I know about the tie downs hidden behind the covers in the front and the rear bumper.
I'm planning on attending track meet next month and the rules say that i need to have a tow hook.
Where can I install them so that they are strong and this wont happen to my car just in case?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_gyJ5U7aKfc

 

You're not gonna rip your bumper out. I put my tie downs on my car anyway for track meets.

I'm gonna paint them tie down hooks red!

 

just install the stock ones that come with the car - they will work fine .

thanks for the vid - funny

 

so you race with the tie downs screwed in the bumper???

 

yes.

it is the norm.

beers

 

hmmm, i thought it would look kind of weird racing with two hooks sticking out in the front and the back...
oh well..
it is the norm..huh?

thanks for answering my questions.

 

weird is installing them when you are in a sand pit... they are not that noticeable, and who is looking you are on a track...

 

hahaha. now that i think of it- true, very true!!
thanks again.

 

Not to bring back a dead thread, but I am installing my Vertex Lang front bumper sometime this summer when I get some cash together, my concern is having a tow location on the front of the car since the crash bar cannot be used... Does anyone know where an after market one can be placed? I don't really want to pay to have one fabbed up

 

I remember seeing one before, you just need to search it to find it. I will try to look for it...unless someone beats me into it.

 

Here's one... https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ight=tow+hooks

 

The issue is thats the factory mount, I have to remove the crash bar to run my new bumper. Therefore I wont have anywhere to thread the tow hook in the front. I need another option for a tow location in the front

 

So you want to remove your crash bar, then go out racing on the track? That sounds like a bad idea.