trailer hitch
 

anybody had to put a hitch on thier mustang, i need to put one on my '01 GT.

i dont think any one hear is pulling any thing with there stangs. but why are you putting a trailer hitch on yours? :confused:

Like a tow-hitch? Don't do it man! Get a Uhaul!

my truck gets 8 mpg.....and i need to get this :

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to the track.

if you have a truck use, look at it this way you get 8mpg gas is say 3.51 (thats what it is ware i live) the hitch is going to cost you over $150 i bet. for 150 bucks you could buy a lot of gas.

In this economy? That's like a half tank.
lol

it only costs 108.00 to fill are suburban lol.

ONLY?!?! jesus christ...


and Mustangs are not ment to be hauliing anything...could damage the car. use your truck dude.

please explain to me how it would ruin my car..

First off, your sports car was not built to tow. The entire suspension is built on performance of the car alone, not the car plus whatever. You would be putting un-needed strain on your shocks, and lord knows how your brakes will do. There is a chance of scraping the rear end on the ground, the metal piece in the bumper giving way, etc...

Towing with your Mustang is NOT A GOOD IDEA.

first off, mustang is not a sports car....a corvette is a sportscar. mustang is GT car, in america they call them pony cars. named after car that created the class, the original mustang.

a tow hitch is not bolted to the bumper, its bolted to the frame. the weight is supported in the tires of the trailer, not the tongue of the trailer.....brakes, pulling a trailer would be no different then having 4 full grown adults in the car.

if you guys don't know thats cool.....but don't make comments if you don't know. its obvious you guys know little about towing

Mustang = American Sports Car.

Anyway, if you don't want my opinion, don't ask for it. I know it's bolted to the frame, if you know mustangs, then you know the rear bumper bar behind the cover, is a part of the frame, and what I was talking about.

mustang is not a sports car.....sorry, nice try. it never was and it never will be.


and i never asked for your opinion....please read the original post, nowhere in it does it aske for your opinion. however i will say if you are going to give an opinion, it should be informed. yours is not.

Hence my response.

I don't like you.

have we been schooled?
mustang is not a sports car? http://www.northernmustangcorral.com/files/ad1965.jpg
as to trailers...take a tounge hitch trailer & see if it sits level without being propped up. right, it does't. that proves that the weight is transferred to the front of the tongue & in turn to the car. oh...mustangs do still have a rear bumper & a front bumper. they just have plastic covering them so you can't see them. can you imagine a '65 front bumper on the new 2010? wow! sexy!
does anyone have a mustang that you can put 4 grown adults in? didn't think so.
i have been hauling stuff on & in trailers for about 40 years now. from bumper hitch, to gooseneck, to 5th wheel. believe me...a bumper type is not an option for a car like the mustang. it's too much a "gt" car. hey, remember twhen the first gt nomenclature came out? it stood for 'grand touring'. so if the mustang is not a sprots car, it must be a luxury sedan???

I don't care

V6 Mustang is not a sports car, GT is barely a sports car, but Machs and Cobra's ARE sports cars.

Anyway, I too want a trailer hitch for when I get race tires. I need a way to carry my jack, tools, tires, and other equipment to the track. I haven't looked for one yet so I can't help you out if you find any information out post it up.

I don't really think hauling a bike is so bad, a few hundred pounds if positioned right won't hurt the car. You can't drive it like you would without the trailer ofcourse, but it won't ruin the car, just some extra strain.

seems i found one....

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I'm just going to leave this alone.

zing!

How far away is the track anyway?

i would agree that any of the SVT or even older SHO cars are sports cars....as would be the performance oriented saleen,roush etc.....but the basic mustang shares little with these cars, they are designed around performance and to do thing things a stock GT simply cannot do.

I don't have a sports car?! What the f?

::sells car::

sorry....

Pony car - The pony car is a class of automobile launched and inspired by the FordMustang in 1964. It describes an affordable, compact, highly styled car with a sporty or performance-oriented image

The requirements were therefore set:

• Attractive, sporty styling
• Affordable base price
• Extensive options, including six-cylinder and V8 engines
• Aggressive, youth-oriented marketing and advertising

Its a muscle car really, its not a sports car. Regardless you can tow with it but the rating is something low like 800 pounds I cant remember. If you already own a truck its even more retarded, but you can tow with it and some people do tow with theirs .

after hours why would u come on these forums if u dont like mustangs...

Don't tow, the car wasn't designed for it. I even doubt if Ford considered that when designing the Mustang so use a hitch at your own risk. Also, considering the max payload (including passengers) is like 700 lbs, I doubt w/ towing you are going to be able to tow anything more than that. Also, consider that the trailer is weight that needs to be considered. Now, if you do tow, don't be surprised if the car is horrible at it. My friend tows w/ a his Cavalier and it gets 20 mpg, can't go faster than 60, and burns the clutch going up a hill while doing it. Though the Mustang is more stout, don't be surprised it's just as bad. Now, if you're worried about mileage, do something about the truck. 8 mpg towing is really bad, even if it's heavy stuff. My friend's dad's DRW, 8' bed, crew cab, Lariat F350 w/ the 7.3 diesel gets 13 mpg towing an RV trailer. Now, since you need to get a bike to the track, can't you just throw that in the bed of you truck? If towing is needed, no way the truck is going to get 8 mpg while doing it. Sounds like the truck is way underpowered. What kind of truck you have? Your best solution may be to figure out why the truck is getting bad mileage and fixing it or getting a more stout truck (like a V8 1/2 ton).

i love mustangs.....i have had many. from a beater '67 to a stripped down 86 LX with gt40P heads a B cam and a whole lotta nitrous....and now my current driver.....

i will not pretend it is waht it is not. it is a monumental car, a car that created a whole new market....the camaro,firebird, challeger, all were built to do battle with the mustang on the track and in the showroom.

but it was never a sports car.

the mustang is rated to tow 1000lbs....the bike is 402lbs race prepped. so unlees my trailer weighs over 600lbs i am cool.

man you will regret putting a tow pkg on the car, 1 it sits to low for going over entry ways and driveways with a trailer hooked up to it. I dont know what year stang your looking at pulling it with, you said that you have a 86 LX DD, is that what your using for the towing to be?

I have a 2000 Explorer we use for towing with a 8x12 trailor and that thing is hard enough to pull the trailor, now its not hauling a vehicle behind me...but your transmission is gonna feel the brunt of it, along with your brakes as well.

Just something to think about, I have seen mustangs at car events with trailer hitches on them, but they are the newer models that I think have a beefier trans. on them.