What's the round hook thingy for on the front of bumpers?

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Jun 26, 2004 | 01:47 AM

onetwothreelookatme

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What's the round hook thingy for on the front of bumpers?

The little hook that looks like the ends of a front strut bar, what are they for? I've seen them on a few cars on H-T.

Jun 26, 2004 | 01:54 AM

GSRrR

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Re: What's the round hook thingy for on the front of bumpers? (Ty_)

when my gf saw that at the eibach meet....

"oh look, cup holders!"

haha, its racing tow hooks.

edit: does this belong here?

Jun 26, 2004 | 01:58 AM

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towing hooks for racing?

Jun 26, 2004 | 02:01 AM

onetwothreelookatme

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Re: What's the round hook thingy for on the front of bumpers? (GSRrR)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GSRrR »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
haha, its racing tow hooks.
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As in for hooking the front end to a truck and towing the car?

Jun 26, 2004 | 05:03 AM

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Re: What's the round hook thingy for on the front of bumpers? (Ty_)

I reckon alot of them are for "show" but I guess it does serve a purpose on the tracks too...

Oh that and thieves have a better chance of towing ur car away

Jun 26, 2004 | 07:17 AM

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Re: What's the round hook thingy for on the front of bumpers? (J General)

Yeah,

It's a tow hook, a lot of professional scca cars have them

Jun 26, 2004 | 07:19 AM

PhreeStyleHB

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Re: What's the round hook thingy for on the front of bumpers? (Ty_)

for when you run your car off the road and need somewhere to hook the chains to tow out >_>

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Jun 26, 2004 | 07:21 AM

SolObsession

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Re: What's the round hook thingy for on the front of bumpers? (J General)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by J General »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Oh that and thieves have a better chance of towing ur car away

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There was just a long thread on this topic. There are already tow hooks on all cars, having a racing hook doesn't make it that much easier to steal, I mean look at a sol, hatch, coupe, etc. you can see the rear tow hook easily.

Jun 26, 2004 | 08:04 AM

the_0ne

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Re: What's the round hook thingy for on the front of bumpers? (GSRrR)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GSRrR »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">when my gf saw that at the eibach meet....

"oh look, cup holders!"

haha, its racing tow hooks.

edit: does this belong here? </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha

Jun 26, 2004 | 08:43 AM

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skip.two

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Re: What's the round hook thingy for on the front of bumpers? (GSRrR)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GSRrR »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">"oh look, cup holders!"</TD></TR></TABLE>
hahaha thats funny. my girlfriend said the same thing. it was more like...

"what the hell is that thing?! i can put my water there when i sit on the car."

Jun 26, 2004 | 09:04 AM

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Re: What's the round hook thingy for on the front of bumpers? (jL iLLuZiOnz 9)

I just love when people mount their aftermarket tow hooks to easily bent places, hahaha

when you have a car that is lowered ALOT and its sitting in the dirt on the side of the track, its kind of hard to get underneath the car to tow it, therefore you have tow hooks