Towbar electric socket plate offroad clearance

Towbar electric socket plate offroad clearance

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threadlock

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3,201 posts

261 months

Monday 9th October 2017
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Hi all,
Took my XC90 offroading at the weekend in a small way (at a pay-and-play site). All went well except that my towbar electric socket mounting plate got bent, as you'd probably expect.





It's a standard towbar with the socket mounted off to the side of the ball and the bottom of the socket plate is maybe 1cm below the bottom of the ball casting. Do you offroaders have a 'normal' solution for this that moves the socket up and out of the way? I can't find any socket plates online that seem to solve the problem. Some move the socket up slightly but it would still be vulnerable.

KevinCamaroSS

12,287 posts

287 months

Monday 9th October 2017
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Have no definitive answer, but, perhaps to mount it into the plastic trim?

threadlock

Original Poster:

3,201 posts

261 months

Monday 9th October 2017
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Interesting idea - thinking out of the box. Thanks!

chryslerben

1,197 posts

166 months

Tuesday 10th October 2017
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Installed one set of electrics that was tucked up behind the bumper facing vertical down, never caught anything and still easy to use.

threadlock

Original Poster:

3,201 posts

261 months

Tuesday 10th October 2017
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Hmm. I've seen a variety of mounting plates for the socket including some right-angle ones. Perhaps they'd fit in a different position from the ball mounting plate - I shall investigate. Thanks for that too.

GIYess

1,361 posts

108 months

Tuesday 10th October 2017
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I always just bent it back if I needed to hook on a trailer smile. Plate can be made up or modifies to go above towbar or up behind bumper somewhere though I found that the plugs tend to get full of dirt then so better to keep them rear facing.

jkh112

22,939 posts

165 months

Friday 10th November 2017
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I have used a double mounting plate with the lower mount cut off.