i'm looking for good ideas on where to mount a Hi-Lift on a stock JK. i plan on buying a rear bumper in the future which will most likely have a spot for a jack, but in the mean time i have to find a good spot to mount one. if anyone has pics that happen to show a Hi-Lift mounted in a good location i would like to see them.
i'm looking for good ideas on where to mount a Hi-Lift on a stock JK. i plan on buying a rear bumper in the future which will most likely have a spot for a jack, but in the mean time i have to find a good spot to mount one. if anyone has pics that happen to show a Hi-Lift mounted in a good location i would like to see them.
Look at the meathook hanging off the back of that thing!! It looks like it belongs in a side of beef or something. I definitely would not want to rear-end him.
That doesnt look cool at all to me. I wouldnt want to wreck with that on the hood thats for sure. hell, you would probably get pulled over up here for that.
That doesnt look cool at all to me. I wouldnt want to wreck with that on the hood thats for sure. hell, you would probably get pulled over up here for that.
You can see mine in this pic. 2 exhaust clamps and a piece of garage door track. If you have a full top it's out of the elements too. Normally there is a padlock on the end, but I busted the foot and am awaiting a replacement.
Why? Because the rollbars are more angled? That's only the case on the Unlimited, and they still terminate very near the tailgate, so I think mounting it low would still be possible.
I bought a hi-lift when I got my trooper, so many years ago. It didn't really work though because the bumpers on the trooper were too flimsy. As a result, my hi-lift is in several parts, scattered around my shed and/or my garage. But once summer comes, if I can find all the parts, I plan to mount it to my rear bumper in some fashion. I have the Mopar off road rear bumper, so it doesn't quite have the flat space on all surfaces that would be useful for the mounting - but I'll find a way to do it somehow. Right now I am thinking of mounting it on the underside of the bumper, but we'll see how it goes.
Update: looking at it, no, that will not work, due to the hitch. damn.
I have a TJ, but my bar is bolted to the top of my rear bumber, and the parts are stashed all over the Jeep.
With as few times as a High Lift is useful (so far........zero), I'm willing to take the extra couple of minutes to assemble it if I ever need it (not likely).
Most useful thing about the Hi-Lift... the handle makes a great breaker bar extension, and can be kept next to the driver's seat for....whatever. And, the cops can't give you grief for carrying it, because it's part of your jack.
I like this mount, but don't know if I want to drill holes... I was planning to dril rear bumper and mount it horizontally, but I may take this option.
Yeah, I will probably do something like this. The trooper was nice because there was space in the sides of the cargo area panels to store stuff - but not so on the JK. It does have the little spot near the cargo door, but the hi-lift parts would suck up most of that space I think. I dunno what I will do. I have a feeling I will drill some holes in the handle bar, so I can bolt that on to the bumper too, but I dunno what I will do with the working-part of the jack. We'll see.
Yeah, I will probably do something like this. The trooper was nice because there was space in the sides of the cargo area panels to store stuff - but not so on the JK. It does have the little spot near the cargo door, but the hi-lift parts would suck up most of that space I think. I dunno what I will do. I have a feeling I will drill some holes in the handle bar, so I can bolt that on to the bumper too, but I dunno what I will do with the working-part of the jack. We'll see.
Just thinking out loud and since I don't have a HiLift to measure, I'm going to throw this out. Would one fit on the inside of the tailgate door mounted horizontally?
Will the high lift jack work with the new plastic bumper cover?
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