Tow Hook Install

[nsjames]

if you read the thread you would see that people are talking about mounting to the crash bar behind the front bumper...not sheetmetal alone.

I saw mention of a metal support, not specifics. If the crash bar is up to the task sure, but I personally would not trust something to recovery unless it was tied in a bit more securely, and of a bit more substance than formed sheetmetal. Is the crash bar substantial, like 1/4" thick metal?

I'm sure that all sorts of people have done it, but I've personally experienced failure while winching, and that **** should be taken seriously, a lot of potential energy stored in winch rope/recovery straps when you really try to recover something that is stuck.

Personal opinion. Carry on with the flameage, I will retreat to the newbs area. I'm new to the accord, so I should have just kept my thoughts to myself, but unsafe recovery equipment is dangerous.

 

[Dinzdale40]

i don't mean to flame...just that the crashbar is very strong....in fact s2000's have their tow hooks setup to use the crashbar and theirs is supported the same way the accord's is.

 

[nsjames]

i don't mean to flame...just that the crashbar is very strong....in fact s2000's have their tow hooks setup to use the crashbar and theirs is supported the same way the accord's is.

OK, if it's adequate then great, I just read it as some guy bolting a tow hook to a random metal support, and knowing how most metal supports are attached I ASSumed that it was unsafe. That's what I get for opening my trap on matters I know nothing about.

 

[mr. smith]

wow! that was random...

 

[BadgerType]

why are we arguing over a tow hook? i mean....... its for show

 

[Nissan2anAccord]

yes badger its for show... :icon_gay:

but to back up the newb... i understand where hes coming from with trail rigs and big trucks, difference is though our cars easily weigh alot less and odds are we wont be stuck in... i quote "difficult spots"... my buddy has had a few trail rigs and some of the scenerios hes been stuck in are mind boggling... 10sec to get stuck easy 3hrs to get out without breaking anything...

but just for good measure, mounting to the main crash support should be okay, just got to find the right location that wont bend/ twist anyother part of the body into a wierd angle so you can continue to repair with no issues this is to assume there isnt a sutible point on the crash bar