Tow eye Question

[Theiceman]

I wanted to have by car towed on to a flatbed and thought it would be a lot easier on my car if I just screwed the two eye in there for the tow truck driver to hook up to to drag it up the flat bed , I go to get the tow eye out of the tool kit and its missing .... hmm , no problem il call my buddy . I go see him look in his tool kit ... no tow eye either ... so I go to he internet and do a search . couldn't find anything specific but some VW passat models don't even have the threaded lug under the cover for it so I thought I would ask .

I do have the plastic plug, so a couple of basic questions.

1. should I be able to pop that plastic plug out of the bumper and find a lug under there ( without losing too much paint ) ?
2. Provided I do is it just a coincidence that mine and my buddies are missing ?
3. provided the above is true I may have one in my A6 that will fit , if so do you think its okay to pull my car on to the flat bed with this ? ie: is this what its designed for ?


Thanks guys

[a4audi4fun]

Ref 2. - are you both the original owners? - maybe it got removed at some point. I'm the original owner of my B7 and have the towhook
Ref 3. - yes that's what it is designed for; there's one at the back as well, welded directly onto the spare wheel well

[Luis_Heineken]

https://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-B7_A4..._Kit/ES437848/

Ouch!!

[Theiceman]

Thanks guys

No we are not original owners so that explains a lot. Tow truck driver showed up and that was the first thing he asked.

He said no worries and whipped the flat bad around and hooked on to the back. Seems he has towed a lot of these.

Worked great. He had me sit in the car though as he said he once had a pos Honda where it snapped and rolled away.

50 bucks usd is nuts. Just gonna keep my eye out at the wreckers next time.

Cheers.

[JDillon15]

Thanks guys

No we are not original owners so that explains a lot. Tow truck driver showed up and that was the first thing he asked.

He said no worries and whipped the flat bad around and hooked on to the back. Seems he has towed a lot of these.

Worked great. He had me sit in the car though as he said he once had a pos Honda where it snapped and rolled away.

50 bucks usd is nuts. Just gonna keep my eye out at the wreckers next time.

Cheers.

Or if you want to get towed in style, I also have this one for sale.

Shameless plug

[KJack]

I bought one on eBay for $10. Mine was missing from the tool kit as well. I'm guessing the previous owner had the car towed and forgot to get the eye hook back.