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DIY: tow hook licence plate bracket

Upgrades & DIY / Other DIY written by @Flexin5 Acura TLX 2015
12.20.2015

Hope this works I'm posting from my phone. Finally had time to make a plate bracket that screws into your tow hook location. After failed attempts to find a bolt big enough I went about it like this:

1) go to acura and buy another tow hook. $20.

2) cut off the end of it. I used an angle grinder. Please don't be an idiot like I am and wear eye protection. Careful it's hot after you cut it.

3) Get a metal drill bit and drill a hole. Go slow, use wd40 so you don't round your bit, this is probably the most difficult part, if you have access to a drill press that will make your life much easier. Try to drill the hole as straight as possible if your using a hand drill like I was.

4) Get a corresponding sized tap and tap the hole.

5) attach the plate back. Since I ordered one for a TL and it didn't fit I could still use this part, you can easily make one from sheet metal or steal and cut a stree sign or something lol put a proper sized and thread bolt into the new threaded hole.

6) install

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