Re: Who else has this prob with lowered/bodykitted cars?...

[Alex T]

Not being able to get them on recovery trucks with the greatest of ease..?!



So we turned the car round on the drive..





and gave it another go..
STILL didn\'t go!



After more pondering and debating what to do...



We decided on this idea...



Which, fortunately worked.. Just! With Millimetres to spare!



All in all, an hour to get it on the recovery truck!
Ahh, The joys of owning a modified car eh?!

[strange_days_uk]

what skirts are they ?  like them a lot

[Alex T]

Whole car is Re-Amemiya prepared. Cheers. :Thumbs-up

[rx7veilside]

fit coilovers jack it up adjust height and there u go

[sparkgap]

I really hate it when people push on my rear lights.
Has any one ever got one cracked this way?
Nice car BTW, what has gone wrong?

[Alex T]

that\'d be me pushing on the light.. its the middle bit that moves on mine, not the side ones.
My car has got Bilstein setup, I\'m sure they\'re coilovers, but didn\'t know they were simple to adjust up at down at will..

[Kash_]

nice looking car ... I remember when I had to get my lowered mk3 golf (80mm) onto a recovery truck, had to rip the whole front splitter off because it simply wouldn\'t get on.... oh and also had the golf completely stuck on one of those square speed humps, couldn\'t move forward or reverse, just constant grinding noises of the exhaust...lol

[Alex T]

thanks mate.

Yes, I had a lowered impreza and a turbo converted saxo before this. Both of which had trouble on the transporters!!

[pete sparrow]

Its an ongoing problem most rex owners have i think! I\'m with the AA and you don\'t need to chock the AA flat bed\'s ramps up that much.Just a couple small wedges is usually ok. Atleast you got the car on undamaged.

[TonyC]

That\'s why my bumper is held on by 4 quick release fastners - otherwise I\'d never get it on the trailer.
4 twists with screwdriver or similar and the whole front comes off. Takes about 30 seconds. Solid as a rock when mounted.

[Freddy]

Strictly Tilt & Slide recovery trucks for me. Nice colour on the fd btw.

 

[Alex T]

I had RAC try to get down here, but they couldn\'t with their large tilt \'n\' slide truck so had to go to a private company in the end. Even they had to leave they\'re trailer at other end of our driveway!

Quick release would be a great idea, may look into that!

[D2BBA]

Hmmm interesting!,

I seem to remember on my last motor that the simple A-frame bar, with extra extensions fitted better than the AAs flat bed trucks.

The RX is far far lower tho, so should I just ask for a tilt and slide if I break down?  It would be nice to know in advance!

Ive got coilovers, but at the side of the road it aint an option!

Chris:)

[Freddy]

Hmmm interesting!,

I seem to remember on my last motor that the simple A-frame bar, with extra extensions fitted better than the AAs flat bed trucks.

The RX is far far lower tho, so should I just ask for a tilt and slide if I break down?  It would be nice to know in advance!

Ive got coilovers, but at the side of the road it aint an option!

Chris:)

Yep, just tell them. I told them as soon as I mentioned the car will probably need recovering that for them to send a tilt and slide and not bother sending anything else. Otherwise you could be in for a long wait by waiting up to a couple of hrs for recovery and then for it turning out to be a non tilt slide.

I understand that most places like AA/ RAC do not have many tilt & slide trucks in their fleet so you may have to wait a little longer.

On another note; hope you\'re doing well mate. Long time no see.

[Baz116]

the annoying thing is that you`ve got to go through it all again to get the car off at the other end!!! :p