I have a FL2 that does not have a tow bar.....I need a tow bar!.........So went to eBay and bought one! Problem solved? No far from it! The guy who sold me the Brink/Thule bar removed it from his FL2 an did not remove the 2 end brackets. So I have a centre section and am needing the 2 hangers. Thule/Bfink will not supply them on there own.

Do you have the brackets or a FL2 that still has them attached.

Please help if you can

Thanks

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I feel a lot of owners wil be getting caught our if not very careful of what they are buying, there is getting quite a few listings of the Thule/Brink towball and towball and receiver, they are selling them as complete towbars but the three other parts are missing, they even suggest that the missing parts are fitted at the factory and you only need to buy the ball section

I am about to swap mine for a new car and want to move the tow bar over. The stealership has quoted £375 just to do the swap so I will do the work myself (I could buy a new bar/electrics kit for that).

What I have done is find the installation manuals for the bar and electrics on the Topix site. That way I can identify exactly what makes up the kit and ensure that I remove all the parts needed. Prog rock is cool!
2012 XS SD4 Indus Silver

Good idea i would the same but they or some one will have to program the electrics in your new motor unless you have access to diagnostics machine with setting abilities and the know how to use it

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I am about to swap mine for a new car and want to move the tow bar over. The stealership has quoted £375 just to do the swap so I will do the work myself (I could buy a new bar/electrics kit for that).

What I have done is find the installation manuals for the bar and electrics on the Topix site. That way I can identify exactly what makes up the kit and ensure that I remove all the parts needed.

The salesman has assured me that having it reprogrammed won't be an issue however we will have see when the time comes.

The on line manuals also showed me that there is a bracket behind the front mud flaps which is not visible on the car. I can't work out at the moment how the clip that holds the rubber drivers mat is locked in place. Prog rock is cool!
2012 XS SD4 Indus Silver

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Good idea i would the same but they or some one will have to program the electrics in your new motor unless you have access to diagnostics machine with setting abilities and the know how to use it

Missing Link wrote:

The salesman has assured me that having it reprogrammed won't be an issue however we will have see when the time comes.

The on line manuals also showed me that there is a bracket behind the front mud flaps which is not visible on the car. I can't work out at the moment how the clip that holds the rubber drivers mat is locked in place.

You've lost me

That all right, having reread it it makes little sense to me either

Taken off the tow bar today, I can see why the uninitiated would not pick up that the two end brackets would need removing without the manual. One is effectively inside the towing eye and the other matches up the towing eye bracket itself on the other side.

Having disconnected the electronics the parking distance control is showing an error but the garage can sort that when they get the car. Prog rock is cool!
2012 XS SD4 Indus Silver

What I did find when a swapped the bars is the two brackets that the OP is missing seem to be the same for whatever bar you fit, I removed the Brink/LR Bar and fitted a Westfalia bar, I could if I had wanted to, not changed the two brackets that bolt to the chassis as the Westfalia bar lined up exactly with the holes in the Brink/LR bar.

having the towbar electrics programed in will tell the car when a trailer is coupled up so reverse sensores can be disengaged when reverse is selected. The trailer light indicater flashes in the front display to confirm the trailer lights are connected.
On the base models that dont have reverse sensors it wouldnt matter anyway. I did hear that when a trailer is coupled it alters the cars systems for safer driving but i could be wrong as i have not looked into this my self