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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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So, yesterday I was over at my friends house, and his house has this crazy long driveway up a hill, and me, knowing I have new front tires, tries to go up it. I failed. Miserably. So, now I'm a good 20 feet away from any type of driveway, and there'* about 8 inches of snow with some ice on top of that, so yeah, I need a tow...

Now, to my question, where is a good spot to hook a chain to at the front?
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 04:28 PM
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The front of the subframe.
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 04:31 PM
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so I CAN hook it to the subframe? that'* good. Didn't know if it would take the brute strength of a 454
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by petraman
so I CAN hook it to the subframe? that'* good. Didn't know if it would take the brute strength of a 454
your bumper might not though...
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by 1993 SLE
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so I CAN hook it to the subframe? that'* good. Didn't know if it would take the brute strength of a 454
your bumper might not though...
He should try and find out.
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 12:05 AM
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well your not going to attach and pull like hell are you? NO your going to attach and ease it till the chain is tight lol use the sub fram from the side of the car pointed furthest away from the truck let the truck ease the car out.
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by VigCS
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so I CAN hook it to the subframe? that'* good. Didn't know if it would take the brute strength of a 454
your bumper might not though...
He should try and find out.
being its a 'peety" car its going to be sold with in 48 hours of purchase anyway


but serously go for the subframe and do it SLOWLY
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SSE and SSEi'* specifically state in the owners manual that they should always be put on a flatbed. This is because of all the low hanging cladding. While the subframe is a good place to attach, the cladding and bumper covers stick down w/little ability to support the tow rope or chain that will dig into it.
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 11:13 AM
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heh, I'll take a picture of where I got stuck; a flatbed is NOT possible. So.... I might be asking someone for a front lip in the very near future
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 12:17 PM
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Just make sure someone is rolling video during the event.
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