Figure11 Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 Seem to remember something about a tow bar in a post somewhere, found this on Ebay Germany. http://cgi.ebay.de/Anhaengerkupplung-Aud...1QQcmdZViewItem Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgeteer Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 Hi Figure11, Thats the exact towbar I had fitted to my car earlier this week . . . . . and will be taking off tomorrow! My Audi dealer tried to do me a favour by outsourcing the job to a local fitter to save some money, but its not good. The detachable mount sits way below the bumper so it looked like my car had triple exhausts! Cost was 600 fitted. Just bought the genuine Audi part (4E0 092 155) for 340+vat so all in about 500 including wiring kit, but not fitted. May take some pics and post them so you can all see the difference. Cheers Gadgeteer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickGUK Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 Well imo, if your goning to fit a towbar to an A8, only the factory one will do the job properly and look the best. Worth the extra money imo. The really annoying fact is, the company that make the bar wont supply do the general public, althought they do for many other cars.....so we're stuck at the stealer rip off's as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IT_S8 Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Just bought the genuine Audi part (4E0 092 155) for 340+vat so all in about 500 including wiring kit, but not fitted. Gadgeteer [/ QUOTE ] £500 from the stealer for the pukka item? Thats very very good. Last time I enquired it was £1K + wiring on top... ? Fitting it easy though, so no real pains there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgeteer Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Yep - that was the pukka item straight from the dealers parts desk, although it was a VW dealer (http://www.colbornes.co.uk/start.html) Also just saw that they're offering 5% off if you quote a ref number from the website, but I missed out on that. The pukka item is a massive improvement over the item at the top of these pages. Completely invisible when detached, includes lock/key, and even the electrics flip up on a spring loaded bracket when not being used. Looks like it should've cost 1k ! Cheers Gadgeteer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IT_S8 Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 and dont forget it will also fit neatly in the intended space in the spare wheel well... They are very good, I bought my second hand for £250... It was on a car that I had sold to someone 2 years ago. When he came to sell it on, I asked if I could buy the towbar back, but I had to remove it myself and the chance to do it was in the pouring rain with only half the tools we really needed... worth it though... Make a note of the key number on the red keys - lose it and you will really struggle to get replacements ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgeteer Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Unfortunately the D3 models don't have the cut out in the spare wheel well for the hitch. Maybe its another piece of the kit I need to buy. Cheers, Gadgeteer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiAdam Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 FYI, just bought a new D3, Audi orginal towbar incl fitting was quoted as £1200 by 2 different dealers. Dealer arranged for a local specialist to fit one for £550, it is a Westfalia unit (German supplier to a lot of OEM's) and surprisingly looks identical to the picture of the factory one in the owners manual. 13 pin electrics are on a spring loaded drop down which together with swan neck fitting make the fit totally invisibile. I haven't had a chance to test it yet, (only colected car today) but dealer assures me they have checked it with VAG com etc so it should disable parking camera etc when attached. Also has a red key like the one described above so wonder if this is the same as the OEM, if anyone is interested I can take some pictues and compare? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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