Hi all,

Need to tow a trailer now and again so looking for the removable swan neck type as i dont want an ugly rear end on display! Live in Leatherhead and work in Weybridge. Any recommendations? without paying main dealer prices of course!

Thanks

Nick

Fit it yourself.

Easy.

Get 1 from here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westfalia-Land-Rover...3effbc0c79

Ring them, very helpfull.

as nbunney said fit it yourself. I fitted mine in about two hours. you will need help though as the kit is heavy.

Fitting the bar is simple DIY but the electrics need to be done someone with the diagnostic software so that they can "tell" the car that it has towbar electrics - it will then detect the presence of a trailer via the plug and disable the rear parking sensors and freeze the suspension at normal height.

My 2002 RR did not need telling, it recognizes the fact that the Trailer module is installed and when you plug the trailer lights in it notices the change in resistance.

Indeed - I thought that all that was done by plugging in the correct wiring loom, rather than diagnostics !

Nigel,
Does the light on your suspension knob light up to indicate its frozen at "standard" when you hook the trailer up?

DC

No not seen that, but I did try to lower it and it said I could not, due to trailer.

But then again I was only playing with a trailer board.

Oh well.. I was told by my friendly independent garage owner that it had to be configured. I watched him do it with Autologic. Maybe you can get away with the car recognising that something is plugged into the towbar wiring and it knows the lighting load will change, that the suspension should be inhibited and the rear parking sensors should be disabled....

If you do choose to DIY, I'd recommend testing that it does "all of the above" before you get a surprise when you are tootling along with a laden tandem axle trailer and the car changes height..

I would deffo like someone in the know to fit it!.. any suggestions in the SE? Leatherhead, Weybridge ish area?

I have the removable tow hitch and it was fitted by my dealer when I conect up the trailer the green light comes on the parking sensors at the back turn off but I still maintain full control of my suspension . 2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

Wont the dealers want about a £1k to do this? I was looking at an aftermarket, neat and tidy removable one but fitted by a known/experienced fitter

You bet they will. I was just saying that my dealer fit tow hitch still allows control of the suspension hight . 2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

I bought my my removable hitch on Ebay for £100 and had Guava in Godalming fit the armature, I saved a few hundred on the full installation. Make sure you get the correct armature for the year of vehicle, they changed in 2006. Contact Guava for a quote. 2018 Range Rover Autobiography
2010 Land Rover Freelander XS
1959 Series II
1950, 1952, 1954. 1955, 1957 Series I
1952 Minerva Ambulance

Back to this one again!

Been quoted £650 for GDW aftermarket system with wiring systems and single socket. Installed. Is that about right? Seems a lot of bloomin money for a tow bar!

Or £824 for the Westfalia LR one. apparently very similar

Cheers

Nick