Tow bar without cutting bumper?

by **Spiez** » Wed May 21, 2014 11:40 am

Does anyone have or know of any tow bar kits that don't need the bumper cut?

For a 2008 liberty gt spec b

Got a quote from subaru for $1011 for a genuine one but that needs cutting

Cheers

by **sheppo9** » Wed May 21, 2014 12:39 pm

Pretty sure they all need cutting otherwise it would hang down really low.

by **Spiez** » Wed May 21, 2014 3:16 pm

Yeah good point

by **muzza** » Thu May 22, 2014 2:55 pm

check out Towbars Australia - you may get lower capacity ones that goosneck under the bumper edge i think. The Genuine ones are 1800kg hitch receivers like the HR (prob made by them anyway, with the Subaru markup added on) like: http://www.haymanreese.com.au/parts/02010rw

http://www.towbarsaustralia.com.au/towb ... /liberty-1

The standard one is 1250kg/90kg <$400 delivered I think.

Ring them and check if its a cut job.

by **Anson** » Thu May 22, 2014 9:16 pm

I also are looking for a towbar for my liberty...
My old man's Mazda CX5 has a Hayman-Rease towbar that is vertical and hidden behind the bumper when the
hook isn't attached - bloody brilliant design. Would imagine on the liberty, would still have to cut out the bumper,
but only underneath...

by **agro** » Thu May 22, 2014 9:31 pm

Wouldnt be a huge towing cap like that would it?

by **muzza** » Thu May 22, 2014 10:20 pm

agro wrote:Wouldnt be a huge towing cap like that would it?

Yeah, you would think not. But 1800 kg on the spec.

Neat design.

by **m1kerobo** » Fri May 23, 2014 10:02 pm

I have a tow bar in the for sale section that goosenecks under the bumper and only requires a small amount of the bumper to be cut out. Its for a gen 4 wagon rated at 1250/80kg.

Let me know if you're interested

by **Spiez** » Sun May 25, 2014 10:28 am

pm sent

yeah was looking at the tow bars Australia site i might give them a call on monday,

only towing dirt bikes or a jet ski on a well balanced trailer so ball weight is low

cheers

by **Spiez** » Tue May 27, 2014 5:35 pm

Well I have ordered a tow bars Australia kit will let you all know how it goes!

by **Spiez** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 3:09 pm

Well I finally had some time to fit my tow bar. Works good now after some modifications the holes didn't quite line up so not sure if it's the car or the tow bar but it does the job and ended up having to cut the bumper 25x80 mm at the bottom but not to bad I could return it to stock and you wouldn't really notice. Over all service from tow bars austalia was great about $400 delivered for the 1250kg pack and it suits my needs perfectly. Will post some pics soon.