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Hood Mount Hilift

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#1 ·
What do you guys think of a hood mounted hi lift on a 2000 xterra? I am seriously considering trying it.

Comments suggestion yay or nay?!
 
#3 ·
:biggrin: I can dig the look for holding the jack out in front of you. Though my dad still has his old 70s Chevy pickup with the spare tire mounted in front of the grille so maybe I'm used to seeing oddities.

For front mounting options, you're going to be running into the problem of the vehicle curves for sure. The Hi-Lift is a straight piece of metal while the hood and bumper all curves back and has some aerodynamics to them.

If you're set on trying something out I think a bracket underneath the lights mounted on your bumper would be the best way to go. It probably wouldn't be difficult to fab something out through the mouth piece even. At the ends it will still stick out from the body like whiskers, but it probably wouldn't be terrible. And there you won't be adding weight to the hood mounts and it'll be below all the headlights if you want to leave the jack mounted at night.
 
#7 ·
Naw, It's a Jeep thing....

....mostly because a Jeep hood hinge isn't all the way back at the windshield. An X's is, so no matter what it's going to be weight on the hood if you want to open it, and it's not flat so it's going to look a bit goofy. Just my opinion, if I seen it done who knows I might change my mind.
 
#10 ·
I'm still undecided, I'm going to out tomorrow and mock up what it would look like. Prop it up on wooden blocks or something.
Pics tomorrow!!
 
#11 ·
As Airmapper said, the Jeeps are able to do it because of the hinge location. They also have another benefit in that the windshield does not go all the way down to the hood. This allows a gap to place something out of their direct line of sight, so it isn't an issue for them. If you mount to the hood, it's going to be in your line of sight. I wouldn't trust putting a 50+ pound chunk of steel on the piece of plastic in front of the windshield. That's just me though.


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#13 ·
As Airmapper said, the Jeeps are able to do it because of the hinge location. They also have another benefit in that the windshield does not go all the way down to the hood. This allows a gap to place something out of their direct line of sight, so it isn't an issue for them. If you mount to the hood, it's going to be in your line of sight. I wouldn't trust putting a 50+ pound chunk of steel on the piece of plastic in front of the windshield. That's just me though.


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my thoughts exactly. it looks kind of cool but I don't think it's worth risking. Is the base resting on the hood?
 
#15 ·






Mocked up.
What do you think?
I guess I just fail to recognize the benefits of it being there. It seems like it would still be easier to remove from the roof rails, and it isn't a danger to your passengers up there. I guess if you like it then more power to you though.


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