Front Tow Loop
 

Does ANYONE know where to get this little puppy at, or is it a custom made thing?

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=414778

i think summit and some of the "ricer" stores sell them, i think our ricer friends thought they are cool for awhile, right before hoodpins
:)

they come in different colors

Yeah well, I dont need it to be Ricer weak. I need it to actually be FUNCTIONAL! The dam stockers are going to be tucked in WAY to far. If something DOES happen that I get stuck somewhere, I dont need my bumper to get ripped....

flybye-

try folia tec..I thinkg options carries them too. www.oas.com

:D
http://shop.foliatec.de/bilder/3290.gif

Now I just gotta try to find someone here that has one....

I agree..it is definately necessary. They had to tow it from my strut bar!

David

Gad damn :(

Here is their entire line up
http://shop.foliatec.de/katrennschleppring.htm

ButI probably won't be able to get it till I get my bumper though for proper fitment

That one isn't long enough to connect to secure frame, man. There's a reason why the stock loop is so far back ... because that's how far back the frame starts. The one in that picture is connected to another piece which is connected to the frame.

Okee dokee...
How far would you like it to stick out? 3 feet? :D
http://shop.foliatec.de/bilder/3293.gif

Not to get off topic...but why did someone rate this thread the "worst" (only one star)?

There seems to be a trend here...other threads got rated the "worst" too.

Just tow the car from the back

Yep, flat-bed tow it from the rear. Piece of cake.

roll back anyone? ;)

hmm because I kinda spun into this wet dirt land and towing it from the back will require the car to travel through about 50 ft of the stuff so...from the front is definately a logical choice at the time.... hmmm that reminds me, for some reason I have no rear tow hooks!!!

Flyby their stuff looks good~ I'll have to look into it, and good luck with your Feed bumper :) looks sweet.

David

I'm sure NOPI would have it....pray you never need it

That should have come as standard equipment on 7's.

-H

Damn flybye thanks for the good idea... Never even thought about getting one of those..:D

Flybye,

hes saying that THAT peice that you see is connected to some other peice that goes BACK further to the frame.....not sticking out further. you have to have a tow point from the frame thereby the need for a long peice just to get it so its at a point in the mouth of the bumper

Yeah REAL smart move here ESPECIALLY when the rear is lifted high enough to make the front bumper scrape the ground :rolleyes:

Yeah, slabs of wood are great.....if you happen to have some :rolleyes:

My eyes hurt...:rolleyes:

Aww much better! :D

Naaa. I just took a good look at them. BOTH front tow hooks are bolted directly to the frame.
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=416561

Yeah, that extension is what you need to mount those aftermarket ones. I'm not sure what the one in the original photo is attached to, but I hope it's not the flexie sheetmetal bar running behind the bumper reinforcement that has one of the horns attached to it (passenger side). That bar isn't structurally worth a shit, but to be coming out centrally like that it seems that's where it is. You need to attach the aftermarket tow hook on one of the main frame bars that runs the length of the car ... it will come out in between the central air duct (radiator ... FMIC, etc.) and an oil cooler duct. Well, I'm not gonna say that you "need" to do that because it is your car and your frame to bend, but I suggest you put it on one of the main beams running the length of the car alongside the base of the motor.

Let's observe:

http://www.c-west.co.jp/2img/race/fd/photo2.jpg

http://www.c-west.co.jp/2img/race/fd/photo5.jpg

http://www.c-west.co.jp/2img/race/fd/photo6.jpg

And look at old photo's of Adam's car and I think he's got a tow hook coming out from a similar location as well. I just wanted to make sure that everything is clear. You'll need that long piece to get to the secure frame. And if you look at the two pieces, that's really the only place that it could go -- as designed.

Here's a better pic of it. Remember that the stock bumper's mouth hangs pretty low. With the Feed, the loop may not even need a long extension, but I really wont know how much space I have to play with until I get the bumper. You can see it is directly attached to the chassis.
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=416690

Uhhh ... yeah ... that's the stock one. What's your point? And the aftermarket one should be attached deep on that beam ... what's your point? That's what I've been saying the whole time. But in the first picture that you posted to start this thread of the aftermarket loop, that loop is clearly coming from high and inside the middle of the mouth, suggesting that it is attached to a stupid place like the sheetmetal bars across the front that has a horn on it.

I don't get it, if the stock tow bar gets attached there, then why can't you attach a aftermarket one in the same spot?? Instead it has to get connected to one of the sub-frame rails because it's aftermarket??:confused:

RMagic makes a kit that replaces the stock tow hook and also can be used to mount your front license plate. If your state doesn't have one, then it's just a tow hook. FDOkinawa's got one, and the way it looks, it's STRONG. I'll see if I can't get pics of it later on tonight.

Van

You can ... but it's not a very strong spot. It's at the end and it's a very small mounting place. If you really want some good towing, it's good to have it deep on the beam with a few bolts running along the length of it into the beam. It's just good towing physics.

I hope my posts haven't confused you. I think Flybye got confused about what I was talking about from the jump and didn't realize that the tow hook in his very first picture is not attached to the stock location. It's not even attached to a beam, unless they have some crazy bridge built into there that's under the bumper and running out to each beam (that'd be a great deal of added weight and trouble just to make it come out the center like that). Does everyone see what I'm saying about how it's coming out the middle? That's bad.

My point is that the stock one is STILL used to pull the entire weight of the car. My only reason to get an aftermarket one is to CLEAR the AFTERMARKET bumper.

I'm sure the aftermarket one can be modified to bolt to the same location.

To be honest, I really don't know if it is or isn't. Either way, you know it isn't something that I will be rigging since I DO want it to be functional.

I might have the bumper off again tomorrow. I'll see what my little camera can see :D

That's dandy, then. I was just trying to look out for you to begin with. I didn't want you to think that you could have a functional hook coming high out the center like that in that picture. Something is either getting bent or they've gone to a ton of trouble to add a bridge in there. And I don't think it's a great idea to use the stock bolts, but it would work. Personally I'd bolt it deeper into the beams, but that's just me. Cool? :D

just wondering if the ones by Foliatec are actually functional? since all their products appeal to adding the look of "speed"....I really need one...
here's the RE one.
http://www.re-amemiya.co.jp/shopping...n/photo008.jpg

doesn't look too hard to make though...one piece of thick metal, ring and paint and a good friend with a welder...

David

There's a handy little tow hook accessory know as a "T' hook that fits in the frame rails. It's how they tie imports down on portable parking lots (IE car carriers) and costs all of $7.99 each from:

www.northerntool.com Item # 3309048

They are really hard to find anywhere else and it's really the only way to tow from the rear since they fit into slots on the frame. I've got a couple of lengths of nylon webbing sewn to mine to allow a standard tow truck "J" hook to grab them from outside the bumber. Stash 'em with your spare and you won't have to worry about your (pick one) tranny, dif, suspension being ****** up next time it is towed or loaded onto a flabed.:mad: (LIKE MINE WAS!)