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      08-08-2012, 02:19 PM   #1
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89 Dollar Hitch! 335i Updated with Pics! Hurry only a few left! e92/e93

Hey everyone just to let you know Amazon has the stealth hitch in stock right now. I just installed one and it is perfect. Comes with everything you need but the ball. I can answer questions about install is you have any too. Best part its only 89 bucks plus shipping!!!! Cheaper that a roof rack!!

Plus the hitch is out of sight when the adapter is removed. Can only see it looking up under the bumper!

http://www.amazon.com/Valley-81821-C...rds=VALLEY+335
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OK, Interested for sure. Can you describe the installation process? Is it a direct BOLT on? I only want it for a bike rack holder...
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how about you take and post some pictures of the hitch on your car so we can get a better idea and then bombard you with questions
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OK, Interested for sure. Can you describe the installation process? Is it a direct BOLT on? I only want it for a bike rack holder...
Install process (compact version)

Jack up back of car, I used 2 floor jacks from both sides and jack stands under the back.

Remove rear bumper and rear bumper shock absorber things. (need to put bolts through frame.

remove the 6 exhaust hangers under the rear of car.

remove rear heat shields

line up and clamp on hitch, drill holes into frame, paint around holes inside and out of the frame.

drop bolt and supports inside the frame from where you removed the bumper supports with long needle nose pliers. put on nut and torque down

do not cut heat shields they bend around the bolts.

reassemble.

I have pictures i took during at home i could upload them later.. its not a DIY at all but they help see how it sits under the car etc.
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how about you take and post some pictures of the hitch on your car so we can get a better idea and then bombard you with questions
I will when i get home from work. But its a great deal, if my back tires had some tread I would be pulling around my seadoo
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thats awesome, whats the towing capacity on our cars? I'd love to see a boat behind it.
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+100000 to who ever posts a pic/vid of your e9x towing a boat....
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thats awesome, whats the towing capacity on our cars? I'd love to see a boat behind it.
hitch is rated for 2000lb towing 200lb tongue. So a little seadoo jet boat would be fine. Our 34 sea ray probs not lol

List of what BMW's can actually tow from a Euro site.

http://www.uktow.com/towing%20capacity.asp#tab1

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thats awesome, whats the towing capacity on our cars? I'd love to see a boat behind it.
I to would love to know what the towing capacity on a 335i/x
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I to would love to know what the towing capacity on a 335i/x
3,747 lbs for 335i.
3,968 lbs for 335xi.
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Awesome hitch - glad to know those can be had for cheap. ...but good lord man how do you run your tires like that?
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The only thing that turns me off from this deal is the concept of drilling. The other ~$300 options claim no drilling.
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Awesome hitch - glad to know those can be had for cheap. ...but good lord man how do you run your tires like that?
Psssssh I know... I ordered tires you should see the other side..
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In my eyes (European and a family that tows a lot!) this hitch looks like s***t

Where's the electro-plug for brakelights and turnsignal? You guys don't seriously tow without lights?

The hook itself looks good material but i wouldn't tow anything with that mounting...

Sorry guys but maybe we (Europe) have a bit higher standarts as this...
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1. The mounting is much more robust

2. The electro-plug for brake-signal, lights and turning lights

Do you guys know what i mean?
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What kit is that one?
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What kit is that one?
That's a Bosal AK6. Don't know if you can get one over there... It's what we call, a quality product!
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To much damn work just to put a bike rack on the back. I would just buy a roof mount bike rack before tearing the back of my 335i apart...
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thats awesome, whats the towing capacity on our cars? I'd love to see a boat behind it.
335i Coupe Auto/manual is rated 3300lbs

The real tow-boss is a 335D Touring rated at 4000lbs, which is 500lbs MORE than a Toyota Tacoma w. V6 & Tow Package BTW.
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Roof racks are generally more expensive, increase wind noise, reduce fuel mileage and increase risk for damaging the roof of you car. Hitch rack is the way to go.
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The only thing that turns me off from this deal is the concept of drilling. The other ~$300 options claim no drilling.
I would rather bolt to the frame then how the other ones mount. Every other hitch I found you have to see it all the time while this one you dont when you remove the ball assembly.

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Not the best pic but i found one!
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In my eyes (European and a family that tows a lot!) this hitch looks like s***t

Where's the electro-plug for brakelights and turnsignal? You guys don't seriously tow without lights?

The hook itself looks good material but i wouldn't tow anything with that mounting...

Sorry guys but maybe we (Europe) have a bit higher standarts as this...
As previously pointed out, this hitch is only rated for 2000lbs (~850Kg). The Bosal hitch is probably rated for as much as the car is, and so is far more robust.

US trailer wiring is VERY different from that used in Europe - typically only four wires in a flat connector. They are rarely integrated into the hitch until you get up to the big hitches used on trucks. The wire for the lights is just stuffed into the trunk until you need it, then you run it out over the trunk seal. Not exactly elegant, but it works.
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