who has one? post pics, im looking into it

 

I hate all the skimpy looking ones on ebay. My buddy has a nice heavy one that he painted pink. Its sick but he had it custom fit to the car. I will look for a pic.

 

LOL good luck... I've never seen people put tow hooks on their Maximas on this site and I've never seen one on the 7th gen facebook page....If your going to make sure it's actually functional not just screwing it on the bumper or using 3M tape to attach it like Honda owners....

 

There's a pic of a white 7th gen on the book of Face page...

 

i was thinking of making some out of some stainless steel...i gota get it drawn up and put in the shop first, see how i like it

 

Whats the point of a tow hook anyways on a Maxima?? Wouldn't it make it look ricey??

 

wouldnt be ricey when its actually necessary to use, especially when you're slammed

 

ding ding

7th gens are semi luxury boats. keep it classy

 

it's 'rice' on hondas as well, doesnt matter what vehicle you put it on...if your car is super low to where you're gona end up messing up your bumper/lip for trying to get to the lower tow hook, you might as well install one, it has functionality, if you dont know what the functionality is, i guess you can't read, or comprehend...who knows

 

i have a tow hook on mt 7th gen but i dont knw how to upload pics here

 

LOL you have a point but my boy has a tow hook on his TL (slammed) and he never bothers to use it when gets gets stuck or in any condition... instead he makes his cousin push it with his Outlander which is stupid... I told him he could of used his tow hook but he didn't lol fail.....

 

Its not a racecar

 

post the picsss noobs ^_^

 

Please!

 

I was actually pretty disgusted with Nissan not including a tow hook on these vehicles. My 2007 Altima had a window that popped out of the front bumper and the hook simply screwed into the frame. Imagine my surprise when I couldn't locate that on my Maxima after some nice person stopped to pull me out of the sand in Galveston. I guess the rear frame crossmember worked just as well, but NOT fun rolling around under a hot car in the sand.

 

Um, what? there's a window in the front bumper, pop it out and screw it in. It's usually located in the trunk. That's where mine is stored.

 

thank you, this is helpful I didn't know that we had one in the trunk

 

Are you saying that you have a 7th gen Maxima that has the eyelet in the front bumper and you have the tow hook in the trunk?

My 2007 Altima had the same thing. My 2010 Maxima SV does NOT have the cutout in the bumper or the tow hook. I got nothing.

Is the tow hook an optional accessory or something??

Late,
Trav

 

your car doesn't have the square on the front bumper on the right hand side of this picture? if not that is pretty weird

 

 

How to Upload Pics to the .Org

 

i'm not familiar with 7th gens i know how the 5th gens were placed and it was under the bumper

 

That is a big ole negative, ghostrider. No square cutout in bumper and most definitely no tow hook. My 2007 Altima and my 2009 Z had this. I just kind of assumed that the Maxima had it. Yes, I had washed the car several times and nooooo I didn't forget the wash the front bumper every time, either. I just never paid attention.....until I took a little drive into sand that I thought was packed in Galveston one awesome day. Yeah...the car ended up sitting on the sand by its frame. No tow hook and no cutout in bumper. It just isn't there. Sucks donkey d***.

Funny story (coming from a little white boy)....the white dude came by in his big 4-wheel drive Chevy and offered to pull me out for $25. I had no cash cause I just don't keep cash....I'm bad with it...lost or spent in no time. He went on his way. It was the nice hispanic guy who REFUSED to take $ from me after he had to latch me up not once, but twice (after I got stuck AGAIN after unhooking the tow rope the 1st time). I just like to share that story...

What goes around comes around. This little white boy went and got a tow rope to keep in the Tundra when it started snowing here for just such an occasion.

Late,
Trav

 

Why wouldn't it be there on a 2010? it's on the 09, it's shown on the photos of the 2012 on Nissan's site as well. odd, very odd.

I googled around and it says Nissan no longer includes them. I didn't buy the one that was in my car.

It was just there in the tray with all the other junk that was in the tray. It was a long bolt like object with a ring on the end. There were other things in the tray, a safety kit, a flashlight with dead batteries, screwdriver, jumper cables, first aid kit, etc.

 

Also present on the 11s.

 

My 2010 has it...

 

Where exactly is he hook?? I have the cutout, but no idea where the hook is...

 

As I posted earlier, a google search says they aren't including them anymore. Not sure how I managed to get one. It was just there.

 

i have a 2010 sv and i dont have a tow hook

 

2010 SV has it in the front bumper and the tow hook was in the back under the cargo cover where the spare tire sits, so does my buddy's 09 and a co workers 2012, the cut out is in the same spot on ALL the cars and they all came with the hooks... if you don't have a hook it probably wasn't on the cars invoice meaning didn't come with it and you didn't pay for it..... the cutout is in the same place on all of them and i've never seen one without (i work for Nissan btw). You can get the hooks from the parts department at your local Nissan Dealer and if you got it used then the owner lost it and you can easily replace this.

 

Could it be possible that the bumper without the opening for the tow hook was modified by someone who wanted a totally smooth look to his bumper, so filled in and painted over where the opening used to be?

Or maybe the original bumper was damaged, and someone bought a replacement bumper from a source that was selling el-cheapo bumpers from somewhere like Viet Nam that didn't have the niceties such as a tow hook opening?

I have not always noticed, but don't recall ever seeing a 7th gen without the front bumper tow hook opening.

 

5th gens and earlier had serious tow/boat hooks underneath because they were spending weeks tied down on an auto carrier ship while crossing the Pacific. 6th and 7th gens were all made in Smyrna, and didn't have that long ocean ride to worry about, so these gens have a simple towing hook.

 

amazing how much things change over time

 

my 2010 has it

 

I have it on my 2011 Maxima as well. Although, I do not have a tow hook in the trunk or even a place in the little door to attach a tow hook, haha....

 

I went in for an oil change earlier and was about to buy a tow hook. I was told that there should have been one in my car. Short story; I was given one. Now I find out from above post that I may not be able to use it.

 

This is honestly one of the most intriguing threads I have ever read

 

Mine too is a door to nowhere, will have to return the freee hook I got.

 

Yeah I just got a 2010 SV and it has the door on the front bumper but no tow hook and no place to screw one in.

 

lol
wow still nothing..