made myself a tow hook
 

first off i know alot of people dont like them but i dont think it looks bad but i wont get offened if you say it looks like crap so what do you think. i made it out of 6061 1/2" aluminum plate. i made a cardboard design and first bored the hole and then bandsawed it out and lapbelted it to smooth it out. i didnt like the normal design of the benen ones and so on that just clamp over the stock tow hook so i made a small piece that fits snugly inside the stock tow hook so there is no movement or adjustment what so ever of mine, it works great and i think it looks good.

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I think it looks nice! How much did it cost you out of pocket and how much time did it take you to make?

hmmm out of pocket $1.59 lol just had to buy the bolt and nut and got the stock for free. took about 3 hours to make while doing other stuff at work so they dont complain

AHHHHHHHHHHHH why cant i see picutres today!



Edit: Got it lol looks great i love your car besides thouse rims :D

looks pretty good. i like it

You trying to make one for me? I could pay you, it all depends on how much. Any other colors available? Have you thought about making one for the front?

thanks for the comments

as far as the rims go i kinda like them plus how could i say no for only $200, i showed to look at them cause the guy didnt have a pic on craigslist and he was asking $400 so i went to look cause he was close and i said no so asked if i would take them for 3 so i said $200 and he accepted lol, thats a great deal no matter what rims they were, the tires are toyo proxes 4 brand new! and only 1 rim has the smallest scratch, plus i had steelies still, the car has only been mine for like a week now

and with the mount i was going to make one for the front at the same time but i dont want to cut my bumper and idk where to mount it so i dont have to, the radiator support is like 4 inches below the slots in the bumper where i thought people mounted them so idk...

and the color is just aluminum, no paint or anything. i was thinking about paint but idk what color yet, at my work we do have a nice black wrinkle paint i could do either that or a black hardcoat thats smooth but for now im sticking with the plain aluminum, until i get sick of it

and idk about selling them, i just made most of it on the manual mill and only make the edges you can see look nice so the pieces that clamp it together are just bandsawed so they dont really look professional, i mean you cant see them once its on but if you got it from a company you would be like wtf is that?

You can make some money off of that stuff sir. $20 on ebay. I know it would sell.
The only thing ugly that I see is the end. But thats hidden once its put on the car, so its all good.

Looks pretty good. What kind of work do you do where 6061 is just laying around? haha

machining work, you'll be amazed how much scrap we accumulate, especially now considering the scrap prices are really down.