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Towing Eye


keo

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I need some help finding the right towing eye for my Elise 111R its a 2005 plate. Has anyone got any reconsiderations. I don't want to spend to much as its only to use on track every now and again.

 

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Hi

Have you lost the standard one? as that's fine for track days.

I have replaced mine with this....as it look's good and if I do come off it's nice and bright for the tow man to see, rather than him attaching the the tow rope to the first thing that he sees!!

https://www.eliseparts.com/products/show/57/607/msa-regulation-front-towing-eye/

Mark

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Thanks Mark, I can't find my standard eye so that should do the job. Where is your towing eye normally?

Hi

The towing eye on S2 cars is normally kept in the 'tool kit' that contains a couple of allen keys, spline tool and locking wheel nut accessory. In the S2's these tool kits are normally kept in the plastic 'pocket' on the side of the battery cover in the boot.

HTH.

Mark

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Having recently had experience of having to use one, get a decent one for the rear. When the guys at Donny arrived to pull me out of the gravel they wanted to put a strap through the wheel as they said that the front tow eyes are easily damaged on Lotuses, they pull out quite easily.

 

I pointed out I had one on the rear which was bolted into the subframe. They used that and it was solid as a rock.

 

One of these: https://www.eliseparts.com/products/show/57/606/msa-regulation-rear-towing-eye/

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Having recently had experience of having to use one, get a decent one for the rear. When the guys at Donny arrived to pull me out of the gravel they wanted to put a strap through the wheel as they said that the front tow eyes are easily damaged on Lotuses, they pull out quite easily.

 

I pointed out I had one on the rear which was bolted into the subframe. They used that and it was solid as a rock.

 

One of these: https://www.eliseparts.com/products/show/57/606/msa-regulation-rear-towing-eye/

 

This is why I made my own up from scratch, the complete tow post which is more securely bolted down to the crash structure and a new tow eye, which is now high tensile M12. :)

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