I frequently carry a 17 foot canoe on my roof rack and need to tie a rope from the nose of the canoe to the front of the FEH. There is not much of substance below the grille (all plastic). To get around this, I took a short length of rope and attached a snap hook on each end and attached these temporarily to the two front tow hooks, underneath the chassis. I then attached my rope from the canoe to the middle of this rope. I thread the rope through a length of soft foam rubber insulation designed for 1/2" water pipe (available at Home Depot) at any spot where the rope would touch the paint. There is enough spring in the short rope to keep the rope from the canoe tensioned.