Knipex

Now I feel really stupid.. Ignore previous post. If I could delete I would.. Sorted. Thanks all

OK. Feeling extremely foolish but followed advice and found holes.. Mounted the towbar and put it back together. Problem now is clearance to bumper.. less than 2" from centre of ball to the bumper. Had a look and cannot find any adjustment. It also feels like the bumper bar is very tight to the body and inserting the ball is tight to bumper, even after clearing as much as possible.

Will take off the bumper again in the morning. (3rd time lucky).. If I have to I will remove all the seam sealer on the leg . Either to find the holes or to confirm 100% they are not there..

Did you have to remove the exhaust back box on the passenger side ? Or did you find a way to get access and remove heat sheild ?

I took off the bumper again this evening and felt along the length of the chassis leg. I found 2 areas where the body seal felt higher, used a screwdriver and scraper to remove body seal in those areas and to give a good prod along the full length. Nothing. On the passenger side I cannot even see the chassis leg, let alone get my hand in to feel it. To do so I would have to remove the heat sheild and to do that I would have to remove the back box from the exhaust. I even got a second pair of eyes to give it a look over.

More from the other side.. Zero access to install bolts through or into side of chassis rail. Other point of note us that the crash bar mount on the left (passenger) side has only 3 mounting bolts, 2 on top but only one on the bottom. There us no facility to fit a fourth..

Hi. I purchased a Brink 6065 detachable towbar for my 2018 skoda octavia Vrs. Started fitting this morning, removed tailights, bumper etc, all no problem. Towbar slides I to rear chassis legs like it was made for them. Looks great and then discover there are no holes in the chassis rails to insert the bolts. Read online about rubber inserts to protect thread's but none of those either. Supplier swears its the correct bar and that I'm missing something. Short of drilling holes I cannot see how to insert the bolts.. access to the rails on the passenger side is blocked by the exhaust and geat shield. Am I missing something obvious ?? Or do I need to drop the back box and drill a hole in the rails ?? Obligatory pics attached..