Transporting car: would this work???
05-23-2007, 12:48 PM
#41
Originally Posted by b.d.racing
I just used a u-haul car hauler and my front bumper of my Z did not go up over the lip of the front of the car hauler without pushing up the bottom of the bumper. Just thought I'd mention that if you're using a u-haul car hauler. I also made my own ramps to get the car up it by extending them onto the ramps that already come with the car hauler.
Yup, that is taken into account. I have baord ramps to raise the car's front 3" to accomodate the lip.
Friend of yours? You just might get an extra piece of pie for that.
05-23-2007, 12:53 PM
#43
my car is dirty
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lol no, not a friend of mine...though i wish she was.. hahah
she's one of our [frederick's of hollywood] main models..
her site: http://www.joannakrupa.com/
our site
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she's one of our [frederick's of hollywood] main models..
her site: http://www.joannakrupa.com/
our site
: www.fredericks.com
05-23-2007, 01:42 PM
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06-01-2007, 06:43 PM
#47
Whew, 33 hours of driving and a few days to get settled in and recouperate, I finally made the move from Houston to San Diego!
The transport of the Z went off without a hitch. It took some careful measuring, planning and a large stack of carefully cut lumber to get the car up on the Uhaul trailer safely, but it went smoothly.
For in-transit protection, I ended up going with the industrial saran wrap over the OEM cover method and you can see the results in the pics below. It took a while to do and having three people to do it helped, but it really didn't take much longer or cost any more than partial painter's tape jobs I've seen others do. With the plastic overlapped, and wrapped a few times over, it was several layers thick and the bottom of the car was wrapped as smooth as the belly pan of an Elise. The first day, I had to tape up a few loose spots as they developed, but after than, it was tight as a drum and weathered several SEVERE thunderstorms in TX, one with dime sized hail, even. The first pic is on the road in TX, the second and third are past Tuscon and the last is at my destination, 1500 miles later. When I unwrapped it, it was as pristine as when I put it on the trailer 4 days earlier. Overkill? Maybe, but I'm **** about my car that way and it saved me hours of detail time after getting here. I highly recommend this method for long range transport. Here are the pics:
In her new home (that's the old man's '96 NSX, which he hardly ever drives; I'm sure I'lll put a few miles on it as well :-D ):
Can't wait to get her on some curves this weekend!
The transport of the Z went off without a hitch. It took some careful measuring, planning and a large stack of carefully cut lumber to get the car up on the Uhaul trailer safely, but it went smoothly.
For in-transit protection, I ended up going with the industrial saran wrap over the OEM cover method and you can see the results in the pics below. It took a while to do and having three people to do it helped, but it really didn't take much longer or cost any more than partial painter's tape jobs I've seen others do. With the plastic overlapped, and wrapped a few times over, it was several layers thick and the bottom of the car was wrapped as smooth as the belly pan of an Elise. The first day, I had to tape up a few loose spots as they developed, but after than, it was tight as a drum and weathered several SEVERE thunderstorms in TX, one with dime sized hail, even. The first pic is on the road in TX, the second and third are past Tuscon and the last is at my destination, 1500 miles later. When I unwrapped it, it was as pristine as when I put it on the trailer 4 days earlier. Overkill? Maybe, but I'm **** about my car that way and it saved me hours of detail time after getting here. I highly recommend this method for long range transport. Here are the pics:
In her new home (that's the old man's '96 NSX, which he hardly ever drives; I'm sure I'lll put a few miles on it as well :-D ):
Can't wait to get her on some curves this weekend!
06-01-2007, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by MustGoFastR
...The transport of the Z went off without a hitch...
j/k Good to see it went smoothly. That wrap is remarkably tight; you can see every curve of the car's body. Well done!
06-02-2007, 12:25 AM
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wow, very cool. you said you had the plastic over the car cover? i don't see a car cover though 
you were towing an rv and the trailer with the z? that uhual truck is POWERFUL.
WELCOME TO CALI!
...where's my pie?
if you don't have pie, i'll take the nsx.
you were towing an rv and the trailer with the z? that uhual truck is POWERFUL.
WELCOME TO CALI!
...where's my pie?
if you don't have pie, i'll take the nsx.
06-02-2007, 04:37 AM
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Originally Posted by drivenCSZ
point taken...i come from the land of daily driving 
how about a car cover strapped down with some industrial saran wrap..lol
how about a car cover strapped down with some industrial saran wrap..lol
edit: man IBL FTL! thats pretty awesome that the wrap worked!!
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06-02-2007, 07:13 AM
#51
Originally Posted by oneDIRTYz
wow, very cool. you said you had the plastic over the car cover? i don't see a car cover though
you were towing an rv and the trailer with the z? that uhual truck is POWERFUL.
WELCOME TO CALI!
...where's my pie?
if you don't have pie, i'll take the nsx.
you were towing an rv and the trailer with the z? that uhual truck is POWERFUL.
WELCOME TO CALI!
...where's my pie?
if you don't have pie, i'll take the nsx.
Yeah, the wrap is on over the OEM car cover; look in the third pic and you can see the cover's Z logo on the hood.
Truck was just hauling the Z. The RV is my parent's; they caravaned back with me from TX.
LOL, working on getting your pie.
Actually, might be going on a cruise tomorrow that'll take me up through Julian. Check it out:https://my350z.com/forum/southern-california/276034-san-diego-cruise-june-3rd-anyone-interested.html
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