sline rear bumper underside cutout?

[holly35]

While out wasingh my car today i noticed a oval cut out on the underside of the rear diffuser.Its open with no cover over it,whats it for ?And should it have a cover plate?
Sline owners can you check yours?
ive included a pic from ebay that shows this.

 

[cuke2u]

For the towing hitch?

 

[holly35]

oh ok that makes sense,however i would have thought it would have had a cover plate of some sort.My car is factory standard ,no towing hitch option fitted and has just the open cutout....i presume all are supplied like this?

 

[PR.]

Seeing as it's slightly off centre, is it not the hole for the 'foot wave' sensor to open the boot?

 

[cuke2u]

Could be for both...

 

[Daggerit]

My B8.5 had a huge rectangular slot for the tow hitch which you could see while driving behind me. Drove me batty that they did that!


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[holly35]

Its not really visible as its a flat horizontal panel.you really have to look up from below.I was just concerned that i was missing a cover that should be there.

 

[RAF_S7]

The hole doesn't look OEM (Audi don't do off centre, unaligned holes lol)

I'm wondering if it's had an aftermarket tow bar fitted at some point in its life...

 

[mjcourtney]

I have the factory fit tow bar and it swivels down and out from underneath the bumper. That cutout looks exactly like the one I have on mine, so I guess all diffusers have a hole as standard regardless of whether the towbar is fitted.

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[holly35]

Well my car is brand new and has the cut out as detailed,so it is OEM.Idont have a tow bar nor the auto footwave opening.so i presume all b9s are supplied like this. regardless of whether you have the tow bar or other......can all owners please check their A4s?

 

[cuke2u]

Is it really that important for me to go out in temperatures of -7.4c and lie on the ground? ;-)

 

[holly35]

No dont bother! looks like standard spec .

 

[cuke2u]

Good find...

 

[Ben85]

I'd say it's for a deployable tow bar. Either electric or manual fold away. That could be why it's off centre but still sits in the centre of the car on one side.

 

[S.line]

A4 b9 comes with tow bar preparation I think


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