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Originally Posted by JCL
Reese are still listing an 'updated' hitch for the X5. They bolted the original one to the rear pan. Look in post #1, second picture. You can see painted bodywork above the Curt hitch. That is what they attached it to. The Curt hitch is using the bolts from the bumper shock absorbers, but without the internal strengthening. The later Reese hitch added the fore-aft tie bar to stop the hitch twisting off. The strut attached to the bodywork up near the differential.
Photo below.
I wouldn't tow anything substantial with that hitch. It is a 6000 lb hitch attached the same way a 1000 lb hitch would be attached.
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Anyone have any pics of this hitch after a failure? I have used the Reese hitch to haul a 6,500 lb trailer between FL and TX (1100 miles) with NO issues. Even running at over 85 mph on the bumpy and pothole strewn LA highways it has held up just fine.