They said I could be anything...

[Stang70Fastback]

...so I became a utility truck.

[BaatLuk]

Thanks for sharing! The piece of wood makes me cringe. From the angle of the picture, looks like it's going to scratch your spoiler or smash into your rear window at any second...I know you probably had it tied down but still...

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Stang70Fastback

...so I became a utility truck.

But I thought twins are impractical???

[Stang70Fastback]

Originally Posted by BaatLuk

Thanks for sharing! The piece of wood makes me cringe. From the angle of the picture, looks like it's going to scratch your spoiler or smash into your rear window at any second...I know you probably had it tied down but still...

Haha! It was a foot from the rear spoiler. I tested at maximum angle and it came within an inch tho. Especially when the car went up over something and the trailer tilted down, lol.

[Tcoat]

Taking the big wing to whole new levels!

[DarkSunrise]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Taking the big wing to whole new levels!

Pssh... he could at least paint match it.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

Pssh... he could at least paint match it.

Prototype for RB 12. The actual will be all carbon fiber.

[DarkSunrise]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Prototype for RB 12. The actual will be all carbon fiber.

Nice! One thing I always felt the RB kits needed was a bigger wing.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

Nice! One thing I always felt the RB kits needed was a bigger wing.

It ain't a wing until you need a trailer to haul it will become the new thing.
Stang is a true pioneer.

[Stang70Fastback]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Stang is a true pioneer.

Yes, "He is a true pioneer," is definitely the expression that was on most peoples' faces in the Home Depot parking lot, and on the drive home. Definitely.

[apex predator]

This is awesome, and exactly what I plan to do when I get into a BRZ in about 18-months.

I try to be active; biking, kayaking and camping; and plan to buy a jetski trailer to modify with different "racks" for sports and general hauling capacity. I'll always have my families Honda Odyssey for bigger jobs, but a trailer like this will allow me to take my BRZ on excursions without leaving any toys behind.

Great job on yours! I love the color match!

[Jordanwolf]

Originally Posted by Stang70Fastback

...so I became a utility truck.

Pretty sure manual says "DO NOT TOW"

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Jordanwolf

Pretty sure manual says "DO NOT TOW"

It says a lot of things that people ignore. I think towing a light tongue weight trailer is the least of the contraventions we have seen on here.

[Stang70Fastback]

Originally Posted by Jordanwolf

Pretty sure manual says "DO NOT TOW"

The Owner's Manual states "Do Not Tow" because towing was never in the "official" design specifications when Subaru and Toyota were designing, building, and testing the car. Therefore the car was never tested for towing capability, and as a result, the Owner's Manual states not to do so, as neither Subaru, nor Toyota, want to be responsible for any issues stemming from something they never explicitly designed the car to do.

That statement was not written by engineers. It was written by lawyers to cover their butts. Even if it does state a towing capacity, that isn't necessarily the be-all, end-all of what the vehicle can do. A lot of things come together to define the "official towing capacity" of a vehicle, and the mechanical limits of the vehicle are only one of those things. The "safe limit" is different from the mechanical limit. The "legal limit" is different from both of those. And so on, and so forth. Any vehicle can tow something, though. And since I just got into an argument with someone about this on Facebook, I can conveniently copy-paste this reply

Originally Posted by Me

The heaviest iteration of the BRZ has a curb weight of 2835 lb (according to Google.) The lowest GVWR of this car is 3682 lb. That means the car is rated to carry an additional 847 lb of "cargo" if we take the worst versions of those numbers. The actual rating is likely higher. If the driver weighs 185 lb, that leaves you with 662 lb of leftover capacity. My trailer (pictured here) weighs 650 lb at most (in my overestimation.) That means that when I tow my trailer, I am actually WITHIN the design criteria for what the engineers rated the engine, transmission, brakes, and all other mechanical parts of the car to be capable of. In addition, I'm actually well UNDER the maximum capacity of the suspension, since it is only carrying the tongue weight of the trailer, and not the entire weight of the trailer and its contents. So the car is operating fully within its rated specifications, and isn't prone to any sort of unusual failure as a result of towing.

As far as that 50 lb tongue weight, 50 lb distributed across those two tow points isn't going to do ANYTHING since each tow point is individually designed for many, MANY times more than that amount of load.