I know this is a small complaint, but my jackets always fall off the hook. Hangers will just not stay on. I'll probably add a little rubber piece to the hanger and hope for a better grip, but it's really p!ssing me off!
I agree, the coat hooks in our cars suck! Once I tried to hang up something that needed to dry for a bit, and any sort of turn on the road..fall! And for the record it wasn't anything heavy either.
Does anyone have any suggestions for "aftermarket" hooks?
I picked up my dry cleaning this morning and couldn't fit all of it. I have as much as I can hanging on either side, but I have to go home, drop it off and then go back for the rest. I had "oh shit" handles in my Fusion (previous car) and they'd hold everything. Wish I had them in this.
@captainsubt3xt, so you just couldn't put them on the rear seats ? You had to do a second trip to have all of them ?!? I just hope the dry cleaner is not 50 miles away from your home.
Nah, it's right down the road. I don't want to pay to have something cleaned and pressed, then have it sitting to wrinkle in my car all day while I'm at the office. Dry cleaning isn't cheap.
I've tried thin metal and suit hangers that have a little thicker metal. Neither stay. the hooks just aren't deep enough. I may end up filing the bed down a little.
You are right these are the worst coat hook I have ever seen. My laundry has fallen off the hook EVERY TIME since I have had this car. The hangers will just not stay on.
Next time I'm at the dealer i'm going to write it up.
I like to hang more than a couple of things from the coat hook and you guys are right..... the stock hooks are garbage. I was going to try using hooks from other cars, but figured it'd be a project to make one on the mill. This thing did the trick and doesn't look half bad. Only made one as I only use the left side. I doubt NHTSA would approve as a rear passenger might get a head wound from it in a crash, but nobody sits there in this car anyway. [hihi]
I like to hang more than a couple of things from the coat hook and you guys are right..... the stock hooks are garbage. I was going to try using hooks from other cars, but figured it'd be a project to make one on the mill. This thing did the trick and doesn't look half bad. Only made one as I only use the left side. I doubt NHTSA would approve as a rear passenger might get a head wound from it in a crash, but nobody sits there in this car anyway. [hihi]
cobie56,
Thanks, but that thing took 4-5 hrs, so it's a one-off [mecry]
Just wanted to show it could be done. If I had CNC equipment, I'd consider it. I think the best thing is still to find something from another vehicle that works.
Hope my roof holds up to the wardrobe weight now !
Thanks Seriously.
Ford could make that out of plastic (like the stock one) and it would pass safety tests. Whoever designed the stock ones must never hang anything in their car. [!]
Somewhere I've seen a collapsible bar with loops on each end that you hang across the two hooks in back. Then you can hang your dry cleaning and such. I'll have to talk the wife into looking for one for me.
I agree with the complaint about the coat hook, but the other day, my five year-old grandson was in a booster in the back seat, and he told me to look at something. I turned around, and he had lowered an extra hook from the main coat hook somehow.
I've tried and tried, but I can't get the coat hook to do whatever it was he did.
Has anybody figured out how to make an extra hook drop from the bottom of the existing hook?
I agree with the complaint about the coat hook, but the other day, my five year-old grandson was in a booster in the back seat, and he told me to look at something. I turned around, and he had lowered an extra hook from the main coat hook somehow.
I've tried and tried, but I can't get the coat hook to do whatever it was he did.
Has anybody figured out how to make an extra hook drop from the bottom of the existing hook?
I can't see a way to lower mine, but they do have a little pin that sticks up and keeps things from falling off. I had no problem using both sides to carry clothes on hangers...
Are you referring to the plastic one posted beside the one blackhillsken created? That link brings me to the first post and then jumps straight back to yours for some reason.
Sorry about the delay on this. Here's what I my Subject Matter Expert told me.
"That part in the middle is a plug basically that covers the screw that holds it into place. It can be popped open, but its only intended for access to the screw head to remove it for repairs not to be a 2nd hook."
How is this working out for you? I seen these on Amazon and thought they might work but haven't dropped the hammer yet to buy one. I bought a clothes hanger bar but when I got it installed, there was no room above the bar to hang anything. It was snug against the headliner. Thought about buying one with the metal dropdown "clips" to see if that helped but one reviewer on Amazon with a Focus said it really wasn't much better. One good turn, and it would fall off.
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