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Where can i buy a tow bar for an Mazda MX 5
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Where can i buy a tow bar for an Mazda MX 5
Underground     Reply with quote
Im just guessing this one, but if you are having trouble finding one, chances are the MX-5 was not designed to be a towing vehicle.

Quite a few Coupe/roadsters are like that.
Gerardo     Reply with quote
Go to U-Haul and they can install a tow bar on 99.9 percent of vehicles !!!
pill     Reply with quote
The frame on the MX 5 was not designed to accommodate a tow bar. The drive train may be seriously damaged. If towing over 50 miles, all wheels need to be off the ground to prevent drive train damage.
Please reconsider this, it will prove cheaper in more ways then one to just trailer it. No expensive repairs at the other end, no car fires in route.
If u r looking for a hitch to tow a trailer with -
l got mine from Moss Motors (miatamania.com).
FY l l did tow a 14 foot boat from western Nebraska to West Virginia in August of last year. l admit that l kept the speed down & drove at night to keep the engine from over heating. Still got 25 MPG! No bad side affects yet, Baby still runs like a top!
Coach     Reply with quote
You can not - believe it or not, the MX-5 is not type approved for towing, so you can not legally fit or use a towbar
Kim     Reply with quote
Similar kind of debate on this website

http://mx-5.com/Community/Forums/ShowThread.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7BE0DD675B-FD47-43ED-B091-754C78A9A9E6%7D&NRORIGINALURL=%2FCommunity%2Fforums%2FShowThread.aspx%3FPostID%3D7484&NRCACHEHINT=Guest&PostID=7484

if u scroll down to the bottom there is a pic of an mx5 towing a small colour coded trailer - looks pretty cool

the guy also suggests this website:

gttowing.co.uk

Oh & apparently the new towing regulations came in after 1998 so if ur MX5 is pre 98 u can tow, if it is post 98 u CANT tow - unless it is an unlisted jap import (eunos roadster)

Very complicated!!!
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