My trailer solution

[Daesharacor]

Modified my dad's old motorcycle trailer to carry the new sj this weekend, and I thought I'd make a thread so that if anybody else was thinking of doing it they'd have another idea to help with the brainstorming.

It's a regular one axle trailer with 3/4" plywood covering the top surface.

I got an 8' pressure treated 4x4 and two 8' pressure treated 2x4s, as well as 8 3/8" 6" long bolts and associated hardware. We cut the 4x4 into 2' sections and used the tilt feature of a circular saw to cut them at a 30 degree angle (as measured from the hull of the sj). We cut the 2x4's down to 6 feet and screwed the 4x4's to the bottom at the front and rear of the 2x4's, bolted the assemblies to the trailer, and threw some indoor/outdoor carpet over the bunks.

Here's the pattern I used for the angle and spacing on my '08 hull.

Anyway, here's a few pictures.

 

[sneaky]

crap i miss my sti. those are hell of an awesome car. mine was 05 tho, same color but with goldies. miss it to death

 

[sneaky]

oh btw where did you get your tailer hitch? when i worked for subaru i wanted one for my trailer, i called the factory rep and he told me:

"Subaru has a hard time justifying a trailer hitch option on a car the can do 145mph. Sorry."

i laughed. glad you got one.

 

[Daesharacor]

Haha, thanks guys. Wouldn't trade that car for any other.

I got the hitch from etrailer.com. Great company to deal with... quick shipping and excellent product. I got the Curt hitch and had to get the kartboy.com exhaust hangers to provide the clearance over the exhaust since mine is aftermarket. No welding or anything, just unbolting a few frame bolts and popping it on, putting the bolts back in. There's a small cut you have to make on the bottom of the body plastic, but it's completely unnoticable and the total area might be .5 square inches.

 

[turnagainhardcore]

Looks like a good set up,
I want to do a trailer like that one so I can put other stuff on it as well

 

[Daesharacor]

Thanks. It's great, I can still strap a bunch of stuff on the trailer, it's got a foot or so on each side. I'm pretty happy with the setup! Cost me 50 bucks in material, too... so better than spending a couple hundred on a new or used one.

 

[CarFanatic]

please tell me you have tied that down somehow! I dont see any bow stop.

 

[Daesharacor]

Hahaha, yes. We were in the process of tying it down when I stepped back and took a few pictures. I'm going to figure out a better way of doing it in the future, but we just used rope loops through the bow and stern holes and used tie-downs to crank them tight to the trailer. I also threw one over the gunwhales because hey, why not.

A question - I tied the handle pole down so it couldnt bounce up and down on bumps. Do you guys do that? Is it necessary? I'd imagine it varies depending on whether or not you have an aftermarket pole and/or spring, but in a general sense, do you do it and how do you do it? Thanks!

 

[CarFanatic]

I bungy down my hand pole, other wise it would fly up as soon as I hit a bump.

I have the blowsion spring in my pole.

 

[Daesharacor]

CarFanatic - With the stock handlepole?

Also, what methods do the rest of you guys use to keep the pole down?

 

[CarFanatic]

yes stock handpole, with blowsion spring though.

 

[ger87410]

Buy a small bungee.

 

[Daesharacor]

Will do. Thanks.

 

[Kwaka]

Put new tires on that thing man, trailer blowouts are no fun!

 

[z00m]

You cant beat towing with an STI

mick

 

[Daesharacor]

Wow, nice! We didn't get that version sti in the states... boo. Glad to see more subie owners representing though

 

[ctatv]

Im getting a trailer hitch for my 06 Spec.B in the next month or so as well. thumbs up for subaru owners

(lotta people dont know what the spec.b is...

YouTube - SEMA: Subaru Legacy GT spec. B

 

[Daesharacor]

Ah, very nice... Was considering getting a Leggy GT myself, just came across an STi I couldn't pass up

 

[z00m]

Wow, nice! We didn't get that version sti in the states... boo. Glad to see more subie owners representing though

Cheers we didnt get it in the uk , its imported from japan, i love jap cars, the longest ive ever kept a car this, 410bhp at the wheels V2 STI and 10 > 12 mpg towing the ski, but im smilimg all the way :Banane13:

Mick

 

[Daesharacor]

Nice. Gotta have a big turbo on there, I know the stock turbo here isn't good past ~350whp. I'm only at 300 at the wheels so far but I still get 26mpg on a good tank!