Tow bar for X5 ???

[glenn mcmenamin]

Need to get one fitted sharpish, but dealer want £1300 FFS !!!

Have got independant quotes ITRO £500, but worried about any warranty issues, as there
is a lot of electrics involved. And i think there is a new Euro standard
13 pin plug just come in ?



Anyone know anywhere in the BUCKS/Northants/Beds area that's good ???


Cheers

Glenn.

[DoctorD]

Glenn you can buy the BMW OEM item and fit it yourself. I seem to remember that it costs around £750 from the dealer. All you need is an able helper.

www.bmwmotorsports.org/pdf/X5_trailer_hitch.pdf

www.x5world.com/articles/x5/miscellaneous-x5/9487-bmw-x5-hitch-installation-tips.html

[glenn mcmenamin]

DoctorD said:

Glenn you can buy the BMW OEM item and fit it yourself. I seem to remember that it costs around £750 from the dealer. All you need is an able helper. www.bmwmotorsports.org/pdf/X5_trailer_hitch.pdf www.x5world.com/articles/x5/miscellaneous-x5/9487-bmw-x5-hitch-installation-tips.html

Thanks Doc....


Thing is, i'm not safe enough to wire a plug, let alone those electrics !!!


May source a man who can though.....

G.

[slippydiff]

Doctor D said:

Glenn you can buy the BMW OEM item and fit it yourself.

Not a clever thing to say to someone who uses his GT3 roof as a stepladder

[foz01]

Is the reason to fit the BMW item the DSC towing trickery, also i presume it turns of the reverse parkign sensors?

ie is worth the extra cash to fit the BMW item?!

[DoctorD]

Not just for the obvious electics, but the X5 has a 'Trailer Stability Control' program as part of the DSC capability and this apparently is a big help particularly when towing something heavy. Much of the BMW tow bar is formed by a big Y-shaped cross brace which anchors the tow bar to the key chassis frame points and enables it to pull the kind of trailer-weight BMW quote. I never used mine when I had it on my last X5, but it seemed a seriously over-engineered piece of kit.

[foz01]

Does anybody remove them before selling he heh

[hughjayteens]

My dad was quoted £1300 by the stealer for a towbar on his 330D, but managed to get a BMW towbar from www.towequipe.co.uk/ for £230, and the electrics including DSC and PDC interfaces from BMW for £100.

He is pretty handy so plans to fit it himself, but any local indy could probably do it in a day.

HTH

C

>> Edited by hughjayteens on Friday 3rd March 12:12

[foz01]

Ah thats interesting!

Hmm thanks for that