today we're looking at the eos tow hook bracket it's only for the model s but
we'll see if we can make it work as another model x owner is actually the
one who uh recommended it to us
first thing you got to do is remove your tow hook cover
you want to use a non-marking tool
just get up in there and pop that bad boy out
we've got our left-handed thread bolt
so you gotta turn it left to get it to tighten not right
there's our straps to pop the front looks like it's right through that hole
this is actually a 16 millimeter but i'm using a 17-millimeter socket
just to get a nice hand-tight on it
because until we know it doesn't interfere with the radar i don't want to
end up not being able to get this thing taken off again
all right so next thing we need is this assembly
taking the longer bolts and this plastic washer
rubber washer that part is a regular thread
so you can righty tighty
i'm just gonna get it snug so that we can position the bracket where we like
it
now i'm hoping the reason they don't list model x is because they haven't
tried it themselves not because it doesn't work
i think the radar is here but it could be over there
but we also have to avoid these ultrasonic sensors
maybe herelet's get our plate and try it
out
ah, it's stamped might as well just put it right out
a little close don't you think?
hey, it's our fellow tesla owner up in here all right so i'm gonna try lower then
hopefully i don't scrape it on a low entrance
lower and way the heck over here
that might be in the way here, we're gonna have some uh
some trial and error with this that's for sure
all right so unlike the model 3 guy we're actually going to change this up a
little bit
that's not the right screw for this one
that or i'm cross-threading them both
oh that's right weird
it doesn't feel straight
it's much better over there
all right i don't know why that one's tapped so poorly
it's loose (disappointed laughter)
because the way i need to tighten that is the way that this one loosens
but since it is 17 and i've got a 17.
not the best tool it's a torque wrench
just need a regular straight wrench i don't know that they're built for
left-handed threads
and then we'll take these screws and mount our plate
and hope that we did right the first time
we chose these upper left
hopefully that's enough that the model x doesn't see it
so weird they use three different allen wrenches
okay so if the car doesn't see this then we'll come back remove the plate
and re-tighten the bracket
all right so we're going to start the car then we're going to shift into drive
nothing on the parking sensors so let's switch to the camera view
nothing up there so at this point we're gonna go back out take the plate
back off and then re-tighten that uh that center
nut until uh it's good to go and then we're gonna take it for a spin
actually i think before we take it for a spin we should probably smart summon it across
the way and see if it freaks out
i wish this would fit without taking the plate off
a small one
what? we're taking it off because now that we know that it fits without the car
seeing it we can
we can tighten it we didn't tighten it all the way the first time because we
weren't sure if it was right place
one warning in the manual pamphlet for this thing is that you can't use
you can't use any more automated car washes but with the wrap we already
couldn't use the brushed car washes anyway so
no changes
i don't know why this one is so poorly tapped if i had a
screw tapper i would fix it myself i don't like that at all
pulling up a bubble level
well it definitely looks better than the dirtiness that is my car
sticks out a little further than i would like
i guess i could bend it or angle it back
all right so let's do a smart summon see how it behaves
before we get out on the open road
it appears to be unaffected
it's good it's, yes hi, don't go around me you're coming to me
that was the eos tow hook bracket license plate mount
for the tesla model s installed on a tesla model x
i would give it a eight out of ten i have to take points off for the
on the on the mount where i attached the bracket itself to
where it had the miss-thread other than that it worked great the car
didn't see it with the parking sensors or the radar
and autopilot worked fine smart summon
worked fine and would i buy it again, absolutely and
there is another product that's maybe on the market i'm gonna give that a try as
well can i get that back to the center i do
like the way it looks but it hangs off to the side a little bit more
than i would like and i could angle it but
i want to see what that other product does before i before i pick one
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