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Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:57 am

From what I found when looking these up they are all westfalia if BMW fitted either fixed or detachable but would have the BMW logos obviously you could back then buy the kit direct from westfalia so wouldn't have the BMW logos but I'm sure this one is the right
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Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:58 am

From what I found when looking these up they are all westfalia if BMW fitted either fixed or detachable but would have the BMW logos obviously you could back then buy the kit direct from westfalia so wouldn't have the BMW logos but I'm sure this one is the right
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Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:18 pm

i have the car now and found this lot in the boot cuby hole ...

it has x2 keys and plugs in at both rear lights and even the tow board small loom is still there . so from reading the above i'd say it's the bmw optioned westfella :D

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Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:11 am

what was it from a touring??

I fitted mine to a 2 door 1991, everything was plug and play besides 3 cable's (which I just matched to the same cables on my loom and spliced them in) only because there wasn't any connector on my loom when there should have been.

i'll take some pics if I get a chance :)
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:18 am

yes Jones it is currently fitted to a 316i touring that couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding :mad:
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:47 pm

well from the dealers when you could get them they where £475 i sold one two years ago for £250 with the genuine fitting manual and 2 keys genuine wiring and all the brackets
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Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:39 pm

pity you don't have all the gubbings for the one in your for sale thread m8.
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Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:12 pm

i removed the whole tow bar from the car last week and when it was off the car upside down on the ground i tried to click in the tow bar bit,it goes in so far but wont go the last half inch and lock in.when i turn the handle next to the key the ball bearings retract about half way back into the tow ball shaft and it still wont go in fully and lock :?

who on here has a fully fitted working one that can help ???


just wondering if they use a seatbelt type pendulum locking device so it needs to be the right way up ................

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looks like the seller knew as he's supporting it :roll:
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Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:39 pm

There is a special secret and I'm not telling :D




























































Oh go on then. You need to pull the knob with the key in it away from the housing (only when the key is in) then it will go a bit further clockwise and lock. Then when you offer it to the bar and push it home, the finger at the back of the tow ball will release the knob and lock it into position.

I'm usually so good with secrets too :D

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Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:47 pm

YES YES YES !!! i just tried it .

you sir Byron are a fookin star :D
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Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:55 pm

magpie wrote:YES YES YES !!! i just tried it .

you sir Byron are fookin star :D
I know :D

Took me fookin' ages to figure it out. It was like something off the Krypton Factor.
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Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:58 pm

ha ha ,does that make us thick :?

i bet were not the first to fail at this,the tow bar part looks unused winkeye
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Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:59 pm

you putting it on the IS mick ? caravaning with er indoors? :D
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Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:07 pm

My (fixed)towbar saved my touring from serious rearend damage weeks ago,i was unhappy to lift £20 from the husband/lover/boyfriend of the young lady who rammed me up the arse... :D
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Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:15 pm

e30topless wrote:you putting it on the IS mick ? caravaning with er indoors? :D
it should help lay the grip down at york :D

you had your arse end rammed Malc :eek:
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Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:15 pm

e30topless wrote:you putting it on the IS mick ? caravaning with er indoors? :D

na thats why he has got the bus hahahaha .......
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Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:23 pm

you mean the "ultimate towing machine" ^ winkeye

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Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:29 pm

magpie wrote:you mean the "ultimate towing machine/vengabus" ^ winkeye /

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Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:30 am

Is anyone selling one of these tow bars?

I am looking for one!
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Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:24 pm

search german eBay for "e30 bmw anhängerkupplung "

That's where I got mine. The OP was selling this a while back, might be worth it to message him.
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this is the most hidden one.
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