Tow hooks on 2023 Denali

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BobHolthaus

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Is it possible to add tow hooks to a 2023 Denali? Has Adaptive Cruise if that changes anything. Thanks.
 

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Anything can be added to anything with the right desire. I believe tow hooks were intended for AT4's only by default.
 

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If im not mistaken, adaptive cruise components causes issues with tow hooks being installed.
 

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Is it possible to add tow hooks to a 2023 Denali? Has Adaptive Cruise if that changes anything. Thanks.
The adaptive cruise sensors utilize the passenger side recovery hook location. You can bolt in a factory recovery hook on the drivers side. There is an access panel that pops off for this purpose.

Problem is that a recovery hook from a Z71 Tahoe or 1500 pickup doesn’t stick out far enough from the bumper to be useful. To my knowledge GM does not make a recovery hook that fits the non Z71/AT4 front bumper properly.

It looks like you can add the rough country shackle brackets to the driver side front end and it will work. A member of this board, trailzrider, has a profile picture of this. Note, trailzrider does not have adaptive cruise so he has recovery points added to driver and passenger sides of his vehicle.
 

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This is all great info. So maybe I can add one to the drivers side, the rough country. Any chance you can get a part number from that guy? This won’t be a recovery point used often, but it is an SUV that will be taken on muddy roads, and we are a family of Jeepers, so I can’t fathom a $90,000 SUV that can’t pull (or be pulled) someone out of a mud puddle.

I bought the recovery point for the rear trailer hitch receiver. But I’d be much happier with something up front as well. Thanks guys.
 

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For the previous generation, if you had adaptive cruise, you could only add a passenger side tow hook.
 

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