Had and expensive ($600) fishing rod/cooler rack I took off my Tahoe when I bought the T4R, naturally wanted to use it. Searched a ton of hitch makers, most are supplied by Curt, but couldn't find a front mounting bracket. I could have gotten a rear swing away mount to fit into the rear receiver but that would be a nuisance and take away the use of the rear hitch. I decided to make my own using a Curt front hitch design for FJ Cruiser & older T4R's as Curt would not confirm a fit onto the redesigned 2010.
1. removed 4 plastic under panels from the fenders and skid plate
2. made a template from cardboard/wood/pvc. Had to remake it 3 times until it fit exactly as I wanted. Fastened everything solidly and fit a final time.
3.took it to an aluminum fabricator since I couldn't fing someone who worked in steel to make it up. Cost me $250 (ouch) but it looks good and works. Note: should be made out of steel as the aluminum flexes too much. The side uprights were made out of 1/4" diamond plate, the cross bar was 2" aluminum box tubing, the round rod rack holders were alum tubing slightly larger then the tubing on the rod rack.
4. with just a little cleanup with a file the aluminum bracket fit solidly under the front frame. It is bolted on each sider where the bumper bolts to the frame using 2 of 3 bolts on each side.
5.had to cut away sections of the plastic paneling removed in step 1 and all but one piece was put back. Could've left them off but didn't want sand to get into everything. With careful cutting you get a tight fitting professional look.
6. made 1" thick spacers of pressure treated hardwook to fill the gap between the uprights and front tow hooks. Drilled a hole through the uprights and wood and ran a long ss bolt from front of diamond plate through the tow eyes. Bolted in place with a metal spacer across the eye. Initially seemed plenty strong.
7. With a large, full heavy cooler in the rack the diamond plate uprights sagged. Ultimately fixed by running steel cable with quick release snaps through the grill to the upper radiator support bracket, works fine. A better choice would be reinforcing the the diamond plate or getting bracket made out of steel. Using steel and replacing the round tubing for the rod rack with
2" receiver tubing you could use the bracket as a front trailer or winch hitch.
8. finished the job by drilling horizontal holes through the receiver tubing and rod rack tubing and installed ss bolts and nuts to lock it in place and prevent theft.

A lot of work but I am happy with the result and it looks great. My friends say I have a lean, mean fishing machine.
Pictures in my albums.

There ARE pictures. A careful read of the OP's post shows "Pictures in my albums. "

I'm using tapatalk iPhone app and I can't go to your photo album. When the photos are posted here in the thread I can see them.

He was talking about THIS THREAD. Yes, there are pictures of his work, but not in the thread where they should be.

Regardless, it is nice work and looks like a very quality setup. Love the welding work!

I did a quick copy and paste for people always better with them in the actual thread.

+1. Whats with everyone using the album thing lately?

I don't get this mod. Do you park the truck next to the lake/river/ocean and cast the lines and put it in the rack? Or are you putting the rods in the rack and driving 75 mph down a highway to the fishing hole?

Beach driving from spot to spot.

Nice work! Looks great.

If you're a surf fisherman you understand the front rod rack. At home I just use it to carry my rods to the beach, however, I can't drive on the beach on our island. I do go up to the Outer Banks (approx 300 miles) and NJ (approx 600 miles) and in both places I drive on the beach so my T4R becomes a rolling tackle box. I rarely fish from the rack since the angle is too steep and you can't get the rods out easily or fast. A lot of guys have the rack modified with angled holders so they can fish out of the rack.

A thought about adding pictures to a thread;
1. I don't know how to do it other then using the album provided. Not the most efficient but it works.
2. The album permits searching and more importantly allows you to put commentary with each photo which cuts down on guessing what the photo is all about.
3. Using the album keeps the thread/message file from getting overly long.
4. It is not very difficult for anyone to click on a sender's albums and get the photos.
Anyway thanks for all the feedback, love my T4R and I have almost finished my mods.

You can use the little paperclip icon when you are writing a post. Once you put the pics into the post, you can write your own comments in between the pics. This thread is also searchable. I like them in the thread because you can put the picture right under the explanation. I would recommend using the photo album function only for posting pics of your truck and/or trips you went on and things like that, but for demonstrating how you did a mod, I personally like it in the thread...right there where you need it to understand it.

By the way, I really like what you did with the rod holder! This is a great mod that is highly useful for those folks that do hardcore surf fishing. I like what it looks like without it hooked in too...looks like you have cannons under there...Bond...James Bond.

That is nice but it could block the air flow to cool the trainy and radiator.