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Our front and rear Boss 302 Tow Hook Kits will be available for purchase in another week or so. Prototypes are finished and mounted on our 2012 (shown). The jigs have been made, and I will have them out of fabrication and over to powdercoating next week. I’ve enclosed several pics of what the front and rear eyes will look like when mounted.
We elected to do a design that is as close to what we thought the factory would do. We examined several European cars to see what they had done and where they placed their attachment points. In all cases, we found that the mounts were consistently to one side of center and almost always aligned with a frame member for maximum linear strength. Also, production tow eyes were consistently at bumper height for best access in the unfortunate case that the car is of track and into a dirt or gravel berm. Like the OEMs, we wanted to make the tow eyes removeable but we wanted to make them as strong as possible when installed. We considered multiple different thread pitches and sizes – ultimately choosing to use the same thread type and size as used by BMW. Our kit will include a flush-mounted plastic plug to cover the access hole – again, much like the OEMS do it today. The plug may be painted at the owner’s discretion. Admittedly, we have it easy with a black car where there is no need to paint the plug. We will offer the tow eye mounting kit for both the front and rear of the Boss and each will be available simultaneously. Both kits may be purchased with an optional screw-in tow ring. (Pics are shown with a popular tow ring utilized by BMW owners.) Alternatively, buyers may select any tow ring compatible with a BMW - including the BMW OEM ring (arguably the highest quality).
We will have an early-bird-special, all-in-one kit which will include front and rear kits and two of the pictured thread-in tow rings for a package price of $299. Tow rings will be available in black, red, or blue.
The normal price for the individual front and rear kits will be $159 each, or $179 with the pictured tow ring.
We elected to do a design that is as close to what we thought the factory would do. We examined several European cars to see what they had done and where they placed their attachment points. In all cases, we found that the mounts were consistently to one side of center and almost always aligned with a frame member for maximum linear strength. Also, production tow eyes were consistently at bumper height for best access in the unfortunate case that the car is of track and into a dirt or gravel berm. Like the OEMs, we wanted to make the tow eyes removeable but we wanted to make them as strong as possible when installed. We considered multiple different thread pitches and sizes – ultimately choosing to use the same thread type and size as used by BMW. Our kit will include a flush-mounted plastic plug to cover the access hole – again, much like the OEMS do it today. The plug may be painted at the owner’s discretion. Admittedly, we have it easy with a black car where there is no need to paint the plug. We will offer the tow eye mounting kit for both the front and rear of the Boss and each will be available simultaneously. Both kits may be purchased with an optional screw-in tow ring. (Pics are shown with a popular tow ring utilized by BMW owners.) Alternatively, buyers may select any tow ring compatible with a BMW - including the BMW OEM ring (arguably the highest quality).
We will have an early-bird-special, all-in-one kit which will include front and rear kits and two of the pictured thread-in tow rings for a package price of $299. Tow rings will be available in black, red, or blue.
The normal price for the individual front and rear kits will be $159 each, or $179 with the pictured tow ring.
