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Old 08-20-2010, 06:02 AM
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Any more pics? from the back.
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Originally Posted by Kanchi
need to have one in front of me...that under piece looks kinda flimsy
if by the under piece you mean the black bracket...trust me its not flimsy. it is a big beefy hunk of steel....unless they changed it for the mass production idk
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we have a functional tow hook in the trunk...
pop out the circle on the bumper, screw the tow hook in.

i dont really see the need for tow hooks on daily driven cars, unless you track yoru car on a regular basis or do stupid stuff on the street that might land you in a ditch, kinda overkill. but to each their own i guess
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Technically I'm supposed to have a means to tow from the rear of my car for track days
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heres a few more pics...the bracket is nasty from the rain though :/

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lookin from driver side

looking from passenger side
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product that gets rusted ftl
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looks like the new ones are anodized black
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Old 08-21-2010, 05:19 AM
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fyi: i had a benen tow hook from a honda friend and i emailed pw: jdm and the guy told me that mounting bracket would only work with their tow hooks and not my benen one. weak...im still thinking that the mounting bracket might work with some adjustment...but that's alot of money to be spending on just to attach a tow hook i wont use hahha
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Looks pretty cool. :D Not sure what color would look good on IIP though. Blue would clash right? orrr no. lol
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Old 08-22-2010, 12:24 AM
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i think i might get a black one to go on my FM tC
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i say go for it...i really like how it looks
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The bracket connecting the tow hook to the car doesn't look very strong, I wouldn't trust it.
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its strong^^ but dont expect it to hang the tc with just this tow hook though..
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^^ exactly
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I know you can't see it from outside but if that bracket is going to rust that fast then ehh..no
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^why did they cut out the center of the mounting bracket dosent that weaken the structural integrity of it, and dosent make it look any cooler
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Originally Posted by XIEmperorIX
I know you can't see it from outside but if that bracket is going to rust that fast then ehh..no
i think it might just be mine...seeing as it was the preproduction prototype thing and all...the ones for sale on the website seem to be anodized or powercoated black
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pictures lie dude^^ they ussually put a general hook to show you how it looks like just like ebay products..but take care of that rust man.you would want someone towing you and snap
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i hear ya
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I hope that's just a prototype because for what their products generally cost that's some pretty bad quality control IMO.

The tow hook itself looks pretty good though lol
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