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Thread: Z5 cargo rack front tie downs
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08-05-2010, 09:32 AM #1Senior Member
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Z5 cargo rack front tie downs
Anyone have a picture of their Z5 with the front tie downs attached for trailering? I'm trying to figure out how the tie downs attach to the Z5 and where the other end attaches to the boat or tower. Their website indicates that it is fully trailerable, but you need to have the 2 front tie downs attached, and take off the cargo netting.
Thanks2006 Outback V - Gone
2008 LSV - Gone
2013 other brand
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08-05-2010, 10:12 AM #2
I don't have a pic with me today but I can try to describe it. You just loop the strap over the Z5 rail at the front, and pull the clasp end through the loop end. Then the eyelet attaches to the tower, and you hook the clasp to the eyelet. Ok, a picture would be much better...
FYI, I stopped using them because they wouldn't stay tight and gouged up my tower. I tried tightening the straps before locking the rear pins in place to keep it nice and tight too, but they still became loose which allowed the clasp to flap against the tower.
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08-05-2010, 10:29 AM #3
OK, found the pics. First pic shows how the strap is attached. Second pic shows the eyelet and resulting scratches.
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08-05-2010, 11:39 AM #4Senior Member
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Newty - without the straps, no issues towing at highway speeds?
2006 Outback V - Gone
2008 LSV - Gone
2013 other brand
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08-05-2010, 11:52 AM #5
I'm assuming you meant me and not Newty? No issues. They are a nice CYA/backup incase one of the mounts would let go, but after all the hassle I just scrapped them. They didn't even have those straps the first couple of years the Z5 was out so I'm OK without them.
Of course I will recommend that YOU use them so as to absolve myself of any liability either expressed or implied.
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08-05-2010, 11:54 AM #6
Here is a pic of the tie down that came with my Z5
2009 Moomba Mobius LSV Liquid Force. Indmar 340HP CAT
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08-05-2010, 11:58 AM #7
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08-05-2010, 12:03 PM #8Senior Member
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brain - sorry dude, don't know what I was thinking
2006 Outback V - Gone
2008 LSV - Gone
2013 other brand
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08-05-2010, 01:13 PM #9
Z5 will fit on an Outback V? I would like to see pics of that
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08-05-2010, 01:40 PM #10Senior Member
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No it won't fit the Outback V but you can get a top like it from Monster Towers. Ask Wolfeman about his!
Z5 tie downs? I guess they didn't come with them in 2008 because we don't have them. We always take the cover off and tow sometimes for hundreds of miles without any problems. Once you get the hang of it it is easy to take off and put the cover back on and it keeps it from prematurely wearing out from flapping in the wind at 70mph. If there was a major problem I would assume I would be getting a pair as part of a recall?