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A9x tow point

Started by Shtstr , Jun 26 2016 09:14 PM

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#1 Shtstr

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Posted 26 June 2016 - 09:14 PM

Has anyone got a template for the tow point for the a9x torana. Front and rear.

The race car one.

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#2 arrimar

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Posted 26 June 2016 - 09:36 PM

Put a u-bolt on the bumper.

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 06:58 PM

No want the proper group c tow point

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 07:13 PM

Pretty sure they were made up by the individual owners/mechanics.

Lots of different types.

Towed a few at Oran Park and cant remember any being the same.

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#5 _repco_

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 07:16 PM

RPM sell them. They have stores Australia wide.

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 08:42 PM

Agree, there would be no specific group c one.
Each team would have done there own thing

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Posted 27 June 2016 - 11:25 PM

Looking at these touring car masters pics, they're all over the joint. https://www.google.c...AUIBigB#imgrc=_

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Posted 28 June 2016 - 08:07 AM

I'm curious to see the design Dave is referring to? I've just seen a variety, and I made one that hangs down under the front bumper, and a rear that hands off the chassis rail after I welded some crush tubes into it.

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Posted 29 June 2016 - 07:05 PM

In more specific details the ones fitted to the HDT a9x

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Posted 29 June 2016 - 11:19 PM

Took me a while to find it but I remembered some threads on tow points some years back.
Here is a thread from 2010: http://www.gmh-toran...mper-tow-point/
There are other threads linked inside that thread.
Hope this is what you are after.
Cheers, TB

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Posted 30 June 2016 - 07:51 AM

Front one looks like an eyelet with a thread going back through the nosecone? Not sure what it would attach to as the bumper bar bracketry does not hang that low?
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Posted 02 July 2016 - 09:29 PM

What do you plan to tow? A Ford?

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Posted 04 July 2016 - 02:25 PM

The rear looks like the before mentioned U bolt.

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Posted 04 July 2016 - 08:21 PM

got me buggered why you would need a tow point on an A9X as they were so god damn

reliable

unlike some haha!!!!!

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Posted 04 July 2016 - 09:07 PM

The rear looks like the before mentioned U bolt.

NEWTORANA_0.jpg

laurie

a tow point on an L34

but i think a tie down point on an A9X haha!

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Posted 04 July 2016 - 10:10 PM

Well everyone knows the L34's need them for when they break axles. Maybe they would be a better reference?

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Posted 05 July 2016 - 10:40 AM

I'm not sulking............................I'm just moody that's all.

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Posted 08 July 2016 - 12:42 PM

For a street car I was thinking along the lines of incorporating a big captive nut into each bumper bracket and using removable straps like these...

These ones are made by Macht Schnell Motorsport, cost around $95 (USD?) ea and come in a variety of colours (link)

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Posted 08 July 2016 - 07:13 PM

For a street car I was thinking along the lines of incorporating a big captive nut into each bumper bracket and using removable straps like these...

These ones are made by Macht Schnell Motorsport, cost around $95 (USD?) ea and come in a variety of colours (link)

what !!!!!!!!

not available in pink for the L34 owners?

just kidding LOL !

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Posted 08 July 2016 - 09:12 PM

what !!!!!!!!
not available in pink for the L34 owners?
just kidding LOL !

Pink ones were sold out due to the Hairdressers adding them to their A9X hatchbacks.
I guess they need to accessorise their Hatchbacks.
LOL, sorry Dave.

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Posted 09 July 2016 - 10:38 AM

Don't worry about him Craig. If it weren't for tow points on the back of L34's and the front of A9X's they would never be able to keep up!

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Posted 10 July 2016 - 07:49 AM

Don't worry about him Craig. If it weren't for tow points on the back of L34's and the front of A9X's they would never be able to keep up!

grumble grumble grumble!

with the likes of you two

i think i bit off more than

i can chew !

just like labor,s bill shorten

i won,t concede defeat but i think the other team has won

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Posted 29 July 2016 - 09:19 PM

Pink ones were sold out due to the Hairdressers adding them to their A9X hatchbacks.
I guess they need to accessorise their Hatchbacks.
LOL, sorry Dave.

craig

the proof i needed for you and that other l34 owner

https://www.australi...a-race-car.html

you both will see the from day 1 pic of the previous mensioned L34 tow straps on both sides of the front bumper

and the A9X style tie down bolts attached to the rack and pinion

eat your words you fiendish suckers haha!!!!

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Posted 29 July 2016 - 11:04 PM

craig
the proof i needed for you and that other l34 owner
https://www.australi...a-race-car.html
you both will see the from day 1 pic of the previous mensioned L34 tow straps on both sides of the front bumper
and the A9X style tie down bolts attached to the rack and pinion
eat your words you fiendish suckers haha!!!!

They are on the L34 for when we have to tow A9X's out of trouble in reverse. It's not always possible to do it going forward, so we are just planning ahead for the day we tow you out in reverse.