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gotta agree on the hire car trailers being bloody deathtraps, they either have flat tyres, stuffed wheel bearings, too high to get car on, ramps too short, or u cant open the car doors once u get the car on it (dukes of hazard style needed to get out of car lol), they sway at anything over 90kmh and make a usual 40 min trip to the drags etc into a 1 hour + trip. I was towing around a 1730kg car though so that doesnt help :thumbsup: I wish i had room at home to store a trailer, im gonna have to sort something out for the new track car im building.

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This is the one I'll eventually be getting. No where to put it at the moment.

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My cousin makes them and has offered me one for free :-)

Can get some good deals if anyone is interested. (Mods delete if inapropriate)

Heya Bobby, can you PM me some details too please mate?

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yeah Neil looked into those. too hard to find and they require the specialist mounts on the deck of the trailer.

Dennis was using a very similar tie down system on his little trailer for his clubman. it had rings mounted on the deck (they fold down flush), and a normal ratchet strap went through them and got tied to the front. mspaint explains....

green is the rings in the deck

blue is the tiedown

red is the ratchet on the tiedown

yellow is a ful sik race car

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the outline of the car including the roof is all dented because Mark drove it, not because I suck at mspaint

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I could always just go to 'towie' and buy them from him, but i'd rather know what they are called and an approx price before walking to for those thingies to find they are $1k each.

Yup D-Rings would be the other option for me (much cheaper too at about $20ea). Being a 1 piece fiberglass shell I can't exactly use it as tie down points, everything is located underneath.

Edit: I thought the dented sic car was the chinese copy bodykit you are having fitted to go along with all your other chinese parts?

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easiest with those shell type cars is a chain and hook under the back to the rear axle (it has live axle right? even if not hook to a control arm) and use the tow hook at the front with a ratchet strap to tighten it all. have to be careful thought we broke the wing support on neil's car by tying down on it.

with the gtr we run 2 chains at the front to the tow hooks, and 1 or 2 ratchet straps through the spokes of the rear tyres and then to the back of the trailer somewhere.

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Baron is very close. Some cars use a hollow wheel nut with a fine thread on the outer to screw the adaptor on. You don't have to use long nuts for racing,,,just for transporting.

Benm,,,you are going to learn very fast that you can't just buy all your racing needs off the shelf or the net buddy.

Quick quiz,,,who made them and what car are they on?. No prizes,,,just a test. Duncan you are not allowed to answer.

Neil.

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