NO TOW HOOKS

So as is obvious outside of many of our windows we have gotten a bit of snow in the past few weeks.

Storm #1 Acura Integra was attempting to get up an un-plowed driveway and inevitably got stuck. (Really stuck, the front wheels were unloaded) Now at this point I was blocked in at the end of the drive but I could have easily pulled him up the rest of the driveway except that this car had no tow hook/eye on the front of the car. In the end I was allowed to drive around the house on the grass and pull it out from behind (Thankfully it had a hook on the back end.)

Storm #2 Mitsubishi Eclipse- Car was parked at the end of the last storm at work and the owner couldn't rock it free. I pulled the Gwagen around like before for what should have been a quick 30 second pull. Nope, no tow hooks front OR back. Good thing it wasn't unloaded like the last one and that I brought a shovel with me.....

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Tow hooks are all the rage in the Honda tuning community...

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Presumably because after they lower them so much that they get stuck when so much as a flurry descends

Don't knock those hooks...! They are a must if you track your car.


I had a pair of them for the E55 when I took her to the track.

I had ones that looked like this:

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

Weird, I would have sworn the 90's Camrys I've played with had stamped tow hooks front and back...

On the list ot add to my little truck... front tow hooks...

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No merc at the moment

I can say with some certainty that the majority of tow-hook-equipped civics I've seen will never get anywhere near a track. Same principle as body kits.

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

So presumably I should find a Honda with one of these things and give him a pull in low range to see if his hook is properly welded in place or taped on

^^^^ What an ugly looking little cockroach ^^^^

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Pretty sure the wife's Element has a front hook, or loop or something welded to the subframe. I'll have to check.

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You're a daisy if you do.
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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

It does. Feel free to rescue stuck CRVs and Elements.

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You're a daisy if you do.
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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Every Japanese car I have owned has tow hooks front and back, all four corners.
They are used as tie down hooks while shipping from japan or on transports..

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"Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration...
don't Fail Us Now"

I first used a tow hook on a 1971 VW. When I bought the car the dealer said it would be removed during makeready, but I told him to leave it since I might need it someday. And I did.

Porsche's of that vintage have a big towing eye welded to the front pan. I don't recall how 911's then dealt with it, but 914's all have a button that pops out of the rear bumper and then you screw in an eye that comes with the tool kit.

It's just one of those things you hope you never need but are glad it is there when you do.

Looks like this one has a tiedown eye but pulling the car might rip off the bumper unless you hook it to the lower shock mount of the tow vehicle -



Sixto
87 300D

Lots of cars have screw-in eyes in the toolkit too, my VW is that way.

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

I was looking for those as well but I didn't see any.





(Car in question, perhaps the newer models have them?)