Need an OEM X5 Hitch
 

I am looking for an OEM Hitch kit for my 2002 X5. I have been calling the BMW dealers and they say that there are none being made right now. I have an after market hitch on it now and it is causing damage to the unibody. Does anyone have an OEM BMW X5 Hitch for sale? I would even consider a used one.

A couple members entertained the idea of swapping their OEM hitch for the OEM bumper support that it replaces... but it will likely be expensive.

Which aftermarket hitch do you have? From the sound of it you have this one:

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If all else fails, get this one, the curt hitch... it is cheaper and better than the other ones (for aftermarket) the "grilles for you" name across the pic is the ebay store I bought mine from for $99

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Check the for sale forum....someone is selling
http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-items-sale/

I've got the Curt hitch. It's flexing the unibody at the point where it bolts on. It does'nt have any stability to keep it from tilting up and down and therefore causes the body to flex and split.

Makes me want to take mine apart and have a look. I guess your saying that its starting to twist under load. Hey Weasel, what size bar did you find that fits? Are you thinking of fabing together an insert rod and plate on the outside of the hitch mounts or is there enough clearance to add a plate under the mount?

I'm going to make something similar to this, which spreads the load into the frame ends like the oem euro hitch does. I would already have made mine but the steel I bought the first time was 1/8" too thick.... grrr. So needless to say I've been a slacker in that department since, but did get to extend my workbench in the work shed to fit my compound slider saw and drill press... so maybe with the new work area I'd be more inclined to fab them up...?

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ingalls what kind of weight / setup are you towing ???

An 6 x 12 enclosed single axle with about 400lbs in it. Trailer by itself is 1500lbs. Did not weight the tongue but I can lift it. Reccomended tongue weight for the Curt Hitch is 500lbs and for the Cequent is 600lbs with 6000 towing capacity. The Curt twisted downward so the chains and the electrical plug got wedged to the bumper cover. I put a long heavy duty pry bar into the reciever and noticed when I would lift on it the hitch and the unibody was twisting at the seems under the bumper shocks.

Well, that ain't good! I guess I will order my metal bars and start fabbing up my internal braces soon before I tow anything heavier than my little 4x8 trailer. (which is light enough for me to flip over in any direction, even with the 3/4" wood on it I'm talking less tongue weight than a bike rack)

Just askin but did you install the hitch? Is there any chance that not all the bolts are installed correctly? I pull my Bobcat around quite a bit and I don't notice anything.