etrailer | Draw-Tite Max-Frame Trailer Hitch Installation - 2020 BMW X2

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Shane: Hey guys. Shane here with etrailer.com. Today I have a 2020 BMW X2 M35i and I want to walk you through how to install the Draw-Tite Class III trailer hitch receiver. This is what's going to look like when it's on the vehicle. You can see it maintains a nice clean look. The cross tube is completely hidden behind the bumper fascia.
Only thing we really see is the receiver tube. As I mentioned, it's going to be a Class III hitch, two inch by two inch receiver tube opening. Nice thing about that is, it gives us a lot of extra availability for different hitch mount accessories. Our two inch by two inch receiver tube opening is also going to have a reinforced collar, gives us a little extra stability there. Safety chain loops, you can see very large openings, will accommodate different size safety chain hooks.Our hitch pin ball, which is going to be this hole here, is going to be 5/8 inch in diameter.
It's going to take a standard 5/8 hitch pin. Hitch pin and clip does not come with this hitch. However, they can be found here at etrailer.com. And this is going to hold any of your hitch mount accessories in place. This hole here is going to be for a J-Pin stabilization device.
And what that does, is it takes any shake and play out of any of your hitch mount accessories. The J-Pin also does not come with this hitch, however, they can be found here at etrailer.com.Having that two inch by two inch receiver tube opening, it's going to give us a lot of different options for each mount accessories, as I mentioned before. Bike racks, cargo carriers, ball mounts. Bike Cracks, we don't have to try to load the bikes inside the car or on top of the vehicle. Cargo carriers, we can get some cargo off from inside, put it on the cargo carrier so that would make more room for our passengers.
We want to put a ball mount on and you may want to pull a small trailer. It's going to be able to accommodate all of those. As far as our weight capacities go, we're going to have a 525 pound max tongue weight. That's going to be the downward pressure on the inside of the receiver tube. So, when you're putting your bikes on, cargo carrier or pulling that small trailer, make sure you're not exceeding the downward pressure.We're going to have a 3,500 pound gross trailer weight. That's how much the hitch can pull. That's going to be the trailer plus the load included. I always recommend checking the owner's manual of the vehicle. Make sure the vehicle can withstand that amount of weight. You're going to go with the lowest number between the vehicle and the hitch. As far as our measurements go, from our hitch pin hole to the outermost part of our bumper, it's going to be about four inches. The number's important for any of your hitch mount accessories, like your bike racks and cargo carriers and they fold up against the vehicle. You want to make sure that they're not going to make contact. From the ground to the top inner most part of the receiver tube, it's about 12 inches. That number is important for any of your hitch mount accessories that may require a little bit more ground clearance.Now that we've gone over some of the features, let's walk you through how to get it installed. For our installation, we're going to take an eight millimeter socket and we're going to remove the eight bolts that run across the bottom of our fascia.(silence)Next, on the backside of each wheel, we need to remove some rivets. They're actually going to tell you to move the three, however, if you only move three of them, you're not going to be able to get to a bolt that's holding fascia on up here. So what I suggest is picking up some extra rivets, plastic rivets and what we're going to do, is we're going to move one, two, three, four, five. All you're going to need to do for the top four, you're going to take a drill bit. We're just going to drill right through the center.(silence)For the bottom one, since we can't get it in there, underneath the car right here, this panel's open. What we're going to do, we're going to take a pair of snips and we're going to snip the back of the rivet and we should be able to pop it off. Right here, it's going to be the back of it. Take a trim panel tool. You're going to slide it in back behind in between the fascia trim piece and the rivet and we're just going to pop the head off. Make sure you're using a plastic trim panel tool. Once you get those out, what we're going to do, we need to loosen this trim piece. This kind of inaudible 00:05:03 We're going to work our way up. So this bolt and this one way up here is the one that we need to take off

[@longvt2078]

thanks a lot, great help

[@etrailer]

Thank you for the feedback! We are happy to have been able to help! Check out the following link for more information on this hitch. www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hitch/Draw-Tite/76200.html

[@texasgirl75]

How much would this work cost a customer? I would love to have one installed on mine.

[@etrailer]

You can see pricing for this hitch on our website in the following link. Then you can check with a local shop near you and see what they charge for the labor to install it. www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hitch/Draw-Tite/76200.html

[@wdwilson397]

Will this 76200 draw-tight Max Frame hitch fit a 2019 X1? the bumper mounts look exactly the same, thanks

[@etrailer]

The 76200 Draw-Tite Hitch is designed to fit the 2018 - 2022 BMW X2. Check out the following link to see the hitches that are confirmed to fit the 2019 BMW X1. www.etrailer.com/hitch-2019_BMW_X1.htm

[@tcaver]

A lot of work guess I won’t have a hitch on my x2 😢. I fear someone would scratch my car up insanely 🤦🏽‍♀️. Everytime we have work done in a car something gets destroyed. Do you guys have locations in NJ?

[@etrailer]

The only location we have is in Wentzville, MO. We recommend calling around to local shops that you trust and see if they would be will to do the install and make sure they have damage coverage policy so that you are safe if something were to happen. www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hitch/Draw-Tite/76200.html