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Hey so thought I would make a instalation guide mainly for the front FEED tow hook as it was abit of a pig making it fit on a oem 99 S8 bumper and not much coverage with good pictures so enjoy and any questions please ask !
The FEED tow hook is great for any RS owners that have the factory spot lights and can't run the supernow side mount or wants the traditional hoop style unlike the jp3 one.
1. Remove all hardware and drop down the undertray mounted too the bumper so you can gain access too the AC condenser mounts on the left and right side.
2. Remove all 4 bolts holding the Condenser up and gently lower it down and rest it *circled in yellow*
3. Remove the single bolt holding the AC bracket in on the left side .
4. The bracket will require Slight modification so the tow hook can lay flat and bolt holes can line up such as :
The left hand lip grinding down flush and the bolt hole slightly lengthening downwards i think it was aha.. can't quite remember.
Should look something like this once finished ^
5. The Feed tow hook will require the hole slightly enlarging towards the left and require a M10x1.25 fine thread bolt 30mm in length is what I used but this bolt is not provided in the kit or in the frame rail of the car originally .
At this point you can either fit the tow hook and in my case unfortunately the hook would push down on the mouth of my bumper which would wear the paint away , if this is the case for all of them or was just welded slightly off on mine I'm not sure but you can heat up and bend the hook inside the bumper more so it clears the mouth with loads of room *see end pictures for finished product *
Hitting the bumper ^
6. So for fitting you will lay the tow hook over the AC bracket and use the M10 bolt in the hole bottom of the frame rail and loosely hold the bracket in place while you line the holes up for the small bolt that goes though both the tow hook and AC bracket.
After all that you should have a finished product that looks something like the picture below!
Rear tow hook guide listed below.
1. For the rear tow hook it's pretty self explanatory place the hook on the right side of the oem towing eye and use the provided bolt from FEED and place that though from the right side and place the washer/plate on the left side and secure with the provided nut.
The FEED tow hook is great for any RS owners that have the factory spot lights and can't run the supernow side mount or wants the traditional hoop style unlike the jp3 one.
1. Remove all hardware and drop down the undertray mounted too the bumper so you can gain access too the AC condenser mounts on the left and right side.
2. Remove all 4 bolts holding the Condenser up and gently lower it down and rest it *circled in yellow*
3. Remove the single bolt holding the AC bracket in on the left side .
4. The bracket will require Slight modification so the tow hook can lay flat and bolt holes can line up such as :
The left hand lip grinding down flush and the bolt hole slightly lengthening downwards i think it was aha.. can't quite remember.
Should look something like this once finished ^
5. The Feed tow hook will require the hole slightly enlarging towards the left and require a M10x1.25 fine thread bolt 30mm in length is what I used but this bolt is not provided in the kit or in the frame rail of the car originally .
At this point you can either fit the tow hook and in my case unfortunately the hook would push down on the mouth of my bumper which would wear the paint away , if this is the case for all of them or was just welded slightly off on mine I'm not sure but you can heat up and bend the hook inside the bumper more so it clears the mouth with loads of room *see end pictures for finished product *
Hitting the bumper ^
6. So for fitting you will lay the tow hook over the AC bracket and use the M10 bolt in the hole bottom of the frame rail and loosely hold the bracket in place while you line the holes up for the small bolt that goes though both the tow hook and AC bracket.
After all that you should have a finished product that looks something like the picture below!
Rear tow hook guide listed below.
1. For the rear tow hook it's pretty self explanatory place the hook on the right side of the oem towing eye and use the provided bolt from FEED and place that though from the right side and place the washer/plate on the left side and secure with the provided nut.
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