Car Towbars
Fitting and using car towbars in the EU
Car Towbars
Fitting Car Towbars, ours are designed specifically for VEHICLES that are intended for the European market. "Grey Import" models usually intended for the Far Eastern market are arriving in this country on an ever increasing Basis. Please note that we do not recommend that car towbars should be fitted to these models nor do we guarantee that a bar will fit even if the vehicle looks similar to the standard European model. "Grey Imports" usually differ in many ways making a standard bar impossible to fit. Towing in the Far East, especially Japan, is a rarity and in many cases these vehicles do not have any fixing points and the VIN plates do not have any towing weights provided which may mean that the import is a non towing vehicle making the fitting car towbars illegal.
Similarly, Brink towbars are designed (unless stated) for European specification models with standard bumpers, suspension, exhausts, wheels & tyres. Vehicles that are a variation of the standard i.e. sport models can often vary in any of these aspects. Therefore, before fitting car towbars you should check whether the vehicle you have varies from the norm as you may encounter difficulties such as: deeper sports bumpers which may need a larger than normal cut (for which there will be no template), Lowered suspension can cause the towball to be too low with a heavy Load as would low profile tyres or smaller alloy wheels and a non standard exhaust could foul on the car towbar and prevent fitting. In these cases we would not recommend the fitment of a towbar.