Towing friends car with e30 tow hookl

[ohthejosh]

i wouldve asked myself. hmmm is his car worth more than mine sentimentally and financially? if it isn't i would risk damaging my car. but then again if his car is worth more i still wouldnt lol just because i dont want to damage his car. im just a horrible friend.

[AndrewBird]

The thing all of you guys are not considering is that the hook is probably WAY over engineered. What you have to consider is the bolts holding the bumper shock in place. These are the week link in the system. I believe they are M10 bolts, so basically the tow hook can withstand what two M10 bolts can withstand, which frankly, is a lot.

I once towed a parts car ~2 miles through town with no windshield and only the hand parking brake. Good times, good times. lol

[SUICIDE109]

I hate the ppl who ride their brakes and they lurch the fuck out of you... Something tells me that bitch is going to rip out after a little while down the road...:-(

[LivingLegend06]

This sorta applies to this thread.. I once had to be towed because my e30s clutch master cylinder broke, we used the stock tow hook on the front and now my front end doesn't fit together worth a shit. Front bumper fitment is off, and now my grill fitment around my headlights are off aswell, I'm pretty sure the front end is tweaked due to towing it. So be carefull when some one is towing your car, make sure they don't yank on it.

When the clutch master goes you can just use the starter get the car moving in first and jam gears all the way home. I did 70 miles like this. I only had to use the starter to get the car moving once, just slow down for red lights way early so you can keep it rolling in first constantly.

[noE30]

This sorta applies to this thread.. I once had to be towed because my e30s clutch master cylinder broke, we used the stock tow hook on the front and now my front end doesn't fit together worth a shit. Front bumper fitment is off, and now my grill fitment around my headlights are off aswell, I'm pretty sure the front end is tweaked due to towing it. So be carefull when some one is towing your car, make sure they don't yank on it.

[MattM]

up here it is illegal to flat tow any car on public roads.


if your just pulling along flat roads then i dont see a problem, if you wanted to pull him out of a ditch... that would be a different story...

remember, the e30 tow hook is designed so it could pull 3000lbs out of a ditch with lots of friction...

[TurboJake]

i did it at night, and ya it its illegal to use rope, must be solid bar.

Not in all states....

I've put WAY more than 3k on my tow hook. Probably upwards of 10k in short bursts. Pulled a jeep cj that was one with the earth out, and 3 miles. No big deal.

[eu teo]

i did it at night, and ya it its illegal to use rope, must be solid bar.

[5Toes]

And so is not having a front plate... oh well

[Jaxx_]

I'm pretty sure rope tows are illegal... but I could be wrong.

[eu teo]

lol i towed a 2002 silverado with my e30 :P
For 6 miles too..

[agile30]

Ive towed a Merkur XR4Ti before and thats plenty of solid. Esprcially with it having an entire spare engine set up and trans in the car.

[5Toes]

Lol yes, I know. But if car cant start then no power for brakes, etc.

The tow strap was my buddy's.. it was at his house. I didn't get to see it

[VinniE30]

Can I see a pic of the tow strap you're using? Very interested because incase I have to tow one of my e30's with the other one.

You probably already know this but make sure theres someone driving the car being towed and the power is on so they can use the power steering and brakes.

[5Toes]

Well I got lucky, friend's car finally started.