Hi all I was wondering if anyone had an photos of the underneath and back of the mini of where this is fitting I have a good Idea of where it all needs to bolt up to.
Just want to some pics to double check.
Thanks guys and girls..
Posted 05 August 2018 - 06:53 AM
Hi all I was wondering if anyone had an photos of the underneath and back of the mini of where this is fitting I have a good Idea of where it all needs to bolt up to.
Just want to some pics to double check.
Thanks guys and girls..
Posted 05 August 2018 - 07:05 AM
Hi,
Just check you can fit a towbar first.
I read in the MPI manual that "this car is not suitable for towing" don't know if it applies to SPI too?
Cheers
Posted 05 August 2018 - 07:52 AM
Posted 05 August 2018 - 08:54 AM
Thanks yes she can tow I checked all that....
I have seen that kit from mini sport but wont be paying their prices.
I have seen the same on the bumper lip it doesn't sound the best place to fit it. The bar I am looking at is very much like the mini sport kit (and like the one you have mentioned) there is a row of bolts through the subframe on the valance end, then looks like a few go through the floor on the boot end.
Just wanted pics of someone who has done this, as I was thinking it would need a strengthener spreader plate to make this nice and strong...
Any photos would be very helpful
thanks
Posted 05 August 2018 - 10:51 AM
It depends what tow bar design as there are a few.
I've seen some that bolt to the rear bumper lip, but I personally wouldn't want it fitted on there. The last two tow bars I have had on minis I made sure they were the ones that have the spreader plate that bolts to the rear part of the subframe and then a single bolt through the rear seat bench.
Same sort as in the link - https://www.minispor...ng-bar-kit.html
I never got a picture of mine from underneath, but I might have just a normal rear end pic of the mini with it fitted and can get one of the mounting holes to give you an idea
Looks a good kit but I wonder how it works with part of it being on the subframe and part fixed to the body when the subframe is rubber mounted? I wonder if it increases the noise/vibration/harshness at all? Alternatively is their a risk of continually stressing the fixing to the rear seat eventually leading to fatigue fracture?
Edited by Homersimpson, 05 August 2018 - 10:57 AM.
Posted 05 August 2018 - 12:06 PM
reading this a few points. the rover Minis have no approval to tow. but can have a tow bar fitted for a bike rack etc. Any tow bar fitted must have approval. gone are the days of making your own.
there are a few towbars out there that do have local approval. but that does not make it OK to use somewhere else.
Posted 05 August 2018 - 12:10 PM
I had a towbar on a 1989 mini. I fabricated it myself and it bolted directly to the subframe in four places so no need to drill holes in the bodywork.
That was a while ago and before the law changed but it was a beauty, so over engineered you would have to rip the entire rear subframe for it to fail.
Posted 05 August 2018 - 12:49 PM
I believe there is a cut off date for a mini being able to tow, basically 96-97 I am sure I have read this in a number places...
Posted 05 August 2018 - 01:12 PM
I believe there is a cut off date for a mini being able to tow, basically 96-97 I am sure I have read this in a number places...
it is not the date it is the Maker ie Rover. but any fitted to any Mini needs to have the approval tag on it.
Posted 05 August 2018 - 01:24 PM
the date you are thinking about may be the date that required all towbars to have the E mark.
Tow bars
All tow bars fitted to cars registered after July 1998 must have an E approved tow bar fitted. Rover Mini is not E approved so no tow bar can be fitted to minis registered on and after 1st August 1998 .So if a mini was registered on 31 July 1998 it can pull a trailer however if the same car was registered on 1 August 1998 it cannot. However a towbar can be fitted with electrics to a S reg onwards car if it is used for cycle carriers etc .
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