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The crossbar-style hidden brackets attach to your vehicle's frame to provide attachment points for your tow bar. The visible portions of the brackets can be removed when you are not towing.
Features:
The square drawbars, or front arms, on the crossbar-style base plate kit are simple to mount and remove, easily securing with hitch pins. Once the drawbars have been removed, the remaining brackets are virtually invisible. On most automobiles, the brackets are mounted within the grille, where they remain not only unseen, but protected from scrapes and scuffs as well.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (988 Customer Reviews)
The crossbar-style hidden brackets attach to your vehicle's frame to provide attachment points for your tow bar. The visible portions of the brackets can be removed when you are not towing.I used to tow our dinghy, a cherry 1997 Miata, with a car dolly; finally realized it was a case of overkill. The dolly is over half the weight of the car and wider than the motor home! On our last expedition to the Canadian Rockies, I got to talking with a fellow camper who told me how cool and easy it was to tow his dinghy with tow bars. Now, for the tow bar conversion:
Removing the Miata's fascia, radiator air scoop and bottom engine cover is not difficult, as the fasteners are relatively easy to get to. After removing (and discarding) the two tie-down loops and discarding the four screws holding the front anti-sway bar, the installation of the base plates is straight-forward (it fits into those holes - who knew?). The fit of the kit to the car's frame is precise, with plenty of adjustment space, if needed. The only fabrication required is removal of some material from the air scoop where it comes into contact with the installed base plates. Reinstalling the fascia, I "shoe-horned" it over the base plate, with the help of silicon spray. Fortunately, the fascia is very flexible. Unless you look for them, the base plate receivers are not a prominent feature of the front end.
I just got done with the installation. Overall it was fairly straightforward, however it would have been nice if they had included pictures in the instructions. The larger bolts in the kit could have a more beveled tip like the factory bolts. This would make it much easier to get the bolts started in the holes. The photo attached is of the factory bolt for reference.
Shipping was very quick, only took a few days.
Price seems pretty high for these base plates. I purchased them for $360 and was even able to find a 5% off coupon online by using google.
Fairly easy self install. More finicky tow bar connection than blue ox but they don’t offer base for this car.
Installed easily,pulls great with older hitch. Right side receiver is cocked some even though it is bolted tight against frame.must have slipped in jig while being welded.
Purchased for my 2003 Mazda Miata. So simple to tow behind my motorhome. I used a professional to install as I am not super handy. I think it took them a couple of hours to install and they did a great job. I feel very safe with this product and would highly recommend it.
These are good roadmaster base plates for a Miata. Two things. They should use larger cotter pins for securing the removable plates. I'd recommend replacing the ones included by roadmaster. Secondly, on at least a Miata, leave the base plates installed unless you are not going to use them for a long time. They are almost impossible to remove.
The Roadmaster XL base plate kit fit my car very well and I didn't have to cut my front facia. It is a pretty simple installation compared to other make/models. We pulled the car a few thousand miles so far and it works great. Shipping was excellent from e-trailer. I would definitely buy from them again! Thanks
Nicely made parts.The bracket that that extends to the sway bar mount is welded a little close to one of the bolt holes. With the hex head bolts supplied i could barely get a socket on it.I wound up breaking one of the blind nuts inside of the frame loose,this was difficult to fix. I used 2 allen socket head bolts 10mmx1.25 to remedy the clearance problems. Maybe this will save someone else the same trouble.
As usual, very prompt service and exactly what I needed. Never gone wrong with etrailer.com!
G.b.
8/20/2016
GREAT! Never a problem
the product is excellent cuz my wife did not want the hitch connector to show on our Miata. we can remove the bracket when not towing by removing two hitch pins.....thanks so much!! delivery was here when promised...
The brackets fit my 2000 Miata perfectly. Installation is easy and the bracket is well hidden.
I also bought an RM 038 adapter, which bolted right onto these bracket. That allowed me to fit my EAZ Aligner 2000 tow bar to the front of the Miata.
This works out beautifully, even for a 20-years-old EAZ Aligner 2000 tow bar.
Thanks
Well made parts, complete kit. But this isn't about Roadmaster as they did not treat me well in direct contact. This review is for Etrailer who served me perfectly. They had what I needed when nobody else did. They were a pleasure to deal with and shipped quickly (for free). For great result purchase from Dana at ext 371.
worked great sold car now i need a new and will call etrailer...
Could not have been easier to review product, order, and receive promptly. Product arrived complete and instructions look straightforward. Anxious to install and make it happen.
bolted right on ready for road trip
Jacob
8/14/2021
After 1 year still working great it’s really a great fit and quality product
1990 Miata! Great kit! Make sure you start all the books before tightening any one bolt! Towed the car from NJ to AZ and back with no troubles at all. All bolts started tight!
Great equpment for towing my 1999 Mazda. It tows like a dream.
Product and service were great
. Would purchase here again.
My son is installing this as we speak. He will be towing his Miata in a few days so this arrived just in time, even with all of our snow. Thank you!
Great customer service and timely shipping of my order
Fast shipping
I was pulling my truck using the roadmaster crossbar and to my surpass the towbar broke in half as I was towing. Good thing I was in town only going 20 miles poer hr.
etrailer service is and has always been stellar. My order was correct and was delivered very quickly. The only reason I made this a four instead of a five was that the rear bolt position of both base plate brackets where welded on crooked. Each small plate was at a different angle from each other. In my opinion whoever welded them wasn’t paying attention to quality control. Because I was on a time crunch for my departure on a trip and could not wait for replacements (and I needed the vehicle for local driving) I made the brackets work. Other than that the installation went smoothly and I was able to test tow my 2004 CRV a couple of times without incident.
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Jacques
10/25/2022
Great! A hard to find product for a 2003 Mazda Miata. You guys had it in stock and got it to me in a timely manner.