yessir, i was!


nope, i got it more for looks but also to be functional.

haters gon' hate

 

thank YOU for hookin' it up! good luck with your ride, too

 

Dude, this car is constantly parked in front of a house next to the stafford school or whatever right? If so, I live on the other side of the block... small world.

 

haha that's awesome. that's my parent's house, i'm living in sunnyvale at the moment. i'm glad that some people recognize my car out there

 

Yeah I definitely know who this is. I think (if I'm right) you used to hang with my younger brother way back in like elem school. Wow, that is some weird stuff

 

So the tow truck can only winch out the car if it is directly behind the hook? Better not go off the road at an angle!

 

oh wow, crazy... who is your brother?

 

Pull vs push are completely different. And no you don't pull a car out at a 90* angle.

This is the first thing that I thought of when I opened the thread!

 

Never said 90* now did I? Regardless, neither of us are automotive engineers, making you're opinion that I've overthought it equally as valid or invalid as my "overthinking." Personally, I'm not a river, so I'm not going to potentially risk safety for looks. Haters gonna hate and ricers gonna rice.

Adios.

 

The rules of physics are the same for all fields of engineering.
I don't understand what you are trying to argue. Take a steel rod and try to stretch it. Won't budge right? Now use the same force to compress it and watch it bend.
The tow hook was design for pull not for push.

 

It'll crumple, yes, but are you really trying to say it'll absorb 100% of the energy and not transfer any to the frame?

And there is a difference between discussion and argument, learn it or it will become an argument. That is why I put in big letters ***SPECULATION BEGINS HERE***

 

I am saying that the bracket and the tow hook will bend or shear off in an event of an accicent, before any significant amount of energy gets transfered. Look at how it how it is attached to the frame.

 

believe it or not, i have winched myself at more than a 90 degree angle.

i was trying to make it up this rainy/muddy/steep trail and i had started to slip sideways in my TOYOTA TRUCK, not my STi.

its gotten to the point that the left side tires were on the edge of the trail. on the left side was a drop off. drop off to a possible death or major injuries.

i have a portable winch mount on the front. so i put the winch on the front (i can also mount on the rear bumper winch mount). i then ran the winch cable to the immediate right of the truck to a tree. using a tree saver strap and a ****** block, i then ran the cable and connected it to a built in hoop that is mounted to the rear of the vehicle bolted directly to the frame.

i then slowly ran the winch which proceeded to pull the entire vehicle sideways and gave me enough space on the left side to safely lower myself off the trail.


so given enough properly built equipment and knowledge, pulling someone at 90 degrees or more is possible...

 

So let me get this straight, you must track your car then,right ?
If not, why do people put towhooks on their cars when thee cars have never seen the light of day on a track or on a regular basis ? WTF ? I bet you 90% of you guys here have never been on a track and yet you still have these track-specific parts.

 

Stephen A. He didn't go to paly, if that's a hint.