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Offline Ben

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« on: June 05, 2007, 11:53:52 »
Morning!

Well, I picked up the Freelander yesterday, and so far it's behaving (got an annoying whistle whenever you use the heater fan, and there's a bit of noise from the rear suspension when you brake hard, but other than that it's fine!)

I'm after fitting a tow bar - mainly for off road recovery, but also so that I can (surprise surprise :D ) tow a trailer! I've seen that Paddocks do the Britpart tow bar for £92 + vat, but the wiring kit is a splice job, rather than a plug in. Land Rover's tow bar (with plug in electrics) is £220.

Does anyone know if the wiring kit comes as a separate part so I don't have to splice the wiring (and apparently invalidate my warranty)? It might be cheaper to buy the tow bar from Paddocks, ditch the splice electrics, and buy the electrics from Land Rover...

No doubt more questions will follow :roll:

Cheers

Ben
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« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2007, 13:40:21 »
Wiring kit is available as separate part and is 'plug and play'

Not sure of number but quite often on eblag
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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2007, 21:35:56 »
Thanks G30RGE :D

Does anyone know if it's the the same part as for other Land Rovers (eg Disco etc).

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« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2007, 23:16:08 »
not sure about that but its only 14 pounds to buy - but you also need to uprate the relay  :D

Finished mine this weekend  :P
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« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2007, 23:20:12 »
Anyone got the part number for the uprated flasher relay?
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« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2007, 23:26:20 »
right round it...

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« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2007, 20:23:15 »
Thanks James
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