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theguardian   
Mon Jun 25 2012, 05:57pm
Joined: Sep 27 2011
Member No: #645
Location: reading berkshire
 hi all has anyone had a towbar fitted recently well in the last year and is the any on the market as i dont want to though citroen if i can help it and pay a inflated price
C6Dave   
Mon Jun 25 2012, 06:16pm

Joined: Oct 01 2009
Member No: #1
Location: Northumberland
 Had a look and neither Bosal or Witter list a tow bar for the C6 now so your options may be limited...........

Have a read of this thread: - Click Here -

gmerry gives an indication of why there is a problem in the 2nd post
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theguardian   
Mon Jun 25 2012, 09:24pm
Joined: Sep 27 2011
Member No: #645
Location: reading berkshire
 hi dave thanks i have seen the post above it looks like im off to citroen then or is there someone out there who could retro fit one off a c5 or c8 maybe or is that just wishful thinking
gmerry   
Tue Jun 26 2012, 07:49am
Joined: Dec 11 2009
Member No: #21
Location: Scotland
 EU Type approval means the towbar must be matched to the car and subject to fatigue testing for the exact configuration including fasteners. No manufacturer is going to bother with this for a few sales per year.

Looks as though the bar will need to come from Citroen. The only place you could save money is on specifying a different electrical kit.

Regards
G
C6Dave   
Tue Jun 26 2012, 08:38am

Joined: Oct 01 2009
Member No: #1
Location: Northumberland
gmerry wrote ...


Looks as though the bar will need to come from Citroen. The only place you could save money is on specifying a different electrical kit.


Or order via [ Dealer 1 ]
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Trainman   
Tue Jun 26 2012, 09:23am

Joined: Apr 12 2010
Member No: #86
Location: Penwortham
 Ron,

If you do order it from [ Dealer 1 ] I'm heading down to Beaulieu on 7th July, I could meet up and drop it off, to save you the postage......
theguardian   
Tue Jun 26 2012, 04:02pm
Joined: Sep 27 2011
Member No: #645
Location: reading berkshire
 hi guys thanks for all the info
i emailed a company on mon pm and they got back to me today with a price of £474.00p inc vat fitted thats a detachable towbar with a single wire kit. so here's some info if anybody else want it
towbar express 0800 382 0595 - Click Here -
theguardian   
Tue Jun 26 2012, 04:07pm
Joined: Sep 27 2011
Member No: #645
Location: reading berkshire
 hi steve thanks for the offer of dropping the towbar off to me but it wont be getting done until september so thanks for the offer once again
regards ron
C6Dave   
Tue Jun 26 2012, 06:23pm

Joined: Oct 01 2009
Member No: #1
Location: Northumberland
 When you say 'singe wire kit' what exactly does that mean?
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theguardian   
Wed Jun 27 2012, 05:56am
Joined: Sep 27 2011
Member No: #645
Location: reading berkshire
 sorry dave had a long day it should read single electrics kit i assume its the one you just plug in to the loom in the rear of the car hope this clears evreything up for you i was dead on my feet yesterday
regards ron
joopajaa   
Mon Dec 13 2021, 10:18am
Joined: Sep 06 2017
Member No: #3261
Location: Byroslavia, FIN
 Hi old post but new (?) wild idea - does C5 X7 tow bar (with its support bracket) fit to C6? It seems to be same design - I just installed one to X7 sedan. I'm not asking if its legal or anything - just asking will it fit

EDIT: would someone happen to have a spare rear bumper metal bracket from C6 to measure the dimensions between bolt holes etc? I have a loose X7 bracket to take those measurements.
joopajaa   
Tue Dec 13 2022, 08:50am
Joined: Sep 06 2017
Member No: #3261
Location: Byroslavia, FIN
 Regarding cheap alternative: Peugeot 407 - same towbar? - Click Here -

If this is correct I think all P407 sedan towbars fit and there are plenty available new and second hand for almost free..
c6kev   
Tue Dec 13 2022, 09:44pm
Joined: Dec 02 2013
Member No: #1508
Location: Wales
 Unfortunately, not all 407 towbars fit the C6. My fitter had completed the job with the exception of refitting the rear bumper. This proved impossible because the cutouts for the rear reflectors fouled the horizontal crossmember of the towbar kit. A week later, using a C6 specific kit, everything went together perfectly. My fitter shrugged off the wasted morning's work and put the 407 kit back into stock. If I had been doing the job myself, I would have rated it a complete disaster in wasted time even if I managed to get my money back on the wrong kit.

From memory, the difference was that one kit used a square crossmember whilst the other was a circular section. I believe that it was the circular member that didn't fit, but don't gamble on my memory.
joopajaa   
Wed Dec 14 2022, 07:09am
Joined: Sep 06 2017
Member No: #3261
Location: Byroslavia, FIN
 Ok thanks for info. This illustration is from the manual of this p407/c6 kit. Can you pinpoint the problematic section? (I found one P407 near me).
 

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