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For the back, I got a bit lucky. I have the (I thought Euro-only) hole in the bumper where the factory tow hook can attach to. I don’t have the tow hook, but I do have some more seatbelt strap! So for the back, I again made a loop of strapping, but this time put a nut and bolt through it, and sandwiched it with washers into the hole where the end of the tow hook is supposed to go. Originally I thought I could do this without removing the rear bumper at all, by snaking my hand up past the exhaust. Several hours and alot of swearing later, I admitted defeat and partially pulled the bumper off, using the same technique as the front. (No pictures, as I was in angry man mode by then )

Once I had the strap secured to the body, I simply pushed it through the hole in the bumper, and attached the plug to the strap with a ziptie. Pictures are worth a thousand words here - here's a picture looking down at the plugged hole, just to the left of the big US-style bumperette.



Out comes the strap...





Again, I added a little 'Tow' sticker to the top of the bumper, and aside from that it's invisible during day-to-day use.

I'm not sure if I'm more enamored with the front or the back straps. I think they're both pretty clever

(BTW If you don’t have this factory hole, I’m pretty sure you can feed the strap between the rear light and the bumper – I’ve seen a picture of a racecar with a setup like this somewhere on this forum which gave me the idea for the strap in the first place.)


Hope this is helpful to anyone struggling with race tow points...

Al
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