Hello everyone.

I have a zxi that I bought a month ago and I really love it. Anyway, the previous owners in their wisdom had put a tow bar on it.

Mazda garage says it will cost 100 quid to remove it.

any ideas on how I can do this cheaper. I am already replacing rear wheel bearings which as you know costs a fortune so I am looking for a cheap way of getting rid of this eyesore.

#-o #-o #-o #-o #-o #-o a tow bar!!!!!! how rude. can prob take a trip up the local scrappy, as long as you dont wanna keep it they will noramally remove it and keep it.

Things are never so simple I am afraid as it involves the removal of the whole back end and .... no...it wont just come out cos the hole they made in the bumper isnt big enough to slide the rear bolts out.



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Oh my god!! a ZXi with a towbar !!!

These are not to difficult to remove just nuts and bolts thru the chassis etc and cut the 7/8 core electric cable and insulate the ends and then tidy up. Then sell it on e-bay maybe.
Or you could take to a scrappy and they would probably take it off for nearly next to nothing

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[img]url[/img] try that.... :twisted:

I know...it makes me cringe to look at it.....and its barely been used either so a complete waste of time. (Good job though cos it means its still got all the guts in the engine )

yeah i guess that could be a problem . There is a thread on here somewhere about rear skirt removal though

once you get the tow bar off (may have to pay) take it back to the owner and twat him with it!!!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

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I have taken the silly white cap off so it doesn't stand out so much.

Honestly though.....bloody idiots.....

Although with all leather 2 tone interior and fsh can't be too frusty I guess.

welcome to the club and nice looking ride mate.

here's a guide to removing that bumper

http://www.tannerma.freeuk.com/My_car/B ... emoval.htm

other than the bar, you've got a nice looking car there mate, god stuff, with low mileage as well?

[quote="essex-lad"]welcome to the club and nice looking ride mate.

here's a guide to removing that bumper

http://www.tannerma.freeuk.com/My_car/B ... emoval.htm[/quote]
That's the old one , here's the newer one:
[url]http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/tiptop/Guides/Bumper_Removal.htm[/url]

The guide's the same, just different URLs to the rest of the site

I'd like a ZXi with a tow bar ..... to tow my track only 1.8 323F BA - when the developement gets that far


Mark

Looks black?! I guess you are not UK based? quite nice

Thanks for the comments guys, I will check out the guide.

Its noble green (blue in any light to me )


Mileage is pretty ok.....69k,


just checked the guide....is that for the zxi?

My chief concern there is lining the whole thing up again once I have taken it all off.

[quote="Ronin (Adam)"]Looks black?! I guess you are not UK based? quite nice [/quote]


Uk (Leicester) based.....look at the house, one of the many million semis built in the 1930's

[quote="Cyclepath"]just checked the guide....is that for the zxi?

My chief concern there is lining the whole thing up again once I have taken it all off.[/quote]

Welcome to the club, yes that guide is for all BA 323f

what do you mean by lining the whole thing back up, you mean the bumper? there are bolt holes that match up the welded bolts on the back of the bumper, easy job

Thanks......as for the lining up thing, I just heard a few horror stories about problems getting things looking right once its been taken off.

Not something I would usually do myself tbh......but those rear wheel bearings are 2 months worth of squeezing the pay cheque.


I think I know a mate, who knows a mate, who might be able to do it.....sorta thing.

No Probs fella, if you get stuck just ask, I taken my rear off loads of times now. I keep getting the WRX Subaru team calling me for a job cos im so fast

....Hmmm, how are you for removing the front?

Mine needs to be lined up again after a couple of low speed knocks in it's lifetime!!


...let me know when you're next in the neighbourhood! :P

Cool your from leicester... Check the events section cos theres a midlands meet coming right up...can get advice from the lads there:)

Can you stop posting that picky? the tow bar is making me cringe. Sorry mate but it looks bloody awful. It's spoiling agood looking motor. Spend This weekend getting it off (stop it! the tow bar I mean)

Hi cyclepath! those stairs would look nice if you sand them down

hi welcome good luck with the removal - didnt pyro do this??? maybe he can help

Hi and welcome to the club, now don't all take the piss but i am thinking of putting a tow bar on mine because we go camping for hols and at Donington for the bike GP and World Superbikes, so i need to tow a trailer but only sometimes, but i don't want one that looks like that, i take it they have cut the rear now i'v been told that there's a place by me in Stourport that will fit one that comes from underneath the rear and bolts on a plate just behind it, so you can take it off when it's not in use so you wont see anything and they don't cut the bodywork so what do you guys n gals think of that idea

[quote="wai.cheung01"]....Hmmm, how are you for removing the front?

Mine needs to be lined up again after a couple of low speed knocks in it's lifetime!!


...let me know when you're next in the neighbourhood! :P[/quote]

Wai, I'm dissapointed in you, can't you take the front off! Or is Robbie busy?

Only messing, I've taken my front off a few times now so if you want a hand just ask.

[quote="Tiswas"]Hi and welcome to the club, now don't all take the piss but i am thinking of putting a tow bar on mine because we go camping for hols and at Donington for the bike GP and World Superbikes, so i need to tow a trailer but only sometimes, but i don't want one that looks like that, i take it they have cut the rear now i'v been told that there's a place by me in Stourport that will fit one that comes from underneath the rear and bolts on a plate just behind it, so you can take it off when it's not in use so you wont see anything and they don't cut the bodywork so what do you guys n gals think of that idea [/quote]
Sounds good to me I don't need to do yet, but might have to bear it in mind. Hopefully
[quote="Mark.T"]I'd like a ZXi with a tow bar ..... to tow my track only 1.8 323F BA - when the developement gets that far [/quote]

Mark

when i bought mine, it had a towbar, took me ages to remove it, bolts were all seized on, it was a nightmare.

2 words - angle grinder! :twisted::?