TRD sport tow hooks

How many of you guys with TRD sports switched out the stick tow hooks and replaced it with something stronger? If so what did you replace it with?

 

I switched to these with grade 8 bolts. Cost about $10 each.

www.warn.com/truck/accessories/images/114/Tow-Hooks.jpg

 

Don't expect those to hold the weight of your truck at all. I've heard too many horror stories of them straightening at the wrong time.

 

I just swapped mine out for the stock Off Road model hook. It's hella robust forged steel, and has a little tooth at the end of the hook to keep a strap in place.

I can attest to its strength. When I rolled my truck, we used that little hook plenty to get me turned around, then to pull me uphill a couple miles on a 4x4 hi-clearance trail, then to tow me a couple hours to Ridgecrest across both dirt and pavement.

 

They're better than the stock hooks and I'm not aware of other hooks that are available. I've been pulled out of sand with them a few times but nothing major. I'd imagine if I was sucked in some deep mud they would bend.