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Old Jul 22, 2021 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by 99vetteran
You have plenty of room over the top of the tire. My Camaro was lowered so I set mine where it would open between the tires. There is an option for the tracks I believe. I C7 is lowered and still have plenty of clearance loading on my Aluma. My Sundowner was a heavier trailer with 225-75-15s and 6 lug axles, my aluma has 205-75-14s so I can open my door over the top of the tire with no problems. The Sundowner is by far the better looking and finished trailer compared to the Aluma. I had to wait 4 months for the Aluma as they were behind because of the Covid and I couldn't find a Sundowner at the time so settled for the Aluma.
So you think the Vette and Viper would not clear the tires on the sundowner? I like to use the position of the car on the trailer to set the tongue weight I want. If the cars position had to be determined by door opening between the tires, that would limit my ability to position the car for by tongue weight. I've looked at Sundowner site and drawings, but they only show plan view and do not reference tire height over deck.
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I don't think so as I said I was able to load mine so the door would open between the tires. My Camaro wouldn't clear the 225-75-15s and I think the Vette or Viper will have the same issue. But it was very easy to get in and out of the car, my C7 clears Aluma because its a lighter weight (load) trailer then the Sundowner and has 14" tires instead of 15s and the Sundowner was a 10,000 load so it requires the E rated larger tire/wheel combo.

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