cmonkey713

Thinking about installing front and rear tow hooks on my C8 but I have read here on the Forum that there is some degree of front camera blockage. Exactly how bad is the sight line interference?

CaptainFester

youre planning to install and leave them in?

cmonkey713

Yes.

proeagles

Personally I wouldn't want people to think my car was so bad that I had to leave a tow hook in the bumper to make it easy for my car to be towed off at the drop of a hat.

Jackal1

I have one from paragon and I leave it in. There is a slight view of it on the front camera but not blocking anything. I do not have a rear hook installed. I’m sure it won’t bother you.

Bob Paris

Owners buy and leave them in since they look sporty and denote track capability. Only negative nabobs would see them and think the car is prone to break down.

proeagles

I just don't see the car as a boy racer kind of car needing stuff like that to look cool or whatever. To each his own.

C8_N8

Only ricers leave them in

MarkMeHopeful

^^^Same here. The slight view on the front camera doesn't bother me but it did take me by surprise when I first installed the tow hook.

PS. I can take a photo tomorrow and post it if it is important to you

Vetteman Jack

Your car so do what you want. But I tend to agree that leaving the tow hook installed is not a great look. Kind of like Dodge with the yellow protector installed on the splitter.

68/70Vette

Does it make the car easier to steal?

bhvrdr

They don't denote track capability. Never installed them for track days. They denote "look inside for more pep boys add ons". 😜

WhiteDevil828

The ones that are made just for show look very similar to real tow hooks but are a lot cheaper and will rip off as soon as you attach a hook to pull the car.

DeltaMobile

The recovery crew is not going to wait for you to hike back to the paddock for you to search for your tow hook. They will hook on to whatever is available which may do more damage to your car. The crew is there for your safety and to clear the track as quick as possible. Not damaging your car on the recovery is not their first priority.

proeagles

Keep the tow hook inside the car for that purpose. It's just plain ugly installed all the time on such a beautiful car.

oregonsharkman

I also have the Paragon unit and think it looks great (in red on my torch red HTC). After installing it, I decided to leave it in.

I don't get the ricer comments - Honestly it's not different than any other accessory that people put on their cars for looks.

bhvrdr

Not a single car of the 200 at Ron Fellows has them installed and no road cars I see at the tracks install them. You can keep the ones that actually work as recovery hooks (solid steel ones) in the frunk. I have never needed to be recovered at the track in my road car and if I did going to the front to throw in the recovery hook in about 15 seconds would be the last of my worries.

Cars driving around the streets with them on are the last thing I think of as a car that goes tracking.

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AHP

Cute, but not quite... Some of us track our cars regularly enough that it's not worth the effort (nor GAF about others' opinions) to remove in between track days. Between all of the other track maintenance I can't be bothered with the additional steps to R&R the tow hook unless I'm going on a road trip.

And for the folks that don't run them on track... You'll regret that the first time you have be yanked off by a control arm by the local yokel operator that has zero patience for your BS.

bhvrdr

If one can't be bothered by 15 seconds of inserting or removing a recovery hook then the rest of your track prep is not going to go so well.

I understand to prepare for the worst which is why I keep one in my frunk but in 25 years of tracking I've never needed to be towed off a course.


Frunk...

AHP

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