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Jeep Wrangler 2000 Bolt and Nut opinions please!!!!

I just purchased one of those fancy Warn Rock front bumpers, a Warn 9.5 ti winch and the Warn winch plate that ties everything together for my 2000 Jeep Wrangler. To install everything together, I need 'torx' bits, 'allen' wrench bits, and the regular 6 point bolt and sockets to install everything. My question is, should I bag the torx and allen bolts and just buy and go reliable with the 6 point regular nut and bolt stuff I am familiar with? It would be so easy to use the original torx and allen stuff than to buy the 6 point stuff I could easily get a wrench on. Should I just use the 'default' torx and allen stuff and save initial install time or should I be consistent, comfortable and use the 6 point stuff I am used to in the past life to wrench crank?

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Timothy Chilson
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Go with regular hex-head hardware... Grade 5 or Grade 8... and forget the torx-stuff. :)

Jerry

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Jerry Bransford

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David C. Moller

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Roy J

Thanks guys, I'm the original poster and I apologize for being so goofy and vague with my original post but after a tough week, I had a few beers when I originally posted my question and I was not at my mentally best but I guess you knew what I'm getting at. I'm a hex head guy and I do not like the torx head stuff and the allen head stuff. My feeling is that when I install my new bumper and winch, I want to go with hex head material. My new question: Why in the he*l does Jeep (and other manufacturers) use anything but the hex head? I have stripped the heads of so many torx and allen, why do car manufacturers continue to see them?

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JeePenn

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Roy J

If you've got good quality TORX bits you can put more torque on them than on a hex head. Of course, if you bought cheap, Autozone bits, all bets are off.

-- Old Crow '82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl' '95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1 TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51

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Old Crow

Hex heads tend to be a lot deeper than torx though.

Dave Milne

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Dave Milne

Huh????

Up here in the rust belt there is usually nothing left for any torx bit to grab onto, good quality or crap quality.

I always figured those damn torx bolts were just a pure rip off money maker for the dealer when having to do any repairs. They always have to be drilled out and tapped for a proper bolt to go back in so you can add an extra half hour's labor for each bolt that has to come off.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
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Mike Romain

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