Ricer hitch

Jesus, I want winter break to end so all the underage band goes back to school.

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Confirmed for never having worked on a car

It's likely that the ricemobile was lowered, meaning it's hard as fuck to get a jack to the frame rails. Here are some alternative jack points:
>tow hook/strap mount
>crossmember
>differential
>A arm

Sure. Say nothing about the actual post. Thing is your still retarded for thinking a flimsy red hook was enough to support a car.
Btw only 15yo's break out the underage retort.

While it's true he should have checked if it was securely fastened, it's also true that he clearly has some experience if his first instinct was to jack up on that point. You, on the other hand, clearly haven't been under a car in your life.

I didn't say if it was fastened. You know what's a stupid thing to say? "I thought it was strong enough".
Have you even worked at a shop? Let alone BEEN in one? This would been such a fucking stupid to do. ITS A PIECE OF RED SHEET METAL. Why would experience tell you it's a jack up point?!

You just keep confirming your own stupidity

Neither I nor the other dude were talking about jacking it up on the end of the red part. Are you serious? There's a part where it's fastened to the frame of the car...that's where you would jack up on. See where the bolt is on this pic? You can jack up there no problem.

A shop wouldn't have this issue because they use a proper lift, you mong

OK. Answer my this. Why use some custom structure point that you don't know then a tried and true solid frame work. Most cars even have a frame piece around the area of your pic that you can use a jack on! This just screams lazy and backyard mechanic!

I agree, the guy who used that point to jack was being dumb for not looking to see if it's a secure place to jack. But what you said isn't true, because it's not a custom structure point. It's there as a tow hook for when your car needs to be towed by a truck. You can attach a ricer hook to it for easier access (so your subaru friends can pull you out of touge gutters) or just for the look.
>Most cars even have a frame piece around the area of your pic
Not really. There's a gas tank and the rails only extend the length of the wheelbase. There are generally bumper mounts and a little tow hook. A part of the frame you might be able to jack up on would be too far up/covered by the bumper to get a jack on. The next closest thing would be the diff or rear crossmember on a FWD car--both of which are considerably farther in than the factory rear tow hook. If the car is lowered, they probably aren't reachable without a low-pro jack. It would make sense to jack up on the tow hook. To be honest, I didn't even know people were attaching these to bumper mounts... That's ricey

Is it really just there to look cool?
Mine came with the toolkit of my car, but I wouldn't attach it unless I was actually getting towed.
Plus, mine is in the front, which would look really dumb if I drove around with it on permanently.

Tow hitches aren't evens structural parts of cars, why would you think a tow hook would be?