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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 7-way harness, hitch ball and safety chain loops included.
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Hello everybody. Steve here with etrailer.com. Today we're looking at our towing kit with included ball mount and trailer wiring for The Stealth Hitches Hidden Rack Receiver with a two inch ball. Now folks, this is a custom fit application, so I want you to verify the fit guide here at etrailer.com's homepage up into the top center where it says something like my vehicle or vehicle fitment, enter things like your make and model, submodels, those kind of things, and make sure you get the right parts the first time please. Now folks, this complete kit will let you use your Stealth Hitch Rack Receiver that you should already have for towing. It's got a detachable ball mount here.
This will lock up in place in place of that hitch receiver attachment that came with your stealth hitch. Now that's gonna securely mount and attach to that hitch cross tube to eliminate rattle and play. Now they included balls and provide that connection point for your trailer balls coupler. Again, a two inch ball, this is rated up to 8,000 pounds max gross trailer weight. It is not to be used for weight distribution, so don't use it for weight distribution.
And from the ground to the top of the ball when you're using it with hitch number SH37FR, it would be 18 inches from the ground to the top of the ball. Now from the center of this locking lug to the center of the ball is 10 inches. The total length is 13 inches long and the base thickness here is three quarters of an inch thick and the ball shank is one inch in diameter. Now with this kit you're gonna get the safety tie down, chain anchors, you're gonna get the locking nuts for those, the electrical connectors, bolts, nuts, a butt connector, another electrical connector here, and you're gonna get some double sided adhesive that's gonna go on the bottom side and help hold this modulator for all the wiring in place in the rear of your vehicle. And you're gonna have all the wiring needed to run all the way to the vehicle's battery and make that connection for electrical.
They give you another length of wire here, lots of cable ties, the seven way connector, and plug these two made up, obviously there's a nice little notch up here and one of the lid that kind of married together. And when you put those together, they lock in place. Now you can't undo it unless you lift the tab up here of the cap to pull back out. On the backside, you're gonna get a four-way or four flat style connector, and that's typically what you're gonna probably have on your trailer most likely. But if not, you got both of 'em and you got the mounting bracket here to mount that connector at the rear of the vehicle.
Well folks, that is gonna wrap it up. Everything here has been black powder coated on the finish to prevent rust and corrosion. I'm Steven, thanks for watching.
Ratings & Reviews
A great Kit. Good instructions. Totally hidden when not in use.
Easy installation and all is well after one yer of use.
Product was exactly as advertised - works perfect & was also recommended by my local BMW Dealership. Customer service form Alex (x72965) was exceptional!
Etrailer is great, knowledgeable, parts in stock and fast shipping.
Stealth should be ashamed. First I ordered the kit with a two inch receiver. To my great surprise the kit did NOT include attachment points for safety chains. For these I had to order another kit. When it was installed their attachment points did not fit! Shame on Stealth Hitches! Shameless marketing designed to fleece consumers combined with poor fit & QA.
Fast shipping. Great instructions. Lots of good videos. No problem installing the hitch. Love it.
Hitch worked perfectly and wiring did also. Great fitment.
Excellent hitch, instructions and videos were easy to follow no issues. Cant wait to install my bike rack and tow something
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.
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.
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.
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.
Great look, no ugly hitch to look at. HIGHEST quality products!
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!
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.
Went on without a hitch! Pun intended. :)
For real though, it's a great kit. I do wonder though, since the 2022 model 3 comes with a towing cable connector already, is the wiring controller necessary?
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.
Exactly as advertised. Great instructions specific to my vehicle
The only trailer kit that would fit on a BMW (convertible). I love trailering my small sailboat with that car and the towing kit is beautifully made. It is removeable (so you can't see that there is a hitch on the car) but it is so elegant and well made that I leave it showing! It is expensive though.
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.
the instruction delivered with the package did not match the car it was ordered for. We had to figure it out for two hours how to connect. The overall quality of the product is excellent
Wiring works like a Charm didn’t came with instructions that why the 3 stars.
Installation was quick and easy. Instructions were fairly straight forward which was a plus
Delivery very good,cable with flat connector too short, it didn't allow me on 18 inches loop, rest of the parts okay. Thanks
Installation instructions provided, along with youtube videos, helped greatly. I use the towing equipment frequently each week and have received positive remarks from others interested in similar towing arrangements. Installation ended up being easier (and less scary!) than anticipated.
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