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Wanted tow bar cover
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:08 pm
by Alan 480
any ideas where I can source a cover for teh inverted VEE that the tow ball drops onto?
I can't see that it would be left 'uncovered' as it would get covered in debris and then make it difficult to drop the hitch onto.
ideas please, otherwise I'll make a cover from some 3mm ally
Re: Wanted tow bar cover
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 10:40 pm
by jamescarruthers
No idea if it is available but the part number is 3434288-2. You could always cross your fingers, drop the -2 and order "3434283" with your local dealer.
http://www.volvo-480-europe.org/volvo48 ... =Tow%20Bar
Re: Wanted tow bar cover
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 10:41 pm
by jamescarruthers
Re: Wanted tow bar cover
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 1:20 pm
by brinkie
Of course these have long been discontinued. People lost them everywhere, in the car wash, at Volvo 480 meetings... (sad but true)
Mine has been sitting for over a year at a guy who promised to make a 3D scan so we can make 3D prints out of it. I will check out once more if he has made any progress.
Re: Wanted tow bar cover
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:37 pm
by Alan 480
OK, folded ally is the way forward, sad that folk nick a cover from another car at a show!!!
I don't have item 6 and my electrics socket was , i think, welded to the main frame. I plan to just leave the leccy socket in the boot as rarely use the tow bar, especially when C30 already has one (as does the SS1)
no bumper to affix the previous 'home-brewed' version to the other 480 !!
Re: Wanted tow bar cover
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 3:58 pm
by jamescarruthers
Good things come to those that wait Alan! Funnily enough someone gave me one of these today, brand new.
Do you want it Alan?
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Re: Wanted tow bar cover
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 11:41 am
by Alan 480
James
many thanks for the kind offer.
As I have a natty section of SS to cover it now ,
link here
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=35859&start=60
but scroll
I'll leave it for somebody else.
Re: Wanted tow bar cover
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 11:50 am
by brinkie
If you have a fresh new cover, why don't have it 3D scanned so we can reproduce it? I would surely want one!
Re: Wanted tow bar cover
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 3:56 pm
by jamescarruthers
I think it is vacuum formed originally but could be made with a 3D printer hopefully.
Any idea how I would go about the scanning? I have a friend who has access to this sort of printing kit but not sure about scanning. I will ask him.
Re: Wanted tow bar cover
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:40 am
by Alan 480
brinkie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 11:50 am
If you have a fresh new cover, why don't have it 3D scanned so we can reproduce it? I would surely want one!
i have a CAD template i used when made the folded SS one
Cardboard Aided Design
can attempt a drawing on AutoCad / OnShape
