[jeremycolley]

I recently fitted a second hand Volvo OEM (Brink) towbar to my XC70. It took about half a day of fiddling about to fit it. Removing the old exhaust hanger bracket and towing eye bracket were the hardest part - they are done up very tightly

Apart from that, it's a very straightforward nut and bolt job. Remove the rear panel to the right of the rear fusebox to see where the trailer module plugs in to. It should be obvious if you have one, it's a grey plastic box with a couple of multiplug sockets on it and a small 2 in plug. If you have to remove the bumper again, don't forget to unplug the antenna connector on the right hand side, under the light cluster.

The Brink towbar was a heavy lump - my neighbour helped me to lift it into position - it would have been a nightmare on my own