Razors Edge ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Share #1 Posted March 21, 2019 ...on ratty cars? You know, the anodized ones that seem to be popping up on the front and/or rear of all sorts of cars these days as aftermarket add-ons? Does @maddmaxx know about these things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Share #2 Posted March 21, 2019 I've seen them used on car transporters. Actually they are pretty smart on modified cars. Makes things easier when they break down. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Share #3 Posted March 21, 2019 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 21, 2019 Share #4 Posted March 21, 2019 18 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: ...on ratty cars? You know, the anodized ones that seem to be popping up on the front and/or rear of all sorts of cars these days as aftermarket add-ons? Does @maddmaxx know about these things? Dooshes. Same people who have balls on their trucks.j 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Share #5 Posted March 21, 2019 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted March 21, 2019 So, apparently jsharr has seen these things too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Share #7 Posted March 21, 2019 Not sure about the add ons that you are referencing, but the loops front and back that have been on our last few cars were for tying the cars down during transport. I've not tried to use them as tow hooks, and probably will not try this in the future. I've even been cautioned about using a handy man jack on the front of the pu, because if not used properly could set off the air bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted March 21, 2019 1 minute ago, sheep_herder said: Not sure about the add ons that you are referencing Jsharr had some good visuals and their apparent uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted March 21, 2019 Share #9 Posted March 21, 2019 What is “JDM”? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Share #10 Posted March 21, 2019 They are race car tow hooks, usually painted red so that the track crew can quickly hook up and pull a dead car off the track. They are mandatory in most sports classes including Le Mans race cars etc. I guess that the racy look without having to spring for real money on racy parts is cool for millennials. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted March 21, 2019 Share #11 Posted March 21, 2019 41 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said: What is “JDM”? "Japanese Domestic Market." I thought there was going to be some deeper meaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted March 21, 2019 Share #12 Posted March 21, 2019 50 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said: What is “JDM”? I was wondering that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Share #13 Posted March 21, 2019 56 minutes ago, Parr8hed said: I was wondering that too. JDM is Japanese Domestic Market. Basically goods made in Japan aimed at the Japanese taste and made to conform to Japanese laws or standards, be it cars, or motorcycles. That asshat @Prophet Zacharia needs to chill out and give me time to answer his questions instead of answering them himself and them acting like I did something wrong when I answered the next guy who asked. Sheesh. Probably has tow hooks on his car 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Share #14 Posted March 21, 2019 A lot of modern cars have tow hooks because it's dangerous to hook onto the ends of cars these days with the crash bumpers and what not. If you look at new cars you will usually find one or two square inserts in the front fascia. Those are pop outs and behind the will be the authorized tow hook that's attached to something really solid on the chassis. For normal people they are hidden and not garish race car replicas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Share #15 Posted March 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: A lot of modern cars have tow hooks because it's dangerous to hook onto the ends of cars these days with the crash bumpers and what not. If you look at new cars you will usually find one or two square inserts in the front fascia. Those are pop outs and behind the will be the authorized tow hook that's attached to something really solid on the chassis. For normal people they are hidden and not garish race car replicas. Good to know!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Share #16 Posted March 21, 2019 1 hour ago, sheep_herder said: Not sure about the add ons that you are referencing, but the loops front and back that have been on our last few cars were for tying the cars down during transport. I've not tried to use them as tow hooks, and probably will not try this in the future. I've even been cautioned about using a handy man jack on the front of the pu, because if not used properly could set off the air bag. Huh!! Interesting. We change our own oil but no longer have access to a house. We jack up one side of our trucks to get under them, change the oil, let the truck down off the jack. No problem. Never thought about the air bags. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Share #17 Posted March 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Razors Edge said: So, apparently jsharr has seen these things too! I was sitting a Scholtzkys (funny name, great sandwich) one day, enjoying my original, when a "riced out" VW Jetta pulls up. Covered in Japanese tuner stickers, lowered, tow hooks, custom wheels, fart can exhaust. I looked at my boss and asked if the theme of the car was "countries whose ass we kicked in WWII"? and then we just laughed and laughed. The end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted March 21, 2019 Share #18 Posted March 21, 2019 My jeep had tow hooks.. I got to use them a few times.. but Jeep's are meant to have them used for pulling Chevys and Fords out of the mud. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted March 21, 2019 Share #19 Posted March 21, 2019 49 minutes ago, jsharr said: JDM is Japanese Domestic Market. Basically goods made in Japan aimed at the Japanese taste and made to conform to Japanese laws or standards, be it cars, or motorcycles. Apparently @jsharr has me on ignore. ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Share #20 Posted March 21, 2019 32 minutes ago, jsharr said: I looked at my boss and asked if the theme of the car was "countries whose ass we kicked in WWII"? I haven't seen a Fiat with a tow hook yet. Heaven knows that they need them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 21, 2019 Share #21 Posted March 21, 2019 Most of the tow hooks we forged where I worked had the Ford logo on them. A lot of joking around about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted March 21, 2019 Share #22 Posted March 21, 2019 1 hour ago, jsharr said: Sheesh. Probably has tow hooks on his car That’s in Nashville. My car’s never been in Nashville. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 21, 2019 Share #23 Posted March 21, 2019 30 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said: Apparently @jsharr has me on ignore. ? Lots of us do. Wait... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted March 21, 2019 Share #24 Posted March 21, 2019 Oddly, lot of guys who put them on their '98 Civics also put them here: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris... Posted March 21, 2019 Share #25 Posted March 21, 2019 Pretty popular with the Mini Cooper and Miata crowd. Faking the auto cross racer competitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted March 22, 2019 Share #26 Posted March 22, 2019 Many of the members in our Miata club are active racers and often leave their hooks installed rather than take them on and off every weekend. Also, I guess the covers have fragile plastic tabs that can snap off after too much use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted March 22, 2019 Share #27 Posted March 22, 2019 I think that a lot of people put them on their cars so you think that they do track days. Just like the suv that has all the off road gadget from the accessory catalog pages 9 through 27. And the only off road trip was a parking lot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 22, 2019 Share #28 Posted March 22, 2019 3 hours ago, BR46 said: I think that a lot of people put them on their cars so you think that they do track days. Just like the suv that has all the off road gadget from the accessory catalog pages 9 through 27. And the only off road trip was a parking lot That would be the spotless pearl white Lexus SUV with black brush guards??? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted March 22, 2019 Share #29 Posted March 22, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 22, 2019 Share #30 Posted March 22, 2019 10 minutes ago, Page Turner said: You're instructed to "not let go." Good job kid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 22, 2019 Share #31 Posted March 22, 2019 Oh tow hooks? I thought you said toe crooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted March 22, 2019 Share #32 Posted March 22, 2019 On 3/21/2019 at 12:04 PM, jsharr said: I was sitting a Scholtzkys (funny name, great sandwich) one day, enjoying my original, when a "riced out" VW Jetta pulls up. Covered in Japanese tuner stickers, lowered, tow hooks, custom wheels, fart can exhaust. I looked at my boss and asked if the theme of the car was "countries whose ass we kicked in WWII"? and then we just laughed and laughed. The end. I miss Schlotzky’s! They closed the ones in Lincoln and Omaha. I stumbled onto one in Santa Fe 2 years ago. WoW was very happy when I stopped there in our trip last year! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted March 23, 2019 Share #33 Posted March 23, 2019 8 hours ago, groupw said: I miss Schlotzky’s! They closed the ones in Lincoln and Omaha. I stumbled onto one in Santa Fe 2 years ago. WoW was very happy when I stopped there in our trip last year! But, you still have the Runza. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted March 23, 2019 Share #34 Posted March 23, 2019 6 hours ago, sheep_herder said: But, you still have the Runza. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpy Posted March 24, 2019 Share #35 Posted March 24, 2019 Tow hooks are used on the assembly line to pull the vehicle on down the line.They decided to just leave them on because it cost less than taking them back off and scraping them.A really smart move because then they charge the buyer extra cost for the hooks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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