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What have you done to your Elgrand today?

@Highway Dave thanks for the information. I've been camping on grass several times but the 2023 Northern Kin conditions were an eye opener and the lack of a readily accessible tow point on the Rider is an ongoing concern. I saw several tow eye attachments at Kinsugi Yakushi last year but not on an Elgrand.
 
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Magnu said:
@Highway Dave thanks for the information. I've been camping on grass several times but the 2023 Northern Kin conditions were an eye opener and the lack of a readily accessible tow point on the Rider is an ongoing concern. I saw several tow eye attachments at Kinsugi Yakushi last year but not on an Elgrand.
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This is one thing I could never understand, the Elgrand clearly has two built in tow eyes , one each side of the front frame ( you can just make one out, just under the point I’ve used) then they proceed to make them inaccessible with the splitter
I’m assuming the rider uses the same front crossmember so why no access, I mean the bumper and skirt are all one piece, it’s not even an add on
 
Highway Dave said:
This is one thing I could never understand, the Elgrand clearly has two built in tow eyes , one each side of the front frame ( you can just make one out, just under the point I’ve used) then they proceed to make them inaccessible with the splitter
I’m assuming the rider uses the same front crossmember so why no access, I mean the bumper and skirt are all one piece, it’s not even an add on
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Am I right in thinking there's an accessible tow eye at the rear so could get towed off a field backwards?
Wouldn't be any good for any distance obviously.
 
mikkb said:
Am I right in thinking there's an accessible tow eye at the rear so could get towed off a field backwards?
Wouldn't be any good for any distance obviously.
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Wouldn’t do me any good as my rear bumper is aftermarket too , that’s why I put this one on
Half the customised Elgrands on jap sites seem to use the same point so thought why not ( saves ripping the bumper of should I ever need to be transported)
 
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Finally got her off the drive to take a couple of quick pictures
So , new nismo bumper, days grill, headlights I rebuilt last year and tow hook
Not the best of pics but will have to do until I take her somewhere nicer than the street lol

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Headlights for some reason look a lot bluer in these shots
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Do Elgrands have some sort of tow hooks as standard, or is something like the one you've fitted fairly easy to add? By the way front end looks the business.
 
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My guess would be that - if they believe the vehicle is parked in a dangerous position, and that this caused their accident - this act of revenge vandalism will encourage the owner to park elsewhere in future. They must have a strong sense of grievance to go this far (I'm not in any way defending it, just trying to explain the motivation).
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Some people will blame anything else except their own poor driving!
 
Bal said:
Do Elgrands have some sort of tow hooks as standard, or is something like the one you've fitted fairly easy to add? By the way front end looks the business.
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They do as shown in the picture further up the thread.
Slightly closer shot of the drivers side one here , it points down between the splash shields but they are useless if you have a splitter fitted ( also one on passenger side)

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Bal said:
Do Elgrands have some sort of tow hooks as standard, or is something like the one you've fitted fairly easy to add? By the way front end looks the business.
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This is the HWS front bumper, the circled section is the cover for the tow point.1000010317.jpg
 
Fitted new roof rails.

£189.99 of Ebay.

As per usual instructions make them sound straight fit...which they are...but they don't tell you there's a bit of "fitters flair & savvy" to get them on.

Also to secure you have to turn the brass Allen key head...after only a few attempts to get them on it started rounding off so wouldn't want to be taking them off regularly.
 

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Not getting my old girl back until next week now. Gutted as I could have done with it over the long weekend. It seems apparent that the 2 day job isn't so straightforward. I reckon the new bumper that turned up was for a late model and it just won't work with an S1. I waited 5 months for it to turn up from the motherland. I'll know when I pick it up if they've just repaired it. They're very cagey about taking over a week to sort it. As they're charging almost £2k to the third party insurers, I reckon something dodgy might be going on..I just want my bus back ffs
 
Highway Dave said:
They do as shown in the picture further up the thread.
Slightly closer shot of the drivers side one here , it points down between the splash shields but they are useless if you have a splitter fitted ( also one on passenger side)

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Thanks Dave, I will have a look, at mine.
 
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