G4 Discovery 2 NAS Towbar

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TC	TC posted 16 Years Ago Topic Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 7, Visits: 24	Hi G4'ers I've taken the liberty of joining your forum to ask a technical question. I want to fit a NAS tow hitch to my (sadly) not G4 Discovery 2. On reading the rules any towbar fitted to a car manufactured after 1998 has to be Type Approved (TA) and stamped with the approval etc. My dealer has the part in but I won't buy as it doesn't have the TA on it. This makes it 1) illegal to have on the vehicle 2) I'm told this will form part of future MOT's so will fail if fitted. I have been told all G4 D2's had these hitches fitted. When LR sold these off then technically, unless the hitch has TA then they were selling a defective vehicle, and owners may fail MOT's or have problems if their insurer found out etc etc. Does anyone know if the NAS bar is Type Approved or have LR contacts to find out? I'd love to fit the NAS hitch but if I fell foul of this ruling I'd lose my job as well as the car related issues! The best bit, in true EC style, is that it is perfectly legal to fit this hitch to a D2 Commercial but not a normal D2 - vans/commercials/crewcabs etc are specfically excluded. Same vehicle, different rules!:exclamation: Thanks in advance. I only wish I had the £40k to buy one of the G4 D3's dealers have been selling recently. Tony Tony
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TC - 16 Years Ago

I was reading this on the LRO forums last night! I hope this does not...

AntV8 - 16 Years Ago

that was me on the LRO forum!

makes no sense whatsoever but...

TC - 16 Years Ago

[quote][b]TC (5/30/2009)[/b][hr]makes no sense whatsoever but if LR...

camel_landy - 16 Years Ago

[quote][b]Ant88 (5/30/2009)[/b][hr]I was reading this on the LRO...

TC - 16 Years Ago

Yes i was on the LRO forum suggesting you fit a sticker from...

roymck - 16 Years Ago

PM Erasmus, we went through this saga on the DOC forum a couple of...

CraigS-L - 16 Years Ago

Craig & Roy

That makes a lot of sense, thanks.
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