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I am looking to have a detachable towbar fitted to my Honda CRV.I am getting quotes of around £420 inc vat for a twin socket towbar.

Is there much in the makes? I have only heard of Witter and Brink but one of my recent quotes was for PCT which I'd never heard of.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Witter and Brink are the market leaders. However I have fitted towbars on and off for 20 years and I have just fitted a Bosal to our Shogun. A good quality tow bar at a good price. The main piece of advice I would give is to pick a multi piece towbar instead of a one piece 'slap on' bar. Multi piece towbars are joined together by nuts and bolts - never going to fail if torqued to the correct figure. The other type of bar can come as a one piece bar with the various sections pre-welded together. In my opinion I would trust a bolted joint over a welded joint any day of the week. All just mr personal opinion of course.

Thanks for your replies.

Mike - I have so far asked for 5 quotes,picked from the Yellow pages.One of those was a company that fitted at home/office and they were the same price range too.A local company fitted Brink and they were £445 for a twin socket detachable.Two companies didn't even have my car listed! I enquired at my local Honda dealer and their price was £600!

Craig&Sam - Thanks for the advice,I guess the only way I would know if it was multi piece or not is to ask?

Quote: Originally posted by craig+sam on 24/8/2009

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Witter and Brink are the market leaders. However I have fitted towbars on and off for 20 years and I have just fitted a Bosal to our Shogun. A good quality tow bar at a good price. The main piece of advice I would give is to pick a multi piece towbar instead of a one piece 'slap on' bar. Multi piece towbars are joined together by nuts and bolts - never going to fail if torqued to the correct figure. The other type of bar can come as a one piece bar with the various sections pre-welded together. In my opinion I would trust a bolted joint over a welded joint any day of the week. All just mr personal opinion of course.

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Quote: Originally posted by bowler70 on 24/8/2009

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I have always found the 'GOOD' mobile towbar fitters very competitive on price. Ask in advance what they would fit & recommend for your Honda. £420 is expensive, I have had 2 towbars/twin electrics fitted to my last 2 Landcruisers & both were under £200, [last towbar was a Witter].

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Under 200 quid for  fitted detachable towbar? that sounds very very cheap.  The swan neck Brink towbar I had fitted to my Mondeo with twin electrics was over 200 quid, and that wasn't detachable.  I had three other quotes more expensive. 

Thanks again for your replies.

I called into the local Indespension branch today,they use PCT which in their book is recommended for my CRV and I was told they fit 90% PCT towbars.They are an approved towbar and have a guarantee. £419 detachable twin socket or £286 for fixed.

Indespension were the same price as a mobile company that come to you.

My volvo was £465 for fixed witter bar and twin electrics at the local towbar place i always use, he showed me the parts prices, the bar was ok the electrical adaptor for the volvo Cambus wiring loom was £150 on its own.

The last one I had done was a 2001 passat at £200 at the same place but that had older style wiring so was cheaper.

Hi Mike, sorry I thought you meant that they were detachable.  Still 200 quid for a fixed one with twin electrics is an excellent price. .  

Cheers Al.