For a nicer installation, you can cut to hook covers so they can be reinstalled with the tow hook. Christa covers the hook hole with tape, then traces around the opening.
Then she carefully peels the tape off and sticks it to the cover, now the tape is a template for locating where to cut the hole for the tow hook.
The hole for the hook was cut using a hole saw on a drill press but you could get creative and use other means to make the hole.
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I purchased this for my 350Z based on your review… and you were right – its just as good/high quality as you said it would be! Thanks!
-Mogofastdontdie (IG)
I have been a nationally licensed SCCA Course Marshall since 1997. I have towed a lot of cars off the track since then. We do not encourage drivers to use the threaded hole the bumper for the tow eye. That screw in may be barely OK for getting a dead car onto a roll back, but we have found that the metal behind those threads isn’t normally strong enough to hold up to a pull half way around a road course with the driver dragging the brakes to keep the rope tight. We have seen more than a few be ripped out of the bumper. And not because we try to brutalize dead race cars. Quite the opposite.
We recommend that the tow eye be firmly bolted to the main frame of the car. The same goes for a mesh style rig made from a recovery strap. SCCA rules demand that a 2 inch ID eye be fitted front and back but little is said about “how” to mount said tow eye. The little hole in the bumper cover is quick and convenient but this is a safety issue for both the driver of the race car and the people in the recovery vehicle. Attach your tow eye onto the strongest frame you can find.