Factory Fitted Detachable Towbar Pics please

turrican · Apr 18, 2011

Hi, Have ordered a Avant BE with detachable towbar and was wondering if anyone had pictures with the factory fitted towbar off. Want to see how much is still visible.
Cheers

Andy_S · Apr 18, 2011

You won't be able to see any of it, or even tell that there is a towbar fitted. The neck mounts up behind the bumper, and the electric socket folds up out of sight.

Not piccys, but link to towbar fitting instruction here: http://www.westfalia-automotive.de/fileadmin/templates/pdf/305-Audi/a305365691101-305305.pdf

turrican · Apr 18, 2011

Is the westfalia going to be same as a factory fit? If so then that looks good.

Andy_S · Apr 18, 2011

Yes, Audi use the Westfalia towbar in the factory.

VRStu · Apr 22, 2011

rhino7 has posted pics of his aftermarket install of the Westfalia here -

http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/audi-s4-a4-a4-cab-b8-chassis/113479-a4-avant-s-line-tow-bar-coding.html

I think I'm going to fit one of these myself when the car arrives.

Westfalia Detachable Bar and & Westafalia Dedicated Electrics. Looks to be about £300 all in.

The S-Line (not sure about others) comes with towing prep as standard :eyebrows:

So it looks like a matter of making all the connections in the boot, so no running of cables throughout the car, and then some coding.

Thanks to rhino7 the coding details are -

rhino7 said:
I finally got around to getting this sorted out at the dealers. Afterwards I used VCDS to see what changes had been made to my 2010 S-Line Avant TDI:

[01 - Engine]
[Coding - 07]->[Long Coding Helper]->Byte 4, Bits 0-3 Changed from 0011 to 0100

[01 - Engine]
[Coding - 07]->[Long Coding Helper]->Byte 5, Bit 4 Changed from 0 to 1
(via check box "Trailer Installed" in VCDS)

[03 - ABS Brakes][Security Access - 16] (Enter code presented by program)
[Coding - 07]->[Long Coding Helper]->Byte 1, Bit 7 Changed from 0 to 1
(via check box "Trailer Hitch Installed" in VCDS)

[09 - Central Elec]
[Coding - 07]->[Long Coding Helper]->Byte 18, Bit 5 Changed from 0 to 1
(via check box "Trailer Hitch Installed" in VCDS)

[10 - Park / Steer Assist]
[Coding - 07]->[Long Coding Helper]->Byte 0, Bits 0-3 Changed from 0000 to 0001 [Trailer Hitch Not Installed to Trailer Hitch Installed (Manually Removable) via pull-down list in VCDS]

[5F - Information Elec]
[Coding - 07]->[Long Coding Helper]->Byte 10, Bit 5 Changed from 0 to 1

[19 - CAN Gateway]->[Installation List]->Tick 69 - Trailer

Hope this is useful to others!

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