I am driving to Porsche Parade on Friday. I have a trailer but have found that the way I tie down the car pulls it out of alignment. Pics below. Does anyone have any better way to do it??.......

 

I have tie down hooks from Rennline. The rears are an open loop, in front of the engine. The fronts are the one's that attach to the front jack points. Work well, no problems at all.

 

Front Tiedowns

http://www.rennline.com/Rennline-Fro...oductinfo/E32/

Rear Tiedowns

http://www.rennline.com/Rennline-Tow...oductinfo/E04/

 

I use the rennline tie downs as well. great investment, especially after i spend $300 for a alignment, I want to make sure its still good when i get to the track.

I have also heard never to tie it down in a X pattern nor even leave it in gear while trailering

 

Sounds interesting. Wonder if it works with the RS which is very low to start with

 

it works... my buddy has them on his RS..... the only downside is jacking the car up on the front jack point get lower so you need a low profile jack

 

I use the rennline tie downs as well and have had no problem. I do cross my straps as that is a majority of the input I got while researching this topic. I have read not to use the front tow hook as a tie down point...looks like your using it to wench your car up so that is good.

 

Except for the "X" in the rear, I've always done it through the wheels like you have pictured. Its worked on GT3's, TT's, and CGT's w/o issue. Also, I wouldn't depend on the winch for much more than pulling the load onto the trailer.

 

Interesting comments. I always tie down the rear of my Porsche's in a cross pattern. The motor is back there and it causes a tendency to bounce from side to side enough to concern me. I have trailered tons of them too. With no problems on the cross pattern. I do not do the front that way. I've never had alignment problems either.

On the "in gear" note, what are you supposed to do when you get off track and get on the trailer to secure the car? The emergency brake won't work because of the heat. I have put the car in 1st gear and have had no issues, but I also have wood in front of the front and rear tires for extra insurance, and the wood is bolted to my enclosed trailer floor.

 

I cross both front and rear, leave it in first gear and with the hand brake on. With the Rennline tie downs sitting right behind the front wheels, crossing it is the only way I can see it would work. I have travelled over 600 KM's from my home to the track (a number of times) and haven't had an issue with the car moving at all.

 

+1^ Crossing is recommended by many. Logically is eliminates side to side movement. If you don't want to cross then pull at an angle, at least not parrallel to each other which will allow the car to creep to one side or the other.

I too use the Rennline E04 tie hooks, 90 deg in the rear. To save a few bucks I fabricated a threaded insert to slip into the front jack pad and use a 45 deg E04 in the front. (note they come in sets of 2) In addition, strapping to the chassis rather than the wheels preloads the car allowing much less suspension movement while traveling.

As far as transmission in or out of gear I tend to believe it's safer to leave the trans in neutral. In the event the straps are not real tight then the car can move back in forth and if in gear then its slapping the gear it's in. Can't be good over the long haul.

Hand brake, no matter. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Certainly not if the brakes are hot.

 

It works for me with porsche original hooks like yours front and back no problem so ever

 

It works very well for me and all my friends (through the wheels with no crossing). No aligment problem (I have it checked regularely though). Your D-Rings look like they are close enough to the wheels so you shouldn't have any problem with straight tie-downs. The car won't move anyway unless you do some cross-country