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I am finally eliminating that ghastly US-spec rear bumper on my car. [:D] I am almost done prepping the euro rear bumper and will be painting soon. I have come to the realization that there will be no good tow-points for a tow hook on the back of my car now, due to the fiberglass rear bumper and turbo under spoiler.

What do you gents do? I have seen, in a few pics, what looks to be a tow eye sticking out of the square opening that is on the underneath right side of the bumper. Is that a factory piece? How does it attach? Does anyone have a good photo of it?

Cheers and thanks!

Tifosiman
 
There is a square trim that removes and the towing eye screws in. You can just see it in this pic but I don't have any pics with the trim removed and towing eye in place.
Hope it helps,
Tony

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Tony,

Thanks!

However, my black rubber trim piece doesn't have that cutout (brand new piece) and the bumper has no cut out in it either in that spot. The bumper has a 931 part#, and was made in 9/82. Do the earlier cars have a different provision for tow hooks?

Thanks again!

Jeremy
 
Not sure, the earlier cars without under spoilers may well have had a fixed towing eye, hopefully someone will be able to answer your question, ( I will keep an eye out for an early car though)
Tony
 
Try a post in the 924 forum on that one - a 931 must have been a 924 derivative I guess.
 
Here is a photo of the tow piece I am speaking about (just so that no one thinks I'm crazy[;)] ):

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If you look close, you can see there is no little square cut out on the black trim on this 951. Granted, I'm certain the car is not "stock", but if there is no cut out on his trim there must have been other provisions to start?

Thanks!

Jeremy
 
Yes, a 931 is the internal name for a 924 Turbo, so I guess they had the tow hook in a different place [&:]

I don't know how handy you are with a craft knife, but you 'could' cut out the hole and one of us could send you a bung from a UK breaker? It has the potential to look really awful though [:eek:]
 
No, it was the park bench on the back
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Seems an awfull thing to do to a 968 Turbo adjustable spoiler.

The tow point on the car in the picture is an aftermarket race type tow point. I'm not sure how he has mounted it but have my suspision that it might bend and damage the bumper if it uses the original tow point.

I tend to agree with Tony (frequently [;)]) that cutting out a square opening is prone to go wrong. Why not return the trim and ask for the proper one? You had sugested that you might do without the trim any way.

A word of warning if running sans trim:-
I reversed into a post the other day[:mad:], it was low and I was going very slowly. The bumper did shunt on its mountings but just needed loosening and realighning [:)]. There was a small compression in the trim - almost invissible to the eye, but you can feel it if you run your hand along the bumper. I have little doubt it would have scratched the bumper, if not cracked it, had the trim not been there. The other thing to watch is other twits parking. I have seen many use the "kiss the bumper" technique to judge how close they are to the car infront/behind. [:'(]
 
I think I may have to go the same route as the gent with the park bench on the back of his hatch, because the bumper doesn't have a hole in it, at that spot, nor does the shock for it have a provision for the tow eye. I'm guessing that the early cars had the tow points down inside the rear wings (mounted to the chassis with thre bolts each, which I had, but was forced to remove for the 951 under-spoiler because they interfered with it). I guess my car truly is a bastard now~![:D]

Thanks for the trim suggestion John, I do plan on keeping it for that very reason.

Thanks for all the help and suggestions!

Jeremy
 
You mean the screw-in piece?

I'd try a breaker - Porschapart or Douglas Valley or someone I guess. No doubt the OPC can do new ones, too.
 
This is the pic. from the drivers manual, which I'm certain everyone has flicked through.
So not wanting to teach anyone how to suck eggs, but it does illustrate different year/model locations.
I guess what Tifosiman wants is a photo of where it actually locates to the chassis as oppose to a hole in a bumper. Surely the hole has to correspond to the models tow hook fixing point is as oppose to where the apperture appears to be on this style of bumper.
Or have I completely missed the point.

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Excellent! My manual is of course different, being that I am on the other side of the pond. Does anyone have any idea what the piece looks like that the tow eye screws into on the rear "944" photo? I have the correct towing eye already, I assume it is the same one for the front of the S2/turbo (I have the entire front assembly in my garage, that is the next project).

I finished fitting the rear bumper this weekend (it's in primer). I will be paining it next weekend and adding the new rubber strip.

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It's looking good.

Will you be painting it yourself? I am always very jealous when I read Rennlist and find that you guys do so much more than we do.
 
Thanks!

Yes, I will be painting the bumper myself. I've painted various pieces that I have added to the car over the last few years. The funny thing is that new guards red paint is not the same colour as old guards red paint. So, depending on the lighting situation, I can sometimes pick out the slight difference. Once I have all of the exterior changes done the way I want them on the car, it will go in for a full final repaint......

Jeremy
 
Can I post you my badge panel, popup covers and front PU for a respray please. Metallic Panther Black if you don't mind, nice and glossy finish too [:D] I wish Porsche had used black primer, then my stone chips would not be so bad.
 
I think a lot of it is down to the quality and price of the tools over there compared to over here, I think my next big tool Purchase will be a compresser, however I think it will be a long time (if ever) before I start painting Porches with it.
Tony
 
Certainly[;)] . Although the postage would probably be a bit cost-prohibitive, and our postal workers would certainly kick your parts about and dent them before they arrived at your door[:-].

Tony, I can't speak for a lot of us over here, but I know that painting/bodywork don't scare me, due to the several years that I raced in the US PRO-rally circuit here in the states. Not being part of a works team, I spent many weeknights (and paycheques) putting the car back together in order to take it to an event and bounce off trees, flora, fauna, etc. It was a never-ending cycle for me. I guess good practice for my later, calmer, Porsche years. Back then it was a monetary necessity, now I just can't stand to pay other people to do the work that I am capable of (plus, if I do it, I know it is done right and not bodged).
 
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