what tow bar ?

[bigron1988]

bought my self a trailer yesterday to be towing my track car but need to get myself a tow bar, been looking at a detachable (sp) one, but dont realy know alot about this, is the one below the one i should get , and what wiring will i need ?

tow bar

http://www.towequipe.co.uk/products/...-hb-02-on.html

electrics

http://www.towequipe.co.uk/products/...nt-system.html

my light board

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4FT-6IN-TRAILE...item43a15ec622

my trailer





thanks

[WilliamLX]

You should be able to get a towbar fitted, including wiring from one supplier/fitter for no more than these prices added up. Detachables must be safe or they would not be allowed, but I have to admit, I have never fancied them. The user attachment must make them to some extent less strong than a fixed one. What I would say is avoid the swan neck ones as the electric sockets tend to be mounted lower than the lowest part of the actual bar, and are easily banged when going over ramps etc (especially if you have an SRi or other lowered car).

[bigron1988]

yes the car is a bit low, just want a detachable one so it does not ruin the look of the car

[WilliamLX]

I think you could have trouble getting a bar on a car as low as that. Unless you have a very low nose load on the trailer (which would make it unstable), you are going to end up with the back end of the car scraping on the road. I had the towbar on my standard SRi hit the road while towing my caravan yesterday when we went over a slight bump on the road (ie not a deliberate speed ramp). For towing a car on the trailer I would think of replacing the hitch with a stablizer hitch as well for safety.

[John LE]

Have a look for a PCT detachable towbat mate, it's the one I have fitted to mine and when your not using it the electrics fold away too. They are about 150 quid

As for towing lowered you may need to lift the car a tad although I have eibachs and never bottomed out yet

[gregc]

my car is lowered and I have a removable tow bar fitted http://www.towequipe.co.uk/products/...-02-on-kt.html and I have towed a car trailer with several different cars on it and it has never scraped

[bigron1988]

Have a look for a PCT detachable towbat mate, it's the one I have fitted to mine and when your not using it the electrics fold away too. They are about 150 quid

As for towing lowered you may need to lift the car a tad although I have eibachs and never bottomed out yet

sounds like just what i want that, i have some 45 mm springs(its on coilovers atm) that i think i am going to fit

[bigron1988]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Witter-Detacha...item33609fbce4

is this one that the electrics will be hidden ?

[gregc]

don't think that one will have hidden electrics the one I have that I linked to above has got hidden electrics that I just swing down when I want them

[bigron1988]

don't think that one will have hidden electrics the one I have that I linked to above has got hidden electrics that I just swing down when I want them

do you have a link to some where that sells them did a google search but didnot find anythink