well the saga is over for me as well finally. i snagged one of the hitches that bmw of bloomfield claimed to have "found in the warehouse" when they moved. in reality i hear they just snagged the entire lot of 40 hitches that came in from bmwna. I paid $450 for the entire kit including harness, wiring, ball everything. they quoted me $500 to install but a buddy and I were able to install it using the DIY in about 4hrs. tekonsha brake controller is next!

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'90 E30 M3
'05 X5/3.0 Sport (E53)
'03 540i/6 M-Sport (E39)
'91 325i/5 Sport Package (E30)
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