All The Wheels In The Car.
Alrighty. My tow vehicle is Dead for the time being so I'm going to attempt 4 wheels and tires, A jack a helment and some lugage for a 150 mile drive tomorrow. Any suggestions of layout for getting it all in the car?
People in this area who have accomplished that feat removed the passenger seat. They were then able to fit 3 wheels in the passenger seat well, with two upright side by side and the third on top, laying across the other two. The last wheel goes in the trunk.
I've used one rear in the trunk (sans toolkit), the fronts side-by-side longitudinally on the passenger seat (they're narrower making clearance for the door panel easier) and the second rear tire laying on top of the fronts (need to lower the top to make it fit and raise it when positioned). I haven't used anything to tie the top tire down and have found that I can reliably have the tire try to fall on me in one direction of the trip and stay put in the other (which direction I'm going when it wants to slip off is random). Obviously, tying it down is the better answer.
No need to remove the seat...
No need to remove the seat...
I keep thinking about trying to haul tires to the track, but I can barely fit all my track day crap (race bag, shoes, gloves, tools, lap timer, tripod for lap timer, spare oil, jack, ground cloth to put all my crap on at the track, camping chair, small cooler with water and food, helmet, spare helmet for passengers) in the car with the race tires already mounted!
I did buy a trailer hitch recently but have yet to install it...
I did buy a trailer hitch recently but have yet to install it...
Well got everything in and down there. Won the class. missed FTD by .03 seconds. Ran FTD during a fun run (with a passanger) Mind you this was an open course With Z06's. Whoever said you torque wins races was smoking some serious $hit. Put everything back in thought it was the same Just got home and My passangerside door pannel is FBAR. I guess it shifted on the drive. I'm pretty pissed over it. Good news is it looked like it was starting to flex back just in the time I sat stareing at it wondering what a new one costs. I couldn't even figure out how to get the darn thing off. So i'm hoping I'll wake up in the morning and it will be back in Proper shape. Either that or it's time to price out a Door pannel.
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Congratulations on the win - sorry about the door panel. Fortunately, door panels are very easy to remove (sounds like you need to get a Helm service Manual
. I bet you can find a used panel off awreched car for a lot less than the new price which I bet is pretty expensive. Hopefully, with the panel removed, you will be able to push it back into shape.
When I transport tires in the front seat, I find it best to have the inside of the wheel face the door panel so that it doesn't push on it as much as the convex outer surface. Obviously, use some padding too - I use an old mattress pad.
To remove the door panel:
1) Pull the inner door handle inward to reveal a phillips head screw in plastic inner door handle protector, Remove the screw and then the protector itself.
2) Pop off two covers on the door pull and remove a large phillips head screw under each one (note that 1 screw is longer than the other - the top one).
3) Remove 1 plastic clip at the very front of the panel about 2/3 of the way towards the top.
4) Pull inward on the center-bottom of the panel. Don't be shy - with enough force it will pop loose. Run your hand in both directions along the bottom of the panel and up each side, popping it loose until the whole panel is free.
5) Lift the whole panel up and it should pop off the door.
During installation, make sure all of the plastic clips are correctly in place and lined up before pushing the panel back in.
. I bet you can find a used panel off awreched car for a lot less than the new price which I bet is pretty expensive. Hopefully, with the panel removed, you will be able to push it back into shape.When I transport tires in the front seat, I find it best to have the inside of the wheel face the door panel so that it doesn't push on it as much as the convex outer surface. Obviously, use some padding too - I use an old mattress pad.
To remove the door panel:
1) Pull the inner door handle inward to reveal a phillips head screw in plastic inner door handle protector, Remove the screw and then the protector itself.
2) Pop off two covers on the door pull and remove a large phillips head screw under each one (note that 1 screw is longer than the other - the top one).
3) Remove 1 plastic clip at the very front of the panel about 2/3 of the way towards the top.
4) Pull inward on the center-bottom of the panel. Don't be shy - with enough force it will pop loose. Run your hand in both directions along the bottom of the panel and up each side, popping it loose until the whole panel is free.
5) Lift the whole panel up and it should pop off the door.
During installation, make sure all of the plastic clips are correctly in place and lined up before pushing the panel back in.
*UPDATE*
Woke up this morning and could barely see where it had been pushed in. Came back from the soccer game and it looks good as new. God Bless honda Plastic.
Joshua thank you for the help. Didn't get a chance to use it. Whats the name of that stuff you use on the back window. I can barely see out of mine.
Woke up this morning and could barely see where it had been pushed in. Came back from the soccer game and it looks good as new. God Bless honda Plastic.
Joshua thank you for the help. Didn't get a chance to use it. Whats the name of that stuff you use on the back window. I can barely see out of mine.






