Blue Tow Hook
 

nice pick up. how much did you get it for?

I got it on eBay. 20 something plus 10 shipping. So 30 something total. And I'm painting the nut and screw part blue too

Nice, I've been looking at a red on one Ebay...might buy during the winter as I'l have Z withdrawl while its stored

My friend has a red one for his 40th looks really good!:tup:

Seein' as how I don't have my Z yet...

Does this replace one that is already there? Direct boltup?

*Reminds me of a funny story when my mom got her Jaguar XJS. My grandfather looked at the front of it and saw the huge tow-hook and said 'Must be a piece of **** if they think they need a tow hook that big and obvious."

The stock one is not installed, it's in the trunk and it's ugly. Yes this one is bolt on and all you have to do is take the plastic piece off. And hurry get ur z!!!

It doesn't look bad. I got a similar one installed on mine.

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painted the bolt and nut.

Where did you get this? Ive been looking for something ike this for my car

He said a few posts up he got it on ebay for $20 + shipping.

If front plates weren't required here, I might be tempeted to see how this looks, but I use my tow hook mount for my Gominigo LPB. :rolleyes:

Nice looking piece of flair. :tup:

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Here is mine with a gold hook!

Expect them to rust after 3 months :shakes head:

Word? :eek:

No rust on mine yet.

Ebay cheap hooks will rust, its just a matter of time when they are exposed to the elements.

They look good, but don't use it for a tow. If it is aluminum, they break. Ask any shop that tows. They are dangerous...

Nice looking Z!

I don't think it's pour aluminum, there must be other kind of metal in it too. my lug nuts are aluminum.

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Looks good!

That a couple rows of LEDs I see there near the fangs?

The LED strips are annoying to see now. Everybody's trying to be an Audi.

Yep!

Audi doesnt have fangs therefor it doesnt have fang LEDs..

not buying from ebay what other sites sell this hook?

They're only for the "mad tyte jdm yo" look. :ugh2:

tow hook
 

I got my red aluminum tow hook from GTMotorsports and it is not technically a legal tow hook b/c it is aluminum, and therefore will not rust after several months. Somedays i remove mine...these are just more cosmetic than anything to tie in colors and fairly cheap and easy add on if you follow righty tight lefty loosy. ;)

wow gtmotorsports makes em in aluminum now? the one i got from him 2 years ago was stainless with an aluminum hook.... just curious how much does he sell em for now? i bought mine for 150.... i guess he started making them outa aluminum to drop the costs....

Yes I didn't know they made them out of any other material and I found mine in eBay for about $45 shipped to me. I thought it was a good deal.

id buy one if they were $75...but, 150 is far too much.

No crap. It should come with a tow truck attached to the other end for that!

I bought one a while ago.. used ti for a little while and the bolt started to rust a little bit. Pulled it off and sold it.

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No offense to anyone, but what's the deal with tow hooks? They seem to be the new JDM thing to do these days and I missed the memo, big time. Are they functional? Or is it just an aesthetic thing?

Looks very nice. Does anyone have blacked out fangs and the hook?

I have a cf front lip.

Depending on how they're made, probably less functional than factory one. They're aesthetic and I wouldn't be surprised if people want to add bike racks to their Z's. Also, maybe add all those collage of stickers on their aftermarket lips or hanging a stuffed animal/toy on the rear, shocker sticker, bunch of "I'm so JDM" stickers... :ughdance:

Haha. I never got into that stuff. I could understand a tow hook if you're tracking your car regularly, but not for the average person who just parks their car at Home Depot. At least the tow hooks have a trendy look and could be functional, but a bike rack? How did that ever become cool...

Noob question here. I'll probably get laughed at... but..

Any tips on how to remove the cover to screw in my tow hook? Lol