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Tow Hitch Installation-Who needs a Cayenne to tow? By Noby Takahashi On a rainy Sunday afternoon in December, a few Mavericks gathered at the home of Rocky Johnson to install a trailer hitch on a Boxster. Our trailer hitch kit was purchased from Evolution Motorsports (http://www.EvoMS.com) in Tempe, AZ, 800-998-8510. Why were we doing this? So that we can tow our track tires and associated tools out to our driving events. This is an alternative to the Tow Vehicle/Car Trailer scenario. Photo by Noby Takahashi Photo by Noby Takahashi Taking apart Wayne’s car the tongue extension with a rubber mallet. Be sure that the center hole is perfectly aligned with the tow hook hole. That big bolt requires a 1-1/4” socket. Swifttow Trailer Hitch System . . . we would have spent all night camping out in Rocky’s garage. . . The physical installation of the hitch is relatively simple. First, remove the rubber bumperette covers with a 6mm hex wrench. Taking off the license plate/bracket results in this: Photo by Noby Takahashi Trust me, it is 1”. Blame the photographer! Photo by Noby Takahashi This is Wimbledon Green if you’re wondering... Notice how filthy it is. Might want to clean it up before proceeding. A 5/16” hole needs to be drilled through each Aluminum bumperette. EVO provides a template to mark the location. It is easier by starting out with a small pilot hole and I recommend fairly sharp drill bits for this task even though it is just Aluminum (FYI, don’t borrow them from Rocky). Now for getting the hitch on the car. As seen in the picture, the main bar needs to be on the backside of the bumperettes. In order to ‘shove’ the piece behind the left bumperette, we needed to wedge it with a large flathead screwdriver and tap ‘gently’ on The rubber bumperette covers will need to be notched out for the main bar using a sharp Exacto knife. And for the tow hitch ball, the hole is 1” (shank diameter). The following items from a local PepBoys or AutoZone is needed to complete the trailer light wiring job: European Tail Light Converter Hoppy P/N 48845 Quick Splice Kit, 16-14AWG Conduct-Tite P/N 85464 Ring Terminal Connector (for the ground connection) Plastic Tie Wraps And I spliced into the following wires on the car, according to my wiring diagram: Left Turn Signal Black/White Right Turn Signal Black/Green Brake Light Black/Orange Tail Light Gray/Red Many thanks to John Hrad and Wayne Corley of The Porsche Store for stopping by and lending a hand (as always)! Thank you for allowing us to check out the installation on Wayne’s car. 20
Without your help, we would have spent all night camping out in Rocky’s garage… For anyone that’s interested, feel free to check out the hitch (BTW, Hill Bullock has the SouthSport hitch on his Boxster S, Doug Molny has a custom hitch on his 911SC and Kay Leibel has a custom hitch on her 993 C4S. Just don’t ask Kay about her license plate!) or the various utility trailers at our AX/TT or DE events. It’s the swarm of track trailers! [No one was injured, no screams of expletives and tools did not go flying around the garage during this event. Even Santa Claus, showing up for the next-door neighbor’s Christmas party, was impressed with all the Porsches at Rocky’s house] Attention Potato Heads! by Taxi Breithaupt While sitting on the back porch in comfort in Comfort, I tried to think of some way we could say a big “Thank you” to our Parade hosts in Boise. Then it came to me in a vision ... Potato Hats! The first get together at Parade is the Welcome Party, an informal happening where we get to visit Porsche friends, old and new. Let’s have the Maverick Region also make this a “Salute to Idaho” party by wearing Potato Hats. “What is a Potato Hat?” you ask?? Take a hat or cap of your choice, decorate it with a Potato theme - real or artificial potatoes, cooked or raw, with or without gravy. Be creative, have some fun and we’ll see you in Boise! Photo by Noby Takahashi Doesn’t look THAT bad! Please join us at... <strong>April</strong> 28, <strong>2002</strong> www.clarkgardens.com Clark Gardens will be hosting a tour of their facility. All proceeds will go to the Hope Shelter. For more details, contact Lanean Hughes at (972) 484-3040 or LHughes@fmstech.com 21
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