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Best way to tow lowered car??

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Slippi84

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Jun 8, 2005
Cinnaminson, New Jersey
How are most of you guys towing cars that are near slammed? My 2gnt is lowered a lot and I want to find a trailer or dolley that is made for lower profile cars. I would rather it be a small trailer style cause it will be used for my 1g awd too. Brands styles places to look any info would be greatly appreciated.
 
I have only towed my car TWICE in 6yrs and I have used nothing special really. Just regular ramps. To get it on my buddy's trailer last week we just tilted the trailer up in front. On the dyno a buddy normally uses some flat panels of wood so that the angle on the ramp is a little less steep. Hard to explain but it's not really a problem to get it on there and my car's lower than the average DSM. ROFL
 
When the front bumper of my car is 2" off the ground and its appx 15 inches from the front of my bumper to the start of my tire.

An normal ramp that is raised 4" just 6" into the ramp will not work.

What I do do is lay down a 2' peice of wood and a 1' peice on top of it and slowly drive my car on to the wood to slowly raise the car and thats just to get a jack under the car.

For getting it on a trailer.. Well some really long ramps that cut down the incline are the only things I can think of. Or parking the trailer next to a raised area and putting hte ramps on the raised area and driving the car from the raised area to the ramps.

But Yeah I think I would have the same problem too.
 
Well I don't plan on lowering my 1g i'm building as bad as my 2g but still I know when my 2g gets towed I need wood and to go slow on a flat bed where you can control the angle and it still hits. I want to find a trailer that isn't crazy expensive doesn't really even have to be enclosed that I can take the 1g tsi to and from the track and the 2gnt if I want to.
 
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