WR1 Owners Club

My love for fast cars the open road, and being outside in the open, ie camping, why does no one make a towbar for the wr1, ( i dont wna c it wen its fitted, so a detachable one would be best, any one got any idears, i dont wna buy another car just for towing, as i like taking my pride and joy away. I await ure comments

A) it would look like a c0ck on the back of your pride and joy.
B) Do subaru not state 'no towing' or something like that in the user manual?

That is just a foolish response Mark. I've seen pics of a Scooby towing a caravan on the SMACS website. I'll try and find out about the towbar for you.

I've spoke to a blobeye STI owner, who had one fitted, he had a detachable one which looked not too bad once the bit was removed.
Reckoned it was only a couple of bolts to fit / remove.

Subaru were doing an an offer a while back on official kits.

you can get a tow bar, a normal impreza one would fit, i have a couple of customers with sti's with towbars, they only use them for bike racks or motorbike trailers. but caravans no no

There was a pic on this forum of a detachable tow bar, looked quite discrete and thinking of doing it myself.

Think Swede posted it up

i only wna tow a trailer tent, i agree with the it would look awfull if it was not detachable, i would nt have one if that was the case

ian i've rang subaru and they do stock them at helish price, £240 + vat for the detach-alble tow bar with a extra £60 for the electric pack and obvious fitting

its up to yourself mate,personally i wouldnt fit it to the wr1 but i would buy an old uk turbo wagon or legacy that already had one fitted,you can pick one up for like 1-1.5k,dearer than fitting a towbar yes but ones someone finds out its been on your car they'll walk away.i see what you mean tho,take the tent to somewhere nice,un-hook the trailor and go for a nice drive.

good luck (dont think you'll be doing any camping soon way this weather)

thanks for all your help, part of me going away in this country is so i can take my car away, i dont get to drive it much anyway. i dont see any reason why no one would buy it afterwoods, any way ime not selling it. Just had all the windows slighty tinted.

GDW does an detachable towbar.

They even made a bespoke one for my car.

have ordered one from subaru now, should be hear this week, thanks for all your help, ian