Hitch/Towbar?
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Hitch/Towbar?
Did a little searching and there's nothing coming up - I was wondering if anyone had considered adding a custom hitch to their car, and (preferably) made it removable for looks. Similar to this sort of thing.
Wasn't planning on doing any heavy duty trailering - just want a way to mount my platform style bike rack with two bikes.
Wasn't planning on doing any heavy duty trailering - just want a way to mount my platform style bike rack with two bikes.
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Basic set up
Bumper attachment
Body attachment under boot
Been debating with my self if I should take the whole thing off, but I have dreams that I may need a car trailer one day so I keep it. Took the opportunity while I was down there (!) to remove the tongue, just for my shins sake.
Bumper attachment
Body attachment under boot
Been debating with my self if I should take the whole thing off, but I have dreams that I may need a car trailer one day so I keep it. Took the opportunity while I was down there (!) to remove the tongue, just for my shins sake.
Last edited by yarpos; 05-16-2018 at 07:50 PM.
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Took me a while to get around to it but I finally got that hitch put together. The bumper on the Series III is beefy enough for my purposes (bike rack) - so all I needed was a way to securely mount a receiver out of the way and here's how I did it:
Started with a notch in the back of the bumper so I could recess the receiver a little:
Added some thick steel plate to mount the receiver.
The square tubing and channel have nuts welded in them so that there's something there to back up the mounting bolts:
Here's the bumper back together with everything bolted up:
View from under the bumper once it's on the car:
Now you see it:
Now you don't!
Started with a notch in the back of the bumper so I could recess the receiver a little:
Added some thick steel plate to mount the receiver.
The square tubing and channel have nuts welded in them so that there's something there to back up the mounting bolts:
Here's the bumper back together with everything bolted up:
View from under the bumper once it's on the car:
Now you see it:
Now you don't!
Last edited by pjprofili; 09-26-2018 at 05:44 PM.
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