tow hook install

[TheArkitekt]

Was hoping for some input on an aftermarket tow hook for my track s13. with my new aero kit the factory tow hooks are covered and i would like to have at least 1 if not 2 hooks that are acessable in case i go off and have to be towed back to the paddock.

Was planning on using something like this
http://www.napsusa.com/Nukabe/pictures/fronttowhook.gif

Does anyone have a photo of one installed (bumper off) front or rear?

thanks guys

Jason

[S14Cuhh]

ive been looking for tow hook install pics....never seen after market hooks done right

[pinkarrowsnow]

+2 I need to see this too also what hook is that pictured.

[zaquanh]

wow foreal , haha yall are wierd ,is this a serious question ?

hmm look up race car , or honda

or look at a FD, d1 car

see the lil red thing on the front
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1227/1158053347_2aa024e635.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2766571874_1063a1b986.jpg?v=0

RS*R Nissan Silvia S15 @ Infineon Raceway, Sonoma CA on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aric/440989282/)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1170/1209210512_39fb5f6482.jpg?v=1187840696

[TheArkitekt]

Does anyone have a photo of one installed (bumper off) front or rear?

please read....i can find pleny of pics of tow hooks. i just want to see how people attach them. I have an idea, but i want to see if anyone has any other ideas. S13 specific as well. please read the OP next time zaq

[S14Cuhh]

yah i wanna see a 13's setup not a honda, not a fully built car..

[upSLIDEdown]

WHY DO YOU NEED 5 TOW HOOKS?!!!!!!!!!!!


LMAO




P.S.
(you're probably too new to get that)

[ThatGuy]

Why do you need a 5th towhook?

Hahahahaha. Nice, jinx posting.

[upSLIDEdown]

You owe me a coke.

:rofl:

[boozels]

the easiest way is to weld a bracket.
That is the proper way to install a functional tow hook.

i am using this type on my car for the front.
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k207/boozels/ferraritowhook.jpg

I cut and removed two of the factory tow hooks for clearance issues with my exhaust and v-mount set up.
The other hooks are kinda worthless on a slammed car with aero.
To much clutter to get in there to hook a strap especially during a track event.
ask me how i know!

[upSLIDEdown]

Nice looking piece. Mind me asking where it came from, just cause I'm curious how much something like that runs.

[smelly240]

i laughed so hard @ the oldschool towhook post ref. u guys are sweet - that is a sweet tow hook tho.

[boozels]

Nagisa Auto Tow Hook Ferrari Style #F2 (Universal) (http://www.more-japan.com/product.php?productid=18342&cat=624&page=2)
more-japan.com
msrp is $135.00

But I know of another brand BMP that is a quality piece and runs only 60 bucks
bmpdesigns.com

[ThatGuy]

Step into my time machine...

http://zilvia.net/f/chat/166811-s13-tow-hooks.html

[ericcastro]

WHY DO YOU NEED 5 TOW HOOKS?!!!!!!!!!!!

:Owned:

Step into my time machine...

http://zilvia.net/f/chat/166811-s13-tow-hooks.html

:rofl::rofl:
:bigok:
:bowdown:


LOL,
I remember that thread!!
Zilvia's not even that tough anymore, lol
That was when i really started posting on here,
Burn the newbs and drop reds on the e-tards :)

thanks for the laugh during my chore break:bigok:

[KwKouki]

Just ziptie it to the bumper support......you will be straight.

dood if you track your car but dont know how to throw on a tow hook id hate to see your car prep.

[ericcastro]

dood if you track your car but dont know how to throw on a tow hook id hate to see your car prep.

^thought the same, but didn't say anything. lol
especially if you are tracking a car to the level you might need a tow hook. By the time your out of donuts and skidpads, single corner drifts, or local autocross,
you should know the answer to questions like this.



Just put it in the most secure place, and cut a hole/slit through your aero. thats what i see most guys doing that dont make there own plate and mount.

Or alot of guys nowdays are running hooks/loops that are made out of cloth materials.

[zaquanh]

haha wow foreal guy , to the op either weld it or get the one that bolts on , if you need a diagram to tell you how to install one u dont need to be workin on cars

[TheArkitekt]

wow guess i didnt make my first post clear enough. all i wanted were pictures of installed towhooks not covered by bumpers. I welded one on today and it works great, not a problem to install, but sometimes other people have good ideas about where to put them that might work better then what i did (although itll work just fine).

lock this shit.

[zaquanh]

wow guess i didnt make my first post clear enough. all i wanted were pictures of installed towhooks not covered by bumpers. I welded one on today and it works great, not a problem to install, but sometimes other people have good ideas about where to put them that might work better then what i did (although itll work just fine).

lock this shit.

sorry but yes shoulda ben clear and thats why they have a picture request thread too

[ericcastro]

You wanted people to search for pictures for you??

wow, thats lazy.

go to any formula D/ D1 / site and look.
Go to flickr and type in drift, and go through peoples photostream.
geez

At least your not lazy in life and got that shit done.

[TheArkitekt]

no i didnt want people to search for pictures for me, fuck all of you.

[ThatGuy]

Yes, you weren't clear on starting this thread, and we had some fun at your expense.

Clearly, fuck us.

You could have just rolled with it, and explained yourself better, let the punches roll off.
But no. It's easier to get butthurt and cry over it.

Fuck us, indeed.

[420sx]

no i didnt want people to search for pictures for me, fuck all of you.

hey. this is america. FUCK YOU.


if you need to tow your car just clip off the zipties holding your bumper and attach chain/tow rope to the stock hooks.

if you don't have zipties holding your bumper you are a **SNIP. :l101:

[ericcastro]

over 3700 post, join date of 04, and still doesn't know what is acceptable behavior and language on Zilvia.
wow!

To the OP.
If you wanted pictures of members towhooks, then you should have started a thread called,
"show your towhooks"
look around the threads, see how people do it.

Of course, a thread like that will be as exciting as a,"show your defrost button" thread.

you had me laughing Barry!

[francogt1]

i allways liked these but they would be stupid on a Street car
and you have to cut ur hood

im going to get one soon or make one.

They look BADASS
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n186/francogt1/towhook.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n186/francogt1/sex.jpg

[TheArkitekt]

i allways liked these but they would be stupid on a Street car
and you have to cut ur hood

im going to get one soon or make one.

They look BADASS


thanks man. I agree it looks cool, i might end up doing this, not sure yet.

and to the "cut the zipties and remove your bumper"

i could do that, problem is i dont keep sidecuts with me in the car while im on the track. lol. maybe i could, who knows...haha.

I would like the ability to just have the tow driver just hook up to an obvious tow hook so no mistakes are made that would damamge the car anymore then it might already be. this is mostly prompted from last year seeing the workers at an unnamed track nearly destroy a friends STi by hooking up to his front mount pipe (he should have checked i know, but still....) the tow drivers response was "you didnt have a tow sticker so i just hooked it up"

[Marcus]

LOL at both this thread and the other one a year ago.

they're going almost in the same direction
WHY DO YOU NEED A 5TH TOW HOOK?
that killed me. hah

[420sx]

over 3700 post, join date of 04, and still doesn't know what is acceptable behavior and language on Zilvia.
wow!

you had me laughing Barry!

i am sorry i offended your sexuality.

its the quality of the threads i see recently that makes me not want to watch my mouth.
start posting something interesting and i will respond accordingly.


rear tow hooks can be removed, just weld in aftermarket one and cut the bumper.
oh, and you should always have a pair of cutter/snips in the car. helps on the track a lot to have mini tool set.

[3AM]

you install and extra tow hook so you dont kill your bodykit when u get towed, the factory hook sits higher than the base of the lip and the tow strap puts upward pressure on the bottom of the kit and can crack or break it...

it is also easier for the marshalls as they dont have to dig under your front bar when your beached as bro.

to install a tow hook, either straight onto the chassis rail, or space it out with a thick peice of steel box pipe

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1010/towhooksc2.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/550/towhook2zb5.jpg

[irax]

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1010/towhooksc2.jpg


so... wait... you installed a tow hook where an existing one is.... and you didn't move it out further to ease accessibility? could of just used the decals to point where the stock one is! LOL ! I mean when I install one because i will be ultra low and "racing" i want it to be sticking out of the bumper fucking clear as day that it is meant for towing. yours doesn't even go further than the bumper bar

[Koopa Troopa]

please read....i can find pleny of pics of tow hooks. i just want to see how people attach them. I have an idea, but i want to see if anyone has any other ideas. S13 specific as well. please read the OP next time zaq


They bolt to existing threaded holes on the frame rails...

[3AM]

irax have you ever tried to tow a car out of a sandtrap with a factory tow hook before? maybe you should think about you post next time

ill draw a diagram so u can understand

http://i44.tinypic.com/34pdoah.jpg

it sticks out far enough for the Marshalls to access and shackle it fine, have been towed out of sand on many occasions.

the reason it doesnt stick out all the way:
I have respect for my fellow competitors.
have you ever seen what a sticking out tow hook does in even a minor crash?!
It punches straight through whatever you hit, the hook is recessed out of courtesy, If I bump into someone on the track, rather than tear them a new one, the force is spread over the front reo bar, and the damage is reduced.

Ive seen what looked like a minor nose to nose drifting hit, but the tow hook on the following car punched clean through the radiator of the other car.

[98koukile]

so... wait... you installed a tow hook where an existing one is.... and you didn't move it out further to ease accessibility? could of just used the decals to point where the stock one is! LOL ! I mean when I install one because i will be ultra low and "racing" i want it to be sticking out of the bumper fucking clear as day that it is meant for towing. yours doesn't even go further than the bumper bar

You're an idiot... to any normal person it would be blatantly obvious how much more convenient his new one is. It doesn't have to be sticking out, just more accessible with aero attached. Please go find some zipties to occupy your time:cj:

[irax]

You're an idiot... to any normal person it would be blatantly obvious how much more convenient his new one is. It doesn't have to be sticking out, just more accessible with aero attached. Please go find some zipties to occupy your time:cj:

then all he needs is stickers pointing to the tow hook if all he wanted was ease of access.

[98koukile]

And that would keep the tow straps from ruining his aero how? He put the new one somewhere where nothing would get damaged now. The factory hook is BELOW the bumper, this one is through an opening

[irax]

lol are you saying that he would crash in such a way that the bumper wouldnt be distroyed or come off anyways? lol i am just saying that if he wanted it to be easy to find that he could of extended it out like majority of actual race cars.

[98koukile]

He could get stuck in the sand or something, or break down and need a tow. I'm just saying, he added a tow hook without it looking completely ricer and it's more functional than stock. Not everyone has an actual race car or considers their 240 one

[KA-T_240]

I am going to weld one onto the frame on my car that comes out the front bumper so I can tow it with out removing or damaging my lip.

[irax]

He could get stuck in the sand or something, or break down and need a tow. I'm just saying, he added a tow hook without it looking completely ricer and it's more functional than stock. Not everyone has an actual race car or considers their 240 one

true, but if he doesn't track/race his car then it's more rice than anything because the factory tow hooks work fine and are not hard to get to with some kit bumpers. And if he's stuck in the sand, then he has other issues and the body kit is probably all mangled anyways.

[gripster]

Sorry to bump this thread.

But, I just tracked my car at Laguna Seca and almost got stuck in the sand trap outside turn 11.

A tow hook mounted high would be much easier to access than the factory tow hook buried in the sand.

So, I'm asking clearly. I would like to see how others have mounted an aftermarket tow hook on the front of a pignose S13.

Please stay on topic. Thanks.

[snowmants]

And if he's stuck in the sand, then he has other issues and the body kit is probably all mangled anyways.

It is also easy to get stuck after going off track on an incline if the grass is wet or if there is mud. A tow hook is a good idea if you are drifting/tracking your car at a roadcourse. It just is. If you believe otherwise you obviously havent been to enough events yet to understand the benefits.

[3AM]

And if he's stuck in the sand, then he has other issues and the body kit is probably all mangled anyways.

Ive been into the sand about 15 times over the last 2 or 3 seasons, and the aero has only come off once or twice.


I would like to see how others have mounted an aftermarket tow hook on the front of a pignose S13.

you could do it like how I mounted mine, but just find a suitable size of box steel so that its bolted to the chassis rail and positioned in a cutout or air duct in the front bar...

[Ktown_drifter]

"TOW Vinyls mandatory for drifting this year, no matter what class you drift in at drift thing nights. (montreal)
this is the shape of them
http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/Images/M/TOW-B.JPG "

Getting tow hook mounted just above stock one on drivers side so its accessible through my front aero bumper as shown in the paint picture like the other guy Havent figured out how Im doing the rear one probly an extension block welded to frame to bring it down enough that I can hook on to it without having to remove my aero rear bumper

[hotlavaflow]

I have this on my S13 and I don't see why it "would be stupid on a Street car". Cutting the hood doesn't take too much time.

i allways liked these but they would be stupid on a Street car
and you have to cut ur hood

im going to get one soon or make one.

They look BADASS
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n186/francogt1/towhook.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n186/francogt1/sex.jpg

[YoungGun]

Hey does a company make those tow hooks that attach to the strut tower?

[NeedCAforS13]

Nagisa Auto makes a "GT Style Tow Hook" that looks like that for s-chassis.

[LoanShark]

Nams

Might get a Top secret hook just because i like spending too much on minor things.

[hotlavaflow]

Hey does a company make those tow hooks that attach to the strut tower?

Yeah mine is from Nagisa.

[Timeattack_S13]

Nagisa Auto GT Style Tow hooks.

Nagisa Auto GT Style Tow Hook S13 240SX (http://www.more-japan.com/product.php?productid=16266&cat=0&page=1)

Been eyeing this for a while.....

I am maybe looking to get one too. What is the feedback from the owners of this style of tow hook? Only bad thing i can think of is having to cut the hood.

[Ekin_s13]

i just made some tow hook for my track s13 i hope this can help some of you guys

http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy6/Ekin_s13/127.jpg

http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy6/Ekin_s13/068.jpg

[l2edken]

last post was 09 bro...


:picardfp:

[Ekin_s13]

i know just want to post something