Help Identifying Part
 

Good Afternoon Guys,

So I recently picked up an OEM Hitch for my E53 from a local BMW salvage yard. I got all the parts necessary to retrofit it to my E53 but I have two brackets and i'm not sure where they go. I've gone over several DIYs and haven't seen them mentioned anywhere. Tried looking for a part number on the part but there was none. Even tried Real OEM to see if I could find them on a diagram with no luck. Like I said, I'm fairly certain that i don't need them to retrofit the tow bar and he may have just given me some parts that I didn't need but I'm curious to know what they are. I attached several pictures of the bracket in question, if anyone can let me know what they go to I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
Justin

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There should be a pair of those. They reinforce one of the rear frame connections to tie the new hitch crossmember into the left and right frame rails. There is a long thread here with the original installation instructions as a PDF. They should be shown there.

See top figure on page EN/24

http://www.unofficialbmw.com/e53/ima...iler_hitch.pdf

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Originally Posted by David.X5 (Post 1046097) There should be a pair of those. They reinforce one of the rear frame connections to tie the new hitch crossmember into the left and right frame rails. There is a long thread here with the original installation instructions as a PDF. They should be shown there.

Yes I do have a pair of them. Now that makes more sense.

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Originally Posted by David.X5 (Post 1046099) See top figure on page EN/24 http://www.unofficialbmw.com/e53/ima...iler_hitch.pdf

Thanks very much. I believe I looked at this PDF but did not see where they went. Appreciate you pointing it out on the diagram, I probably was not reading close enough and missed it. Glad I asked where they went.