Front Tow Hook

[1992HondaAccord]

I am thinking about making a front tow hook for my car but not sure how to install it right and how strong it would be? has anybody installed one theirself, and any DIY?

[keepinitclean]

well there is no "safe and functional" way to install a front tow hook so you must take off your bumper and bolt it straight on to your plastic (very thick) bumper support....It will be for looks only though! You'd have to use your OEM front tow hooks if you ever do need to use them.

[redlined302]

Alex pretty much said it all right there and answered it

[keepinitclean]

thank you sir

and good luck with the install!

[1992HondaAccord]

well there is no "safe and functional" way to install a front tow hook so you must take off your bumper and bolt it straight on to your plastic (very thick) bumper support....It will be for looks only though! You'd have to use your OEM front tow hooks if you ever do need to use them.

i didnt know it had an OEM tow hook. where is it at and whats it look like?

[NightmareCB7]

Heres my home made real tow hooks.

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=184596

[1992HondaAccord]

Nice!! thanks for the link NightmareCB7!! now thats what im gunna make instead

[NightmareCB7]

Your welcome.

They are made for work. I have used them to pull cars and the bumper back out on a friends truck too.

[deevergote]

There is no OEM "tow hook" in the same sense as the ones people install. The hooks on your car are not there to pull the car out of a ditch, or tow it down the road. They are there to strap the car down to a towtruck.

The only way to make a truly functional front tow hook is to devise a way to mount it securely, as NightmareCB7 did. Anything else is merely cosmetic... and in my opinion, laughable. A tow hook screwed to your plastic bumper is just as comedic as a "turbo" badge on a non-turbo car, a hood scoop that doesn't actually go through the hood, or hubcaps made to look like rims.

[1992HondaAccord]

There is no OEM "tow hook" in the same sense as the ones people install. The hooks on your car are not there to pull the car out of a ditch, or tow it down the road. They are there to strap the car down to a towtruck.

The only way to make a truly functional front tow hook is to devise a way to mount it securely, as NightmareCB7 did. Anything else is merely cosmetic... and in my opinion, laughable. A tow hook screwed to your plastic bumper is just as comedic as a "turbo" badge on a non-turbo car, a hood scoop that doesn't actually go through the hood, or hubcaps made to look like rims.

yeah i looked under my car and found them.. those are useless!!

[deevergote]

For what they were designed for, they're quite useful. Far more useful than a tow hook screwed to a plastic bumper

[1992HondaAccord]

For what they were designed for, they're quite useful. Far more useful than a tow hook screwed to a plastic bumper

yeah i am going to make the tow hook and weld it onto the OEM tow hook so hopefully it will be very strong!