Front TB cover\tow hooks - leave them off?

toddu · 03-01-2016, 08:43 AM

Anyone leave the front torsion bar cover\tow hooks off? I bottom out on some driveway approaches. I also have to replace my 28mm dust covers and they are in the way of that.

Todd

Bergo · Bergo's Garage

I put sacrificial aftermarket tow hooks on, I'd rather scrape the tow hooks than the torsion bar covers or fuel tank.

gregbus · gregbus's Garage

Call me paranoid, but I felt the same way on the 72.

jimtweet · jimtweet's Garage

makes 3 of us, I left them on in fear of bottoming out

toddu · 03-01-2016, 11:56 AM

Fair enough, I'll leave them be.

Thanks for the confirmation!!!

Todd

Karter18 · 03-01-2016, 01:05 PM

Mine are like this and my car is not that low.

I'm nervous about putting on the front air damn as it might just get a jacked up.

KTL · 03-01-2016, 01:17 PM

That bent piece happens a lot. You can remove them and hammer back straight by laying the bent piece on a concrete floor and hammering with your sledgehammer. That is, if you are afraid to hammer at them on the car. But since they got bent that way on the car, there's nothing wrong with hammering at them on the car.

911tracker85 · 03-02-2016, 05:40 AM

I went through two sets of similar tow hooks as sacrificial parts due to bottoming too often as I had the car lowered to just below euro spec. and needed them just in case I had to be dragged out of a gravel trap at DE.

retired the 911 from the track and have not raised it back to a 'normal' height now that it is a street car again. need to do that...

porsche930dude · porsche930dude's Garage

I have the round bar style and had to build up the bottoms they were ground flat. But they grind almost every time i leave my driveway and save the air dam and everything else. The only time thats hit the ground is when i went in a ditch.

ben parrish · 03-02-2016, 06:47 AM

Mine have been off for years...no ill effect other than breaking off a grease zerk once.

Porchdog · 03-02-2016, 07:24 AM

Round style here - built them up and painted them nice last fall. Touch down for the first time since yesterday.

I should have used hard-face.

OffCamber00 · OffCamber00's Garage

I ground the hook portion off mine so I could keep the covers as protection.

famoroso · 03-03-2016, 04:52 AM

If you don't want to swing a hammer near your ride (or don't have clearance to do so), a large pair of channel lock pliers and / or a large adjustable wrench will help you safely tweak those bent hooks back in-situ.

Lapkritis · Lapkritis's Garage

Rennline hooks. A little set of wheels would be funny though.