Custom P5 Trailer

[Livebait]

Has anyone actually ever thought about getting a protege 5 trailer for there car that was to resemble a p5 or something similar? I have never seen or heard anything like this being done and i was wondering if anyone knew how i could do it.

Thx

 

[anarchistchiken]

I'm willing to bet it would be a lot more itme and money than you're willing to spend to do it right. You'd need to find a P5 with a good rear end, cut that off, reinforce it a good bit and set up the interior like you want. Then you'd have to figure out a way to custom fabricate some kind of covering for the front side of the trailer, and I would imagine doing something like that on a car/trailer like this is more easily said than done.

I also don't know if I would really trust a P5 transmission to pull something that heavy.




But if you decided it would be a worthwhile project, it would be a very badass little project.

 

[Captain KRM P5]

the protege, at best, could tow 1000 pounds. the owners manual recommends not towing with a protege period.

i have seen a few plymouth prowlers with and toyota mr2s with trailers like this however.

 

[Bala]

I also don't know if I would really trust a P5 transmission to pull something that heavy.

Cool idea! - but this is valid point. (Way) back in the day, I helped my friend build a matching trailer (with matching rims) for his slammed Nissan show truck out of a gutted, wrecked truck. It came out beautiful, but the only fab work was to the frame.

 

[bestmazda01]

heres what happens when you use a protege to tow:

 

[Bala]

heres what happens when you use a protege to tow:

(rofl) Holy Crap!

 

[aMaff]

lmao, no joke

 

[chuyler1]

Man I love that movie.

 

[SilverBulletES]

Hah!

 

[JCell]

great video!!!

 

[Rogue]

 

[Rogue]

on a side note, what limits the Proteg's ability to tow? Engine, tranny, fram strength?

 

[p5power]

on a side note, what limits the Proteg's ability to tow? Engine, tranny, fram strength?

or how about a combination of all three?? i'm sure we could tow something small, but I wouldn't push it in our cars. oh, and that vid is freakin hilarious!

 

[Rogue]

i know one of the guys used to tow his motorcycle on a trailer w/o any problems.

 

[MyZmZm]

That is too cool! If I was in the habit of towing things, I'd probably look into doing something like that. If you'd totally gutted the interior, how much weight would you be looking at with something like that - either with two or four doors ? One thing that would probably help with aerodynamics would be to pull the 'trailer' in reverse, ie the curved ass-end of the 'car' facing forward with the chopped front end towards the rear, especially if you only used the 2 door model rofl

 

[aMaff]

Good gawd, that is ridonkulous.

 

[chuyler1]

How exactly does he pull into parking lots with that? It looks great for the highway but anything else and that would scrape bottom. It also looks difficult to get a 60/40 weight distribution on the trailer. Most of the weight will be on the car's rear suspension.

 

[Rogue]

hey may have wheels tucked inside towards the front?

 

[smurfedpro5]

that is ******* cool (headbang)

 

[Rogue]

another thing i just noticed....the trailer has exhaust