Towing Eye

[Rollergirl]

Where the heck is it?

I've been prodding at the front of my car trying to find a way of screwing it in, and there's nowhere sensible on the front of my motor to do that.

I need to tow the car tomorrow am, so someone please point me in the right direction

Arghhhh!

 

[Murdered LCR]

What leon is it ,?

 

[andycupra]

its on the offside, below the headlight.

Depending on which leon you have, it will either be behind the lower grill (which usually just pulls off) or it will be behind some removeable trim.

If you draw a line from the centre of the headlight down vertically, it will be approximately half way between headlight and the ground.

 

[Muttley]

The picture below shows the location of the bumper securing bolts: the towing eye socket is under the same piece of trim as the lower drivers-side bolt.

 

[itfben]

The picture below shows the location of the bumper securing bolts: the towing eye socket is under the same piece of trim as the lower drivers-side bolt.

geez if you gota take all that off just to install a towing eye it really isnt guna help the frustration that you will already have it you actually need to use the thing, if you get my drift.

the LCR front bumper makes it far more easier to access right?

 

[andycupra]

reverse thread also i think.

 

[itfben]

reverse thread also i think.

if seen people with their towing eye always sticking out there grill and iv seen this done with red ones, Im liking this idea but do they just paint them their-selves or go out and buy red ones?

 

[andycupra]

if seen people with their towing eye always sticking out there grill and iv seen this done with red ones, Im liking this idea but do they just paint them their-selves or go out and buy red ones?

im pretty sure people get theirs painted or powder coated.

I know rob don was looking to get this done, and im sure there will be discussions on this long thread..

I wonder how many get stolen..


While working two weeks ago i came across a lady in a car stuck in the middle of a major junction with some bloke waving at her.
seems he had been tower her using the towing eye, and im not sure how he managed it but got the eye to take turning it the normal way... but only by a small amount.. so it towed her so far then pulled out mid junction.

 

[itfben]

im pretty sure people get theirs painted or powder coated.

I know rob don was looking to get this done, and im sure there will be discussions on this long thread..

I wonder how many get stolen..


While working two weeks ago i came across a lady in a car stuck in the middle of a major junction with some bloke waving at her.
seems he had been tower her using the towing eye, and im not sure how he managed it but got the eye to take turning it the normal way... but only by a small amount.. so it towed her so far then pulled out mid junction.

crazy stuff, would rob don have a thread on it then?

 

[itfben]

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2350510&postcount=1found it, cheers mate

looks like powder coating is the way forward

 

[PAULTDI67]

geez if you gota take all that off just to install a towing eye it really isnt guna help the frustration that you will already have it you actually need to use the thing, if you get my drift.

the LCR front bumper makes it far more easier to access right?

HIso i got this pic in my handbook but mines diffrent bumper how do i get them grille things off?tried pullin em dont want 2 come off i dont want 2 pull 2 hard& bust em

 

[SalSheikh]

Paul, on yours you will a screw on the r/h side (drivers side) and then it should slide out.

 

[Phoenix27]

On the facelift LC would it just be a case of removing one, or both, of the 'disc' cut-outs in the bumper then? Would you gain access to the towing eye or bumper fixings?

 

[andy_lang]

Just take the little piece out under the drivers side - next to the fog light - the color coded bit, it simply unclips and can "dangle" there. I just pulled mine out all the way and it pulls the bolt out too as i didnt want it falpping about! it clips back in no probs!!

 

[PAULTDI67]

Paul, on yours you will a screw on the r/h side (drivers side) and then it should slide out.

HI M8 WHAT SCREW i cant find one it's lower grilles nxt 2 foglights

 

[seatcupra]

HI M8 WHAT SCREW i cant find one it's lower grilles nxt 2 foglights

If it's the facelift LC, theres a Philip's screw on the corner of the lower grill next to the foglight. Once you get that out gently prise the grill out from the foglight side

 

[SalSheikh]

Paul,

click link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEAT-LEON-200...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19beb70142

now enlarge the pic and you will see one tiny white dot where the lower grill goes on the ends near the fogs and this is where the screw is.

 

[PAULTDI67]

Hi m8got it off now never have found this screw if u didn't say there was one thanx i now know how if i ever need to b towed!(buy yourself a beer on me)

 

[SalSheikh]

Hi m8got it off now never have found this screw if u didn't say there was one thanx i now know how if i ever need to b towed!(buy yourself a beer on me)

ha ha, i'm a muslim and dont drink alcohol but i will have a ginger beer lol!