Front Tow Plate

[DynoBunny]

I ordered a Gen1 MS3 front tow plate because I thought it would work on the 5 but the threads are different. Does anyone know what tow plate would work on a 2012 Mazda 5. I thought maybe a Gen2 Mazda 3 may have the same threads, but it's on the other side so idk?

Any thoughts, please help I just moved and don't want to drill the bumper.

 

[Vasy]

If the hole is same location, just re-thread it to fit.
It would be a bit strange for Mazda to use differed threads just for the fun on it, but you never know I suppose.

 

[DynoBunny]

I don't want to re-thread it, anyway the MS3 hole is smaller than the Mazda 5 hole so I couldn't if I wanted to. Does anyone know if the gen2 3 tow hook diameter is larger than the gen1 diameter? Can someone take a mic to their gen 2 tow hook threads.

 

[DynoBunny]

Here's the measurements for the gen1 ms3:

This is the 2012 Mazda 5: