Well firstly I am not selling this hitch. Being an owner of 2 BMW's I find this product useful and BETTER than the westfalia which comes out of the rear of the bimmer VERY UGLY and is LESS than the OEM.

You are incorrect with the price of the OEM unless you received some sort of discount. Because when I purchased my vehicles I was quoted $1400 for the install (this was only for the receiver).

I paid $775 installed including tax for a COMPLETE tow system for the X3. Also the OEM is not as strong as the one I purchased because the OEM hitch is only rated to DOT standards which is 1,500,000 impact cycles the Phantom is rated ECE DOT and SABS which is 2,000,000 from what I am to understand.

You are again incorrect regarding the attachment of the OEM and the Phantom hitches. The OEM replaces the factory stiffners but is lower under the bumper. The Phantom replaces the stiffners and is lined up directly with the crumple zones to BMW specifications as if it were a BMW product. Given that is has assigned BMW part numbers I would suspect that it is as reliable as the OEM(just a guess)?

I do not get it? I am new, I purchased a product that relects a practical use that alignes itself with this site and before I even decided to share my experience I read all these threads about a need for a hitch solution. So I shared my experiece. There is no sales pitch just my own personal experience because I own an X5 (X5 forum go figure) and a X3. I did multi posts because on some replies when I hit submit I did not see it at that time, as received.

About pictures well I attempted to upload pics of my vehicle to show how kewl this product looks but the file was to big and would not allow me SO i mentioned the site so other members could see the product. My aopoligies if I somehow jacked your thread but all I am doing is sharing information which is what I thougt the premise of this site is about. You can use it or not.

I have my solution and am complete satisfied. From what I have read on this forum in my OPINION others may find this info useful. BUT what do I know I just own 2 SAV's!!!!!!!!!