towing eye

[C43]

Hi

I am doing a track day in a Lotus Europa at Donnington next week. I notice on the paperwork that the circuit specify towing eyes front and rear. I have one at the front but like Elise and Exige there is no rear one. Anyone know how I get around this one?

cheers

C43

[HONEYMON57ER]

I wouldn't worry too much. I was there yesterday and although they
mentioned the rear tow bar at the briefing, they never checked anyones car for
one. I suspect about half of the atendees didn't have one anyway.

[tertius]

I've only ever had the one at the front of my car, never had a problem.

[Karlos69]

I've never had an issue on the track days I've attended. I only have a towing eye point on the front of my car. Its only to pull cars out of the kitty litter if they get it bit pear-shaped, so as long as there's one on there you'll be fine (unlike a Mini Cooper S driver at a trackday I went to - he went off and hadn't fitted his towbar - they had to shut the track for 30 mins - the other punters were not amused).

Edited by Karlos69 on Monday 7th July 21:51

[deviant]

Its worth fitting one on the rear...If you end up with the nose against a wall they will have to drag your car sideways to get access.
If you floored the throttle in the gravel and got the back end of your car buried it will pull your rear bumper off trying to go forwards.
Also worth noting that I have seen standard towing eyes and screw in ones fail when the car is being dragged out of the gravel....though of course its not always practical to weld an MSA approved item to your road car!

[C43]

Cheers for the info guys, I can't see an easy way of getting an eye fitted to the rear so will leave as is.

C43

[TrevorH]

Elise parts supply a rear towing eye to fit to one of the undertray attachments. I presume the Europa has a similar undertray?
http://www.eliseparts.com/shop/index.php?main_page...

[youngsyr]

Anyone know of where you can get a front towing eye for an Evo VIII?

Mine is underneath the car and would rip the bumper to shreds even if you could get to it.