Towing arms missing on my new to me 2008 Cabrio

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Sorry I'm unable to help you. But I'm sure one of the members may be able to, if you provide them with some pictures of the tow plate that you're talking about.
Good Luck

gtdump said:

If nothing else, a local machinist/engineer should be able to help you out with fabricating a safe replacement.

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mcallia1 said:

Hello,
Newbie 2008 Cabrio owner here. Planning on towing it in back of my RV, however although there is a base plate with two holes in the front of my Smart, the towing arms and towing frame are missing. I have no idea what to purchase because I don't know what type of plate was installed. All I know is that there are two (non-threaded) holes in my Smart. What arms and A-frame will work?

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I think the OP is missing the tow arms, as per her above post. I believe she would just like to buy replacement arms if she knew the brand of base plate. That option could be more expensive then just buying a new complete kit.
I don't know if it would be cost effective for a machinist to just fabricate the tow arms. That is if a machinist is known to the o p and is will to take on outside work. I had a piece of Steel that I needed cut to specific size couldn't find a local machinist to do it and this is in Las Vegas.
IT may be more cost-effective for the OP to buy a whole new tow setup. Which would include a new base plate correct?

Oh I can find Machinist. I can't find one that will do a one off job without charging an exorbitant price. Most quote liability as the reason for not accepting that work.
I would think that that would be especially important or something that is going to be pull down the road at highway speeds.
Something breaks loose people are going sue everybody who touched it. Especially the fabricator.

Were you ever able to figure out what brand base plate you have?

It appears the O.P. hadn't been back since her original post.