According to the manual and Helms, the S should always be transported by flatbed. My question is where do you pull the S from to get it on the flatbed? The front bumper eye-bolt is for flat towing out of track runoff areas, and the like, and has been known to break if used to pull the car up on a flat-bed. The tie down points, according to Helms, are behind the front tires and behind the jack points, covered by a rubber plug, but they seem so far back that a lot of strain would be placed on the front suspension or the front bumper by any chain or cable attached here. So where do the hooks go? I just know if I have to have it towed due to accidents or mechanical problems the lower A-arms or front cover are going to feel some pain. Any help in advance would be appreciated, thanks.

 

I drove mine onto the flatbed. The driver was too scared of the tow-hook to use it.

Be careful when they anchor the car down with web straps once it is on the car. They jacked up both the front and rear bumpers when securing the car and eventually had to replace both.

-Hockey

p.s. ofcourse if the car is inoperable, you have no choice but to use the tow-hook. Anywhere else will result in body damage.

 

Thank-you, Hockey.

Does anyone else (unfortunately) have any experience with this?

 

Yea, its an ugly site. I blew my clutch and they had to flatbed it to honda. Well, he hooked it up to something under the car and my front bumper got stuck between the chain and the metal bed. I don't think he had the piece that goes into the fender. There was no damage though. One other thing, the car was 2 months old os I was kinda flippin out,

Larry

 

Usually they use the front tow hook. When you call for a flatbed just tell them it's lowered and then they'll bring some xtra wood shims for loading it. That way nothing gets wrecked. With the right pieces of wood you can flatbed any car no matter how low it is.

If you can find out, ask who hauls the exotics. Those are the people you want to get. They don't cost anymore and they know how to treat your car.

fltsfshr

 

whoever's tow hook broke off didn't install it properly.

I used my tow hook to pull my car out of a snow pile with no problems.

 

The tow hook "should" be more than strong enough to hold the weight of the car.

It may be RTFM time.

Hopefully, we never need to expose the hook!

 

Thanks to all for the personal feedback. I guess the front hook is the way to go, even though the manual says it is for flat towing only (and offers no other suggestions). I will consider a set of these and just plan on riding up in the car with brakes ready in case something breaks:

http://marketplace.s2ki.com/s2ki/product.p...79&cat=0&page=1

I will probably drop the $40 on theses for vehicle tie-down as well to avoid Hockey's misfortune (even though any self-respecting tow company should have them):

http://www.macscustomtiedowns.com/scripts/...p?idproduct=106

 

Throw some pieces of 1X8 inch boards in your trunk from around +- 1 to 2 feet.
That way if they don't show with any you're covered

fltsfshr