Anyone Ever Took A Tow Bar OFF!! ( HELP NEEDED )

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Post Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:06 am

hello guys well ive just been laid off for a couple of weeks so i think im gonna have a play with the Sport ive just pikked up it needs a few bits but not much the thing thats most annoying is it has a juicy TOW BAR!! Hanging out the bak of it anyone got any ideas of how these things wire or anything i have a idea how it comes off now as ive looked it all over its just the WIRING thats worrying me i dont wana wreck the decent wiring that the car already has any help advice much thankd!!

O and if anyone wants a e30 towbar with everything u would need for it including the accesory plug then its theres cheap as chips!! just help me get rid lol!! :wink:
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Post Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:30 pm

Depends on how well it was installed....just trace back the wires to the point that they are inserted into the loom...

If it was done properly, there will be a buzzer and/or indicator light in the car, usually under the dash somewhere that operates when the indicators are working.

Most usually, the wires are just scotch-locked to the loom near the taillights somewhere...

Possibly interested in the bar when you get it off....let me know whereabouts you are cos it won't be worth posting!
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Post Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:09 pm

hi there buddy well basicly this tow bar has been fitted correctly it has everything with it id sooner take it off properly though if its worth something to someone i know my dad had one fitted on his car the other day and it cost shit loads lol id prob sell this all complete for 70 pound if u were to collect it thanks for the advice ian. :wink:
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Post Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:19 pm

Tow bar on a car can be very usefull.
Usefull for towing your non BMW owning mates cars home when they break down.
Usefull for enlarging slightly too small parking places when the prat that's parked behind you hasn't left you enough room to get out.
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Post Tue Oct 04, 2005 5:17 pm

lol yeh too right bryan!! fair play lol :wink:
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Post Tue Oct 04, 2005 5:26 pm

is it normal towbar or the detatchable one???
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Post Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:56 pm

I had one on my sierra, was just bolted to the floor and around the rear diff, undid the bolts took it off, cut the wire, put tape over it, and was fine after that.
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Post Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:49 pm

right its this one!! dazzy boy and liquad m8 yeh werent to bad a job except i may be going to the eye hospital as i got some serious dirt in my eye and its not stopped weaping yet!! :cry:

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