Hi, Guest
04-07-2013, 01:51 AM
You can use them for recovery, not towing. Towing needs a solid bar from the car being towed to the tow vehicle.
Anyway, wayyyy back on topic or question.
Yes I have thought about placing a tow hook on my Gen 2. (Really no difference from Gen 1. But the placement is a PITA. The front and rear crash bars (Boxes) are not suitable to hold a tow hook. The box will just bend and may break off like you see in Youtube videos.
If you do go to that position from the bar you would have to make it stronger by plating it with harden 1/8 steel and attaching it to the frame rails and weld a nut on to scew in the tow hook.
I figured we could maybe go off of the 2 front frame rails that link up to the box but if you hit a snag on the ground you will just break the welds or twist the frame. The rear of the car is really were you would want to create a tow hook as usually you would drive into something instead of reversing into something.
This is a tricky situation. You would have to test and trial it but know that I will be installing one on the Gen 2 later this year as she is being rebuilt for the track and for some unknow reason my gf wants it road legal too... Probably misses the rough ride and loud noises
Good luck and if you do it, take pics.
Anyway, wayyyy back on topic or question.
Yes I have thought about placing a tow hook on my Gen 2. (Really no difference from Gen 1. But the placement is a PITA. The front and rear crash bars (Boxes) are not suitable to hold a tow hook. The box will just bend and may break off like you see in Youtube videos.
If you do go to that position from the bar you would have to make it stronger by plating it with harden 1/8 steel and attaching it to the frame rails and weld a nut on to scew in the tow hook.
I figured we could maybe go off of the 2 front frame rails that link up to the box but if you hit a snag on the ground you will just break the welds or twist the frame. The rear of the car is really were you would want to create a tow hook as usually you would drive into something instead of reversing into something.
This is a tricky situation. You would have to test and trial it but know that I will be installing one on the Gen 2 later this year as she is being rebuilt for the track and for some unknow reason my gf wants it road legal too... Probably misses the rough ride and loud noises
Good luck and if you do it, take pics.
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