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Dave

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Getting Towy - Front Tow Hook

Managed another day in the shed, this time to make and mount a bracket to fit a Tow Hook.
I bought an approved tow hook from RaceTech to fit a Mitsubishi EVO, very nicely finished 15mm thick CNC Aluminium profile powder coated in red.

Not too many places strong enough to mount on the CR, particularly on the back which i am still working on, but other CR owners have installed on the front with an angle bracket on the chassis extension frame to the radiator mount, which is more than adequate.


All mounted up, the front Tow Hook exits from under the body between the Quick Jack and the Brake Cooling Duct.









Bracket mounted through the Chassis extension rail with anti-crush tubes inserted.










Originally, I intended to cut out the shape using  good old band-saw and cleanup with a file, but i broke the band-saw drive belt and couldn't buy the right size off the shelf, so clamped the 90x90x10mm aluminium angle scrap to the CNC and cut the profile in 2 runs by flipping the angle to cut bottom and side.

Next time i'm back, i'll put in the tumbler for a day and give it the smooth mottled Titanium look i like.

Bit more thought needed for the rear Tow Hook mounting, but working on it.