Anyone ever trailered their lowered M3 across country

[Vedubin01]

I'm the process of moving across country and will be renting a Penske truck to drive from the TX back to FL. I've been looking at covered transports but my timing has to be on point or I would not be home to give the car to the transport company. I've thought about trailering the car myself but being lowered I don't know if I would clear the front lip of the trailer. I'm thinking of putting it on the trailer backwards to make clearance. What have time guys done that have trailered a car XC?

TIA

[nrubenstein]

If you're talking about one of the u-haul trailers, I wouldn't. They are really shitty for low cars. You might want to consider buying a decent trailer and then selling it.

[Vedubin01]

Originally Posted by nrubenstein

If you're talking about one of the u-haul trailers, I wouldn't. They are really shitty for low cars. You might want to consider buying a decent trailer and then selling it.

I've been looking into that as well. Thanks for the heads up

[nrubenstein]

Originally Posted by Vedubin01

I've been looking into that as well. Thanks for the heads up

I've been using an Econotrailer for the last 15 years or so. For my limited use, it does the job. To get a really low car on with a lip, you have to raise the front (I generally recommend backing the tow vehicle onto a set of ramps), and use 2x4s to get the car over the lip of the ramps.

There are nicer trailers for *lots* more money, but they aren't worth it if you don't use them.

[tbuck]

If you are able to do so and have coilovers, why not just raise the car up to a more stock level, then once at the new place drop it back down again. A fair amount of work but no worries over damage to the car and no expensive trailer purchase and resale.

[Vedubin01]

Originally Posted by tbuck

If you are able to do so and have coilovers, why not just raise the car up to a more stock level, then once at the new place drop it back down again. A fair amount of work but no worries over damage to the car and no expensive trailer purchase and resale.

With the price of renting a trailer and adjusting the coil overs. I would then have to go back and 4 corner balance the car afterwards once the coils are brought back into place. The cost of that plus the trailer rental is about the same as a covered transport. Transport is the way I want to go but it's more about timing

[Adriano917]

Why not just remove the front bumper ? It takes a few minute to do so.

[Drv4fun]

You need to load it up by a curb.

[Davisca455]

Originally Posted by Adriano917

Why not just remove the front bumper ? It takes a few minute to do so.

I like it!
That is some out of the box thinking!
I wish I would have thought of that last Monday.

My oldest son and I just trailered his Focus RS from Tennessee to California last Monday/Tuesday.
We used a U-Haul trailer.
There was absolutely no way to get his car completely onto the trailer nose first, because the design of the trailer won't allow the low nose of the RS to clear the bump stops in the front of the trailer.
So we backed the car onto the trailer.
We stacked wood under the front tires so the nose wouldn't scrape the ground as we backed it on.

I was plenty worried about the potential for low tongue weight with the engine in the rear though, but the loaded trailer tracked beautifully the whole way, even in the SEVERE side winds in Wyoming and west of Salt Lake City.

[tbuck]

Originally Posted by Vedubin01

With the price of renting a trailer and adjusting the coil overs. I would then have to go back and 4 corner balance the car afterwards once the coils are brought back into place. The cost of that plus the trailer rental is about the same as a covered transport. Transport is the way I want to go but it's more about timing

I would think if you marked the coilovers you could just put them back to the same mark and that would be it.

Likely the best way is as mentioned above and just pull the bumper. Easy peesy. So long as you have room in the truck for it that would be the best and easiest way to go.