car tow bar

[stranger12]

Helloo,

Has anyone here installed tow bar on their car to tow bike/car ?


do you know the cost and where you should normally go to ?

if it can be done diy I am happy to do it at home

Many thanks
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[goto10]

https://www.towsure.com/ if you want to go DIY route.

Other than that, just Google it - I've used https://www.astowbars.com/ to supply and fit one to my last 2 cars. Passat was a shade under £400 for twin outlet, Jeep was about £300 for twin outlet (because less work/parts were needed as it's designed to take one)
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[BTTD]

I'm tempted to tell you to just go to Halfords, but the sarcasm might be lost.
Try googling witter tow bars and see if you can find a make/model listing for your car and find out the type of tow bar available.
I fitted my own towbar and electrics which was easy enough, but it was a straight bolt on and hack the electrics with soldering etc. Easy for me.
Your car may require removal of bumpers or other modifications which can be a pain, but still doable.


Google for towbars - select your car/towbar combination - download fitting instructions - make an informed decision.

[prawny1]

Breakers yards are a good place to pick up cheap towbars, You can strip all the relays and buzzers off too.

A basic towbar kit on ebay is about £80 that is generally without any electrics or anything.

The one for my grandfathers xsara Picasso only cost me £25, I spent another £13 on new bolts and half a day and a few cans of paint getting rid of the surface rust.

What I did was snip the main tow bar wires so that I could just pull them out the chassis,

then rather than disconnecting all the spiced in wires I just cut the main harness on the donor car so that all the towbar wires where left connected,

All I needed to do was swap them one at a time on to my granddads car, saved having to mess about with multi meters and wiring diagrams to connect everything back up. I only had to solder about 4 of the dozen or so wires to the sockets as the cables had enough length to reconnect using the old connector blocks.
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[stranger12]

thanks, wasn't lazy to google but just wanted to get some opinions.

I did have look at ebay and it was £250 for my car which seemed expensive at first but guess it is the norm


I guess it is bolt on job as opposed to welding ? so can be done diy
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[prawny1]

Pretty much all cars will have mounting holes in the chassis to bolt up a towbar,

Some are real easy to fit (Picasso was a piece of piss) others you need to remove/ cut bumpers and trims.

Probably just me being a tight arse but I would rather make a towbar then pay £250,
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hellkat wrote:

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[Chalky.]

The cost will quite obviously depend on the vehicle involved...

[stranger12]

no you are not unique rather do I.
I found some on ebay for 81 including electrics etc which is very cheap but don't know about the quality and whether should risk it


https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290622785159&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en
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[stranger12]

also I know you have braked and unbrake maximum carrying weight.

when a trailer is braked, does it need to be connected to the car braking system ? i find this silly and almost impossible . I think it is rather an electric or automatic system which applies the brake , is int?
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[Davo]

[Marmalade]

I've just got one via ebay.

Can get one for my motor for about £75 with wiring and ball etc but went for a witter one from Drive for £85 since I really can't be messing with 'it sort of fits'

I have the use of a workshop when I need it so spent some time doing it properly, lucky really, fitted a few tow bars to various cars and this was by far the biggest pain in the arse I've had the misfortune to have a go at. (few pics below)

The brakes work on the braked trailer they are fitted to, usually by the weight of the trailer applying the brakes automatically when the tow a-frame compresses under vehicle braking.
Like a plunger on the front of trailer, as car brakes and trailer doesn't the plunger goes in and puts trailer brakes on, accelerate and the brakes release as plunger comes back out.

The tow bars have to meet a certain approval these days.
Stolen from a PDF

[Peirre oBollox]

Modern cars with CANBUS electrics (BMW/VW`s) are a real PITA to wire in the electrics
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[Walloper]

Tow Hitches are part of MoT now. If fitted the electrics will be tested. If not correct the vehicle will not pass.
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[Ichy]

Most people should be able to fit a tow bar within a hour. It's the electrical hookup that takes time. On the RAV4 I had to run wires from the engine bay through to the connector. On older cars it's mainly a matter of breaking into the rear light wiring although I believe that you have to fit a buzzer for indicators.
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[orac]

while on the subject of electric, new stuff needs to be fitted spot on due to the fact that cutting the loom to splice stuff in will often cause the ecu to fire off all sorts of fault codes
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[Vincent]

It's well worth checking out deals at trailer places, esp this time of year
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[stranger12]

thanks, I am going to get a kit and hopefully should be easy to fit.

Although I may fit this on my 530 e60 which has a can protocol so the electric can be pain
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