Tow bar fitting

sniperman

hi does anyone know of any links that show the fitting of a tow bar on the new type fiesta (2015) or instructions/pictures?thanks

mgbgt1978

Have a google look for malcolms.ie. They have a Towbar section, they are Witter Dealers. The details page for every Towbar also includes a link to the fitting instructions c/w a diagram.

case_sensitive

Check the Pf Jones site http://www.pfjones.co.uk/tow-bars/ford-towbars/ford-fiesta-towbars/ford-fiesta-2013-on-towbars.html

Here's one of them for the 2013- Fiesta

sniperman

great stuff lads.thanks a lot

Tom44

My insurance company wanted an assessors report on a roof rack I fitted myself :eek:
Can't see them having a problem with a towbar :cool:

sniperman

Tom44 wrote: »

My insurance company wanted an assessors report on a roof rack I fitted myself :eek:
Can't see them having a problem with a towbar :cool:

hope not,as far as i know there are pre drilled holes for a tow bar fitting on fiestas

Calahonda52

I presume the days of self design and fit are gone.:D
I want one for a bike rack on a Nissan Leaf EV and they only one I can find is made in the US.

Its the same chassis as the petrol version so the holes are there

Thanks

mgbgt1978

Plenty of Prius's etc going around the USA with both DIY and factory-made Tow Bars....using them specifically for Bike Racks.
If you can get a ready-made Bar to fit onto your Leaf, and just use for a Bike Rack there shouldn't be a problem.

I made one for my own Prius just for a 2-Bike Rack and it worked absolutely fine. I never towed anything with it though as I know the Box-section i used would not stand up to much pulling force. I just copied one I spotted on a USA Prius site.

Calahonda52

mgbgt1978 wrote: »

Plenty of Prius's etc going around the USA with both DIY and factory-made Tow Bars....using them specifically for Bike Racks.
If you can get a ready-made Bar to fit onto your Leaf, and just use for a Bike Rack there shouldn't be a problem.

I made one for my own Prius just for a 2-Bike Rack and it worked absolutely fine. I never towed anything with it though as I know the Box-section i used would not stand up to much pulling force. I just copied one I spotted on a USA Prius site.

I am going to take off the under panel and have a look see for bolt holes.
They changed the design in 2014 so they mea not be there anymore.
My design would be to have two pieces of box or channel // to the chassis and sit the bike rack on these two rather than the traditional rack supported out of the middle of the classic tower.

Update from a tow bar fitting company:
As the Nissan Leaf is not homologated for towing so there is no towbar manufactured for this vehicle.
What this mean is that the vehicle manufacturer in this case Nissan, have specified that a towbar cannot be fitted to this vehicle.