'99 A6a

[audiSean]

Have a look at www.hitch-web.com you'll find an installation .pdf
which details the exact spots that the hitch is mounted to. It's
definitely a weak spot, but at the same time it'd save the tranny from
any abuse by ripping itself right off of the car should you try to
haul too much weight!

On 5/25/05, Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net> wrote:
> Most Da'Lan applications, like the ones anchored through frame members on
> my 5ktq and 200q20v have a 2500 lb towing weight limit and a couple hundred
> pounds tongue weight limit.  Did Da'Lan actually offer an A6 model that
> bolts through the spare tire well (which is plastic in my cars)?  Or was
> that an adaptation of some other model intended to be bolted through frame
> parts?
> 
> At 12:13 PM 5/25/2005 -0400, audiSean wrote:
> >Roughly 1100 lbs unbraked with a 100 lb tongue weight. I have a Da'Lan
> >hitch on my '99 A6 (see my audiWorld registry) and I've been known to
> >tow my motorcycle with it. The downside, and eventual weakness, of the
> >hitch is that it's bolted through the spare tire well and NOT to any
> >frame member, so it's inherently weak.
> 
> 


-- 
Sean [99 A6 2.8q]
http://registry.audiworld.com/audiworld/registry/details.asp?car=9728