I need to remove the factory towhooks on my 1999 F250. They're getting a little brown and I don't want them to rust so I'm going to paint them. Can anyone tell me how I can go about doing this?

 

you might need to remove the bumper but they bolt from the bottom of the frame. there are 3 bolts. remove those and the hooks slide right out of the frame.

 

I figured out I'm going to have to remove the bumper. After breaking two rachets and a socket. That will be tomorrows project I guess.

 

that's easy. just 2 nuts one each side. right next to the bumper. and i would use an impact. if you have one

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next to the tow hooks*

 

I went and bought a air compressor this morning. I can't get them off without an impact wrench.

 

I think ford put some sort of super loctite on the bolts.

 

You need to use a good lube, not WD-40, not PB, not Marvel, use a High pressure chain lube, like what Napa carries, spray and wait 5 min, they will spin right off.

 

I just said the he** with it and taped it off and painted that way. It actually turned out pretty nice from the way it was before.

Driver side before painting
Driver side after
Passenger side after
Full front view

 

it's just to bad ford didn't make them big enough to put a standard chain thru. LOL

 

I know. I've found that an issue a lot here in the past few weeks. I needed to move a log out of a trail last week and was unable to because my chain wouldn't go through. I decided to just drive over it and scrapped real bad.