Purchasing a towbar is a complex business, quite the contrary of doing your daily shopping. What should you even keep in mind? What are all the possibilities? And what is the best fit for your car and your situation? Before deciding on which towbar to purchase, you need answers to these questions. Brink is happy to help you with the basic knowledge required to decide.
For most cars, the choice is between fixed or detachable towbars. Retractable towbars are available for some brands of cars. The cheapest towbar system is a fixed towbar. Detachable and retractable towbars are more expensive, but they have a large advantage over fixed towbars.
The biggest advantage of detachable and retractable towbars is the invisibility of both systems. A detachable towbar can be disconnected and placed in a storage bag in the boot of your car when you have no need of it. A retractable towbar can be folded behind your bumper and locked in place there. Both systems keep the design of your car completely intact. Because of this, detachable and retractable towbars are becoming more popular choices.
A fixed towbar is always in sight, making it permanently available and easily accessible when you want to use it. However, with some cars, the license plate becomes unreadable with a towbar in front of it. This is illegal and therefore not advisable to install towbars to these cars.
Some cars are not even allowed to tow a trailer, caravan, boat trailer or horsebox. The reason is simple: according to the official restrictions of your car manufacturer, the maximum towing weight is insufficient or the vehicle is no homologated to tow. Your registration certificate will show whether your car is allowed to tow.
Small, hybrid or electric cars often don’t have enough towing weight. However, there is one towbar that is suitable for these cars. Brink developed the bike carrier solution, which cannot be used to tow but is designed to carry. You can mount a bike carrier on this solution.
Your bike carrier, caravan, trailer, horsebox or boat trailer should always have for the lights. This means you need a wiring kit to go with your towbar. For every towbar they have available, Brink offers a matching wiring kit with either a 7-pin socket (for bike carriers or trailers) or 13-pin socket (for caravans).
You can use our towbar search engine to find the right towbar and wiring kit to match your car and requirements.
Are you unsure what you have to keep in mind when purchasing a towbar, wiring kit or accessories? We are glad to offer our advice.
Brink has been synonymous with towbar expertise for over a hundred years. Thanks to our core values of innovation, ease of use and safety, we have grown to become a global market leader in designing, testing and manufacturing towbars in addition to a wide range of vehicle specific wiring kits.
With our vehicle-specific towbars and wiring kits, we ensure technicians have access to a wide range of premium quality products. In addition, they are available for next day delivery and easy to install. We are also pleased to offer support, through training courses, clear fitting instructions and technical assistance during installations by our after sales team.
We are proud of the fact that we design, test and manufacture all our towbars in our own facilities. We do not have any production locations in so-called low-wage countries to save costs, to the detriment of employment opportunities in our own country. We trust the quality and flexibility of our own employees.
Brink is the first choice of many car manufacturers. Our collaboration is very extensive. We contribute to their innovation, design and construction process and guarantee they receive reliable and high-quality products that can easily be integrated into their cars. Brink is in liaison with many vehicle manufacturers during the design phase of a new car.
With our vehicle-specific towbars and wiring kits, we ensure technicians have access to a wide range of premium quality products. In addition, they are available for next day delivery and easy to install. We are also pleased to offer support, through training courses, clear fitting instructions and technical assistance during installations by our after sales team.
We are proud of the fact that we design, test and manufacture all our towbars in our own facilities. We do not have any production locations in so-called low-wage countries to save costs, to the detriment of employment opportunities in our own country. We trust the quality and flexibility of our own employees.
Brink is the first choice of many car manufacturers. Our collaboration is very extensive. We contribute to their innovation, design and construction process and guarantee they receive reliable and high-quality products that can easily be integrated into their cars. Brink is in liaison with many vehicle manufacturers during the design phase of a new car.
