Hello I am going to take my towbar off my 2009 Freelander 2 and put it on my new 2014 Freelander 2. Do I need to take the rear bumper off to enable me to remove the towbar? Are there any instructions on how to do this job? Thank you all. Cheers 1959 Ford Fairlane Galaxie V8 2 door Hardtop
2014 Freelander 2 SD4
2019 Volvo XC40 T5
2021 Ford Mustang Mach1

You shouldn't need to remove the bumper.

Instructions can be downloaded from the Witter website

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&sour...4889,d.d2s


Hope this helps.

Last edited by Billsy on 14th Nov 2014 7:30 pm. Edited 1 time in total

yes you need to remove the rear bumper to remove the tow bar and all brackets!

I didn't take my bumper off to fit my Witter bar?

The OP does not state what make of tow bar he has,on a Landrover tow bar bracket you do.

Can't see why as the mounting points are going to be in the same place (which are all accessible without taking the bumper off).

As I remember the n/s bracket fits right under the bumper held on by two studs/nuts if you can do it without removing the bumper which if a landrover towbar will also need a cut out you are doing very well!

Only takes 20 minutes to whip the bumper off, soooo much easier

To get to that bracket you remove the near side reflector and drill a hole behind it as per the instructions linked and hay presto you can tighten/undo the bracket.

if an original bar still does not help with the cut out if the bumper not removed,as said 20min job.

Ok, I give in you must take the bumper off!

Nah you don't, fitted two and you can either as I did on the first one get your hand up to remove the two nuts behind the reflector (very difficult and time consuming and a few grazed knuckles) but can be done with a ratchet spanner, or when I fitted mine I popped the reflector off and drilled two holes behind it then put a socket on the nut from underneath and slotted the ratchet extension through the hole, simples only thing is the reflector clips are very weak so you might break one of the clips and it's a trip to LR to buy another

sounds like it's worth it to save 20mins.

Thanks everybody, had to remove the bumper.

Cheers 1959 Ford Fairlane Galaxie V8 2 door Hardtop
2014 Freelander 2 SD4
2019 Volvo XC40 T5
2021 Ford Mustang Mach1

Very sensible your knuckles will be intact!