FROM a recent thread:
http://vca2.viperclub.org/forums/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=UBB21&Number=533473&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&vc=1
Some of the responses:
On four locations on the frame, accessible via the wheel wells, there are slots cut into the frame, each about 0.75" wide and 1.75" long. Each slot is aligned or oriented in the direction of the straps that you will hook up (i.e., a slot is not vertical or horizontal, but rather at an angle of about 40 degrees). You'll feed "R-hooks" (see link below) into these slots so that only the loop is protruding from the frame, which is where you hook the tie-down strap.
http://www.awdirect.com/awdirect/catalog.cfm?dest=itempg&itemid=8978&secid=89&linkon=subsection&linkid=395
Here's all the tow hooks available to professionals.
http://www.awdirect.com/awdirect/catalog.cfm?dest=dir&linkid=110&linkon=subsection
The S hook appears to be just a rounded hook - NOT like the R hook that is specificaly designed to fit inside the reinforced frame holes on all Viper frames. the R hook spreads the load / pressure from the tie dows strap over a larger area - even using some outward pressure. The R hook is the proper hook. We've towed too many Vipers to count, as has Gary Almond, ove rthousands of miles and never seen frame damage when using this hook.
Usually frame damage occurs when you put the tie down hook directly into the frame hole and crank away.
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Janni Cone
Carolinas Region Member
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Dan
My dumb question for the day where are the oblong slots located. I looked from the front and rear can't locate them. If they are accessed from the whell well areas is it from the under side of the car?
THX
Bill
Bill, you don’t have to crawl under the car to see the slots, but you do have to lay down on the ground beside the car and look in toward to the center of the car from behind the rear wheel or from in front of the front wheel. The slots are cut into the frame rails as Viper X points out. When I reach under the car via the wheel well to affix the R-hooks in the front, my arm is fully extended and I’m under the car up to my shoulder, if that helps. The rear slots are a little easier to reach for some reason, probably because there is a bit more ground clearance in the rear. If you still can’t find the slots, post as much and I’ll take a picture or two this weekend.
Janni, thanks for the experienced feedback!