Painted recovery hooks

Have any of you guys painted the recovery hooks on your trucks? If so, how did it turn out? I was thinking of maybe painting my front hook just to make it easier to see. I'd love to see some pics.

 

The Previous owner of my Off Road put a Sport chin spoiler on it. Today I was planning to take it off and PlastiDip the tow hook red.

 

I took my chin strap off and put on an OR tow hook. I also planned on doing red. Would you mind posting pics?

 

Sure, I have four coats on it so far - I have no patience for the "30 minutes between coats".

I am not sure what my plan is for the bolts. I didn't bother spraying them as I knew the socket would just rip off the coating. Although, I doubt the bolts will be visible.

 

Four coats of Plastidip. It is a much deeper red in person. I decided to remount the hook to the truck and tape the whole area off and respray the hook and the bolts.


I guess it was necessary to do it this way if you want to spray the entire hook and then spray the bolts.

I am waiting for a bit to add the Glossifier.

 

So I did a couple more coats of red and then two coats of the glossifier while the hook was back on the truck - so I could get the bolts. I think it turned out well, although it is not very noticeable.

 

That's cool little pop of color though. I'm doing mine today. I opted for paint instead of plastidip though. We'all see how it goes.

 

I think paint is the way to go, I don't have the hook but I painted my shackles. The plasti dip looks good but if you were to ever us the hook I feel the dip would just peel off.

 

Looks good.

 

I did mine in glossy Apple from Rustoleum.

 

Thanks, that's a good way to put it, it "pops".

 

You are probably right. I just used the red PlastiDip I had in my garage.

 

I painted mine to match my BBP truck

 

Dude, that looks good. Really like the color matched accents.
How are liking that skid plate? Is that steel or aluminum?

 

Thanks! I really like it. It's a great design, install takes a few minutes, looks good, and has an access door for oil changes. I went steel to save cost and for additional strength. More pictures are below and also in my build page linked in my signature

 

That a kit you bought??

 

Which item/items?

 

These

 

No, each item was purchased individually.

The tow hook is the OEM tow hook that comes on the offroad model. I painted it blue to match the truck.

The skid plate is from RCI and is steel. I painted it with bedliner and then stenciled out TRD with blue paint to match. I posted more photos a few posts up.

All of the recovery gear are various items I purchased individually as well.

 

Ohh ok