

Yeah $150-$200 seems a bit expensive. Though the Bulletproof Fab Recovery Point is $100.

 

It was a prototype at SEMA, so there won't be any info about it unless they told you there.

 

Doesn't your TRD OR have the big beefy hook on the passenger side? I just bought one used for my base model for $40. It's stout as hell. Being a one-piece Toyota part I'd trust it more than I trust a flashy expensive aftermarket piece. People say straps could "slip off" it but I call BS, I've used mine multiple times and there's no way it was slipping off, especially not with those little knobby things on the tip of the hook. Not needing a shackle is a advantage as far as I'm concerned, one less part in the chain and no metal-on-metal point contacts causing super high stresses.

 

I bought one for my base this summer. I too have complete faith in it and also like that there's no need for a shackle.

 

I was honestly disappointed that my ARB bumper for the 2nd gen does not have a recovery point built in. The 1st gen bumper has two d-ring mounting points on the front. Seems like an oversight on their end. I know the factory frame has recover point locations, but for the price of an ARB you figure they would have built them in again.

This seems like an interesting addition, but its all cost dependent. At $150-200 is it really that much stronger than the factory point?

 

Looks like it would mount up to both 2nd and 3rds there is no changes in that area as far as I know, here's a pic of that area.

 

I was going to ask: Don't ARB bumpers have recovery points? Then I looked at some pics and I see that they don't seem to. What a bunch of crap. Now I'm even more glad that I didn't buy one.

You can to do this for $40.

http://sosoffroadconcepts.com/factory-recovery-replacement/

 

The arb one looks significantly stronger and I would consider it over one of these smaller bolt on recovery points . . I did get this one for free but might replace it with this ARB one if it becomes available, and send it along to another member...

 

BPF recovery point is definitely overpriced for what it is. There is was a very similar one on eBay for like $30.

And like someone else posted the SOS point is another good option at $40 or whatever.

If I was going to spend $200 on a recovery point I'd just up the ante/budget to the full recovery bar that MobArmor has.

That's all assuming my price estimate of 150-200 is correct. Some of them are in the $240-330 range which is absolutely nuts.

 

I've been looking at bumper options and pretty much every bumper manufacturer has front recovery points for shackles except ARB....kinda bummed about that considering the premium that ARB charges.

 

What exactly did you buy, a part meant for the TRD OR?

 

Yep, the TRD OR tow hook to replace that cheesy little bracket that was supposed to be a recovery point. I did use it a few times, but I wouldn't have trusted it on a real pull.

 

Yeah I agree I over looked this when I bought this bumper. Thought the stock recovery points would do but I found out the hard way. Im glad you said something about the SOS recovery point. I will probably get this at some point.

Thanks.

 

I'm mainly going on heresay, but it was always my understanding that ARB integrating crumple points into their bumper mounting horns enabled them to be DOT approved. The lack of recovery pull points is due to these crumple zones and if you pull hard enough you can throw your bumper out of whack because of it. ARB calls em bull bars for a reason. They were meant to take a kangaroo hit in the outback or whatever. Now how a winch integrates into that equation, idk. I've seen some of the guys over on the FJ forums make mention of bending the mounts with some serious recovery pulls on an ARB with aftermarket mounting points welded on.

 

Seems logical.

 

They've made them for bumpers made that aren't airbag compliant (aka Jeep Wranglers), and they make some beefy recovery points on there. I think it is a deal with the crush rates of the bracket systems. Also a winch pull is more controlled than a snatch pull, so the bumper is less likely to budge or move a whole bunch, especially since the winch is centrally mounted in the bumper.

I wanna see pictures of that!!!

 

I want to see pictures of stock recovery points that have failed. Not the shipping tie down point...if you hook to that your a moron. Every one is talking about recovery points failing. Let's see some pictures. I like carnage.