bike hitch

breakaway7 · 05-11-2011, 08:18 PM

Recently started cycling. Have M3 2008 Sedan. Dont want roof rack---ugly, nor trunk rack, hurts finish of car. Would like to put trailer hitch to mount a bike rack. Anybody have any ideas? Does not seem to be commercially available.

jcreme · 05-20-2011, 02:08 PM

I had a friend who had one. The subframe and exhaust of the car basically prevents a normal install. Essentially, they put a big plate in the floor of the trunk and that was what they welded the receiver to. I thought like you until i saw this.

Now I have a roof rack. I put it on and off as needed. It takes 3min 45s to put on. I have a THULE, but I would recomment the BMW base (it's better than THULE's stamped steel mounts - the plastic coating wears through and then you have exposed metal that you can scratch the roof with while you are trying to get it into the mounting ports - like i did). Thule, yakima, or rockymountain trays will attach to BMW's base if you like those better (I like THULE's trays best).

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breakaway7 Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: 2008 M3 Sedan Join Date: May 2011 Location: Florida iTrader: (0)	bike hitch Recently started cycling. Have M3 2008 Sedan. Dont want roof rack---ugly, nor trunk rack, hurts finish of car. Would like to put trailer hitch to mount a bike rack. Anybody have any ideas? Does not seem to be commercially available.
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jcreme Private 14 Rep 80 Posts Drives: 2003 M3, 2016 X1 Join Date: May 2011 Location: West Houston iTrader: (0)	I had a friend who had one. The subframe and exhaust of the car basically prevents a normal install. Essentially, they put a big plate in the floor of the trunk and that was what they welded the receiver to. I thought like you until i saw this. Now I have a roof rack. I put it on and off as needed. It takes 3min 45s to put on. I have a THULE, but I would recomment the BMW base (it's better than THULE's stamped steel mounts - the plastic coating wears through and then you have exposed metal that you can scratch the roof with while you are trying to get it into the mounting ports - like i did). Thule, yakima, or rockymountain trays will attach to BMW's base if you like those better (I like THULE's trays best).
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