# BMW Tow Hook

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-tow-hook/233939>\
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**Created:** [November 21, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-tow-hook/233939 "2013-11-21T10:43:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-tow-hook/233939/1 "2013-11-21T10:43:17Z")

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I want to make a license plate mount rather than pay for the overpriced stuff out there. All I need is a tow hook that I can hack up. I know they’re on eBay but figured I’d ask locally before going there.

If it matters it’s going on an '01 E39, but I’m fairly sure that most/all BMWs are the same.

![http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m3dvQBaQ-KCG_Iru6E2OcQA.jpg](http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m3dvQBaQ-KCG_Iru6E2OcQA.jpg)

PM me, or text 716 949 7424

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**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-tow-hook/233939/2 "2013-11-21T11:12:36Z")

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Norb you can have mine. Stupid corse threads i looked forever for a matching bolt

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**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-tow-hook/233939/3 "2013-11-21T11:16:08Z")

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Likewise. It’s not a standard thread. Someone once measured it:

> [@NeilM"](#):
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> I just checked and it’s definitely not Acme thread, which uses a trapezoidal form with a flat apex and valley. The tow hook has quite rounded threads. I read someplace that it’s a deliberately non-standard size to prevent people from using inappropriate bolts.
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> According to Ron Stygar it’s M16x3.
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> That’s quite close to 5/8"-8, which translates to M15.875 x 3.175mm. Probably close enough that you wouldn’t know the difference for very short thread engagements—once you’re up to 9 threads you’re half a thread pitch off though.
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> However M16x3 isn’t a normal size (std = M16 x 2), but then again neither is 5/8-8 (std = 5/8-11). Even McMaster-Carr doesn’t carry either of those sizes of tap, so the point may be moot.
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> Neil

Shot you a text

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**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-tow-hook/233939/4 "2013-11-22T10:59:17Z")

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Tom came through for me, thanks man.

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**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-tow-hook/233939/5 "2013-11-22T19:31:12Z")

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No prob. Thx for stoping by.