i want to get a pair of tow hooks for my 2005 chevy blazer 2wd, and was wondering how they look/fit becouse they dont look like they would fit so any pics of 2nd gens with tow hooks would be like im thinking of getting the old style chevy 1500 hooks not the newer kind they have on the new z71.

 

You mean the extraction hooks on the front bumper/frame? Or you want to put a tow hook on the rear of the vehicle?

 

extraction hooks. i guess we just call them tow hooks,

 

Well yea, I call em tow hooks too...but I just wanted to clarify..and needed another name for 'em, since tow hooks could go to either end of the vehicle

And I take it yours didn't come with them...which I find odd...as most all blazers I have seen have a pair up front.
You should check out Synergy Offroad and look at the Receiver Tubes and Receiver Shackles. Tow Hooks (open ended design) are not very strong, and not meant for really 'towing', just for emergency extraction (as read from the owner's manual). Closed loop shackles (think full size truck equipment) are much stronger, will not snap, and look cool [8D].

Do you happen to know if the Chevy 1500s were hooks or shackles?

 

well all chevys i seen have hooks not sackles i just want the hooks just in case last time i was leaveing a spot where i was just watching a ranger mud and i got stuck and ther was no where to hook up a chain he had so we wraped it around the ifs and sins it was my dd i needed it unstuck quik but if it would of screwd my sterring i would be screwed to im not going to use them everyday it just in case and would rather have hooks then chackles.

 

Ahhh makes sense. Well if no one posts up by tomorrow, I can get ya a pic of my 2000 with the tow hooks! I'm sure someones got a pic though.

Glad the IFS extraction worked out for you

 

yea just like these i dont trust the newer hooks on the new z71 becouse like 12 friends have chevy 1500 and atlease one of the hooks broke and every single one. but i never seen a older model hook ever break, heres a link of what im looking at.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHEVR...spagenameZWDVW