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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 03:07 PM
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I was under an 82 today and saw 2 "U" shaped brackets under the rear bumper and one bracket under the front bumper. What is the purpose of these?
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 03:18 PM
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I think you are talking about the brackets for the jack maybe.I've got an 82CE and I've used the front one thats under the licence plate for my floor jack.worked anyway
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the bracket on the front is a tow hook and the ones on the rear are to strap the car down.
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 04:42 PM
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The one in the front also saves your bacon when you go a little too deep into that parking spot
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The one in the front also saves your bacon when you go a little too deep into that parking spot
And it's also excellent for wrecking ornamental flowerbeds & borders outside pubs
The brackets on the back are quite heavy so I took them off.
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I have those on my 81, always wondered what they were for, especially the two in the back. I just took them for a trailer hitch mount or something I cut my front one off when I was redoing my front spoiler mount.

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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
the bracket on the front is a tow hook and the ones on the rear are to strap the car down.
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