Tow hooks - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

QFry · 11-08-2012, 03:44 PM

spot weld them in place...

JesseE · 11-08-2012, 03:51 PM

Keep it in your trunk and only use when necessary. Honestly, your not a nascar driver who needs to get towed off a track in 10 seconds to keep 100,000 fans happy. Keep it in the trunk and forget about it until you need it.

If you bought it for looks.... then your doing it wrong. :-P

Chen · 11-08-2012, 07:10 PM

man, i was hoping to be able to keep these on...

JesseE · 11-08-2012, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Chen

man, i was hoping to be able to keep these on...

why?

Chen · 11-08-2012, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JesseE

why?

to save the hassle of having to worry bout em.

Freeman · 11-08-2012, 08:11 PM

Just leave them on and use red locktite. It works well, and would make the tow hooks too much of a pain to remove to be worth it.

Btw it's your car do what ever you want with it.

JesseE · 11-08-2012, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Chen

to save the hassle of having to worry bout em.

Wouldn't you worry about them more getting stolen... I don't care how much locktite you put on it, if they want it, they will get it... and if you were to weld it... what happens when you want to take your bumper off? cut it off?

Chen · 11-08-2012, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Freeman

Just leave them on and use red locktite. It works well, and would make the tow hooks too much of a pain to remove to be worth it.

Btw it's your car do what ever you want with it.

yeah, i'll look into that locktite stuff. I've never heard of it.

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Originally Posted by JesseE

Wouldn't you worry about them more getting stolen... I don't care how much locktite you put on it, if they want it, they will get it... and if you were to weld it... what happens when you want to take your bumper off? cut it off?

i agree. it just sounds like a smarter option to just take it off and put it when I need it.

JDMenrique · 11-08-2012, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by NYNOMAD

red locktight?

that was the first thing that came to mind. blue will get it on there good, but red... that thief is gonna have to put some muscle into it and REALLY want it.

JesseE · 11-09-2012, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Chen

i agree. it just sounds like a smarter option to just take it off and put it when I need it.

You are correct sir! :-D

Orthow · 11-09-2012, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Chen

man, i was hoping to be able to keep these on...

Does the FRS not come equipped with factory Tow Hooks? I've seen plenty of these cars being towed on the back of flatbeds and not a single one of them had an aftermarket Tow Hook installed.

I'd say save your money - 99% of the reason street driven cars have these is for hardparking purposes only. It's a cheap way to get that racecar look yet no actual race cars use these branded hooks (at least not around here)

ayau · 01-05-2013, 10:40 PM

The better solution would be to use the OEM tow hooks. Just buy an extra one for the back. They're not the most aesthetically pleasing hooks to look at, but they get the job done and no one really wants to steal an ugly piece of steel.

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JesseE Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: LS Swapped BRZ Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 419 Thanks: 65 Thanked 173 Times in 90 Posts Mentioned: 30 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Keep it in your trunk and only use when necessary. Honestly, your not a nascar driver who needs to get towed off a track in 10 seconds to keep 100,000 fans happy. Keep it in the trunk and forget about it until you need it. If you bought it for looks.... then your doing it wrong. :-P

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Chen Regional Moderator Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: 00-AP1 20-A90 06-Z33 07-FA5 93-NA1 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 4,634 Thanks: 85 Thanked 1,278 Times in 856 Posts Mentioned: 309 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	man, i was hoping to be able to keep these on...

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ayau Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: Some rust bucket Location: Polar ice cap Posts: 3,058 Thanks: 312 Thanked 1,046 Times in 556 Posts Mentioned: 37 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The better solution would be to use the OEM tow hooks. Just buy an extra one for the back. They're not the most aesthetically pleasing hooks to look at, but they get the job done and no one really wants to steal an ugly piece of steel.

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