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Tie Down #3070796
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Guys with ladder bar/4 link cars how are you attaching the tie down straps on the rear of your car? Pics would be great. Thanks.

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I have tie down loops welded to my frame rails, front and rear on my car. You can see them here just after the wheel tubs. I prefer to tie the car down like this so the suspension isn't moving, and shocks wearing out.

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Center of the back bracing for the nine inch housing has loops welded into it. Cross the tie downs.

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My Valiant has frame loops like Jeff's Roadrunner on back. Front I just put straps over the strut rods and hook the ratchet straps to them.


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S60 with ladder bar and wheelie bar brackets….. have to cross the rear straps to clear the wheelie bar mounts which I’m NOT a fan of. Tire goes down the car will get pulled to that side. I need to add some more D rings in the floor to remedy this.

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I use two 5,000 Lb, rated straps with D rings on each end over the rear end axle tubes held by two 5000 Lb. rated ratchet strap hold downs on the rear end hook to two d rings in the floor and two of the same straps and hold downs looped around the K member in the front hook to the front D rings by the front ratchet tie downsup wrench
Works good, last a long time.
If I'm towing more than 50 miles, I will stop once and retighten the rears up They will stretch a little and get a tiny bit loose shruggy


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I will stop once and retighten the rears up They will stretch a little and get a tiny bit loose shruggy
And hate when they do that mad

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Mine has a long bolt in the lower rear ladder bar mount. A loop is attached over that bolt with with an additional nut.
Doug

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Originally Posted by JERICOGTX
I have tie down loops welded to my frame rails, front and rear on my car. You can see them here just after the wheel tubs. I prefer to tie the car down like this so the suspension isn't moving, and shocks wearing out.

Like Jeff says, attaching to the frame pulls the car suspension down, so it doesn't bounce around as much (which can wear shocks).
When I bought my Daytona, the previous owner had frame loops on the front, but axle loops on the rear. He showed me how he used an extra strap on the parachute frame to pull the suspension down. Saving the shocks.







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