Josh0 Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 Buy a standard 7 pin and rewire, quick fix. R475 for a plug is ridiculous........I'd rather buy a Land Rover.
Jase619 Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 So I now find myself to be a proud owner of a Volvo (Thule ) Bike rack and have found the plug to be incompatible with my cars. Much to my abject amazement at the fact that you got anything other than a 7 pin towbar plug haha. What is the best route to go? Rewire the plug to a SA 7 pin for R37 or go the route of an adapter?
Jase619 Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 Rewire ... very easy Thanks, Not worried about the actual rewiring, that should be a piece of cake. Just making sure their are no problems that have been picked up from doing this but I doubt it
Eddy Gordo Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 So I now find myself to be a proud owner of a Volvo (Thule ) Bike rack and have found the plug to be incompatible with my cars. Much to my abject amazement at the fact that you got anything other than a 7 pin towbar plug haha. What is the best route to go? Rewire the plug to a SA 7 pin for R37 or go the route of an adapter?A friend had the same issue with a volvo. After searching the boot he found the adapter.
Jase619 Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 A friend had the same issue with a volvo. After searching the boot he found the adapter. I will have a look in my wife's Kia, my bakkie comes from 2001 so I doubt there will be an adapter rolling around somewhere. . . Hoping the Kia has one or I will be rewiring, the Volvo agent told me the adapter cost R600 so I laughed and put the phone down.
Eddy Gordo Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 I saw autostyle selling those adapters. I think around R300
Eddy Gordo Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 https://www.autostyle.co.za/12n-7-pin-socket-to-13-pin-plug-adaptor.html https://www.autostyle.co.za/13-pin-socket-to-12n-7-pin-plug-adapter.html
Pure Savage Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 So I now find myself to be a proud owner of a Volvo (Thule ) Bike rack and have found the plug to be incompatible with my cars. Much to my abject amazement at the fact that you got anything other than a 7 pin towbar plug haha. What is the best route to go? Rewire the plug to a SA 7 pin for R37 or go the route of an adapter?Rewire it, less places for water to get in and be a pain in the bum
Jase619 Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 Rewire it, less places for water to get in and be a pain in the bum Yeah, believe I am going to go this way for sure. Adapters always seem to give some or other headache. So a rewire is in order. For R37 it makes no sense to buy an adapter. Besides warranty, but those things are so fickle it's not even a worry in my decision making process.
Dadbod Racing Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 A friend had the same issue with a volvo. After searching the boot he found the adapter. Ok I'm going to come clean here..... I had my car rewired "cause who the hell would use this 13 pin???? Anyway job done, I'm happy go home repack stuff lift the boot thingy up where the spare wheel is... hey what's in this little white box, open the boom ...... MUTHABUFFER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So yeah, I have a 13 pin adapter willing to swap for whatever.....
Jase619 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 Okay, so how the hell do you get these Thule plugs off? I have managed to get the wiring closure on the back off, but can’t get the main body apart. Don’t particularly want to cut it as I presume you must be able to open it? Any advice?
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