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Use your Stealth Hitches rack receiver to tow a small trailer with this all-inclusive towing kit. Remove the receiver attachment from your hitch and insert the included ball mount. Custom-fit 4-way harness, hitch ball and safety chain loops included.
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Hi everybody. Andy here with Etrailer.com and today we're gonna take a look, at this towing kit with ball mount and trailer wiring, for your Stealth Hitches hidden rack receiver. Now this kit is custom fit and designed, for your 2018 to 2019 Subaru Crosstrek, and then your 2020 to 2022 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid, and excluding hybrid. To confirm that this is going to work for you, take advantage of our vehicle fit guide, here at Etrailer.com. Insert the year, make and model, of your vehicle and our fit guide. We'll let you know if this will work for you, or if we have something comparable that will work for you.
This complete towing kit is going to let you use your Stealth Hitches wrap receiver to tow a small vehicle and on your screen I am including our item number, for that hidden wrap receiver, that this kit is going to work with. And this detachable ball mount is going to lock, into your hitch in place, of your receiver attachment securely attaching, to your hitches cross tube to eliminate rattle and play. The included two inch hitch ball is going to, of course, give you a connection point for your trailer's ball coupler and the maximum gross trailer weight is up to 3,500 pounds. However, this is not rated for weight distribution systems, and the black powder coat finish on this ball mount, and on the included safety chain loops that you see here, are going to give you superior rust protection. Now the rise from the ground to the top of the ball when this is used with that rack receiver, that we looked at just a minute or so ago, the rise is going to be 18 inches.
And again, that's going to be from the ground, all the way up to the top of the ball. And let me go ahead and retrieve my ruler, and go over some other measurements with you. Looking at the overall length. As you can see we are sitting right at about, 13 inches long overall. And then measuring from the center of our peg to the center, of our hitch ball, we are sitting right at 10 inches.
The thickness of our base is about three quarters of an inch and the ball hole diameter is one inch. And as you can see, I do have this hitch ball just kind of loosely mounted in this ball mount. Of course this will be tightened up when you install this, and receive, when you receive this you do wanna just install that ball, but I just kind of have it loosely connected there, just to show you what this is going to look like, with that ball inserted. Now the four-way flat trailer connector, is going to mount to the back of your vehicle, to power your trailer signal lights, by connecting directly to your battery, to avoid overloading your vehicle system. So as you can see, this does come with a included wiring harness, and so this is going to connect directly to your battery, so there's not gonna be any strain, on the electrical system of your vehicle.
So really everything that you're going to need, to get you ready to tow a small trailer. It does include cable ties as well, to kind of cinch up that excess wiring. This does have a limited lifetime warranty, so if you are looking to use your Stealth Hitches, rack receiver to tow a small trailer, this is going to be exactly what you need. Well, that's gonna conclude our brief look today. I do hope that it was helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (30 Customer Reviews)
Use your Stealth Hitches rack receiver to tow a small trailer with this all-inclusive towing kit. Remove the receiver attachment from your hitch and insert the included ball mount. Custom-fit 4-way harness, hitch ball and safety chain loops included.2023 Volvo XC60. I bought this and the hitch separately. If you're not used to doing these, like me, the install was actually a fun and easy project, if you take your time to understand how things come apart/go together. I won't know if I did it all right, though, until I have the dealer program the vehicle to accept the new accessory. One pic shows white,braided wire to grounding nut. Another shows where I affixed the module. And another shows the black plug that is to be removed for where the wires will exit the vehicle.
Worked fine but wiring came with no instructions (got from stealth website) and the thickness of the wires was not compatible with the connectors without a lot of effort to force the splice. Wires much thicker than car wires. Hitch part works great.
You should have seen the macho Marina crowd as they watched me back my BMW 640 down the launch ramp with a 16 foot boat trailer hanging off the back. Guys were down on their knees looking under the rear of the car. But the best part was when I dropped the hitch and put it in the trunk! Lot' of OOOs and Ahaaas.
The Stealth Hitch is a great option if you want to keep your rear end looking clean. This kit allows you to add towing ability to an already installed Stealth Hitch Rack Receiver. I added this to a 2020 Volvo XC90. You do need to remove the bumper fascia which, with the excellent videos on this site, was not very difficult. I was able to complete the project in a couple of hours.
***Note*** Stealth changed the size of the bolts holding the hitch block to the bar (from 1/2” to 5/8”) in 2021. Since I had installed my receiver rack in 2020, the included, longer bolts that you need to use to install the chain hooks did not fit. I contacted Stealth and they sent me a new kit with the smaller bolts, chain hooks, and (nicer) bracket to mount the connector to the hitch - no charge. It took about a week to get them so plan accordingly so you’re not stuck with your bumper fascia lying on the ground, not able to complete the job. I ran to the hardware store to grab some temporary bolts so I could get everything back together until the correct bolts came. I’m hoping I can change out the correct bolts without having to remove the bumper fascia again.
the longer bolts weren't included. used original bolts even though a tad short. contacted etrailer and no response couple days later.
This is fabulous! We've been using it for a basket to haul small machinery. Love this thing!!! So easy to have it be discreet when wanted as well.
I am generally very happy with the design and function of this hitch. Unfortunately the paint started peeling off and rusting within weeks of installation. I keep my cars a long time so I will need to put extra effort into maintaining over time.
Product was exactly as advertised - works perfect & was also recommended by my local BMW Dealership. Customer service form Alex (x72965) was exceptional!
I was looking for a hitch that I could tow my motorcycle trailer behind my E92 3 Series 335i. This stealth hitch has the removable quick mount receiver and ball adapter, so that it wouldn’t be an eye sore when I wasn’t towing my bikes to the track.
It works great! I was thinking it would be a loose fit, but the hitch is rock solid! I’ve never pulled more than 1K since the car is so light, but I’m sure it wouldn’t be the hitch that would go out.
It is pricey, but you certainly get what you pay for! Minimal cutting required to the bottom side of the bumper, and it goes in place of the bumper plate. You can only see about 1/8” of the machined receiver under the bumper.
Great product if you need to tow something light with your 3 series!
Great look, no ugly hitch to look at. HIGHEST quality products!
Excellent hitch, instructions and videos were easy to follow no issues. Cant wait to install my bike rack and tow something
Product works great. Only challenge was determining the correct turn signal and marker light wires without owning a multimeter. However, a couple paper clips, lead wires, and 12v bulb helped confirm the correct wires to splice into.
Note: The wire to pin 1 is for left/right directional. The wire to passenger side pin 4 is for the marker lights.
For connecting the wiring to power, remove the spare tire bracket to access the additional positive battery connections. Attach the black power line here instead of the battery post. For the ground wire, there is a collection of brown ground wires fastened with a crown nut towards the rear wheel well in the rear passenger side fuse compartment area. Attach the ground wire here instead of directly to the negative battery post.
I tested the wiring multiple times through the installation process to ensure all was good before closing it all back up again.
The installation instructions were not very clear. The reinstallation of the bumper trim was very hard and to have another person help. That should be included on the instructions to understand the process and have another person available. Bumper trim was very hard to place back on correctly and I still have an edge that is not flush.
Etrailer is great, knowledgeable, parts in stock and fast shipping.
Hitch worked perfectly and wiring did also. Great fitment.
Easy installation and all is well after one yer of use.
Fast shipping. Great instructions. Lots of good videos. No problem installing the hitch. Love it.
the rubber grommet and key fell out and were lost
This is Amazing for the model 3. Love towing with it!!
A great Kit. Good instructions. Totally hidden when not in use.
Received my hitch fast. Quality. Highly recommended.
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