installing trailer hitch on C5 A6

[Lee Levitt]

900lbs worth of dirt bikes and trailer has me concerned about 
sheetmetal mounts, longevity, control and rust. Yea, it's solid on 
day 1. But what about in 2 years...

Lee

At 02:58 PM 8/14/2008, kf21857 at comcast.net wrote:
>I got a receiver hitch put on my 2000 A6 sedan at the local U Haul 
>dealer for under $200.  I haven't tried pulling a trailer with it 
>yet but it works dandy for my bike rack.
>Dave
>
>Subject: installing trailer hitch on C5 A6
>
>Has anyone installed a trailer hitch on a C5 A6? I found one brand, Curtis,
>which requires a series of holes to be drilled with the hitch essentially
>mounted to the spare tire well.
>
>The last time I installed a hitch (on a Volvo 145 wagon), the frame was
>pretapped for the hitch and the hitch mounted solidly to the frame...
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Anyone have a spare hitch for a C5 wagon?
>
>
>Lee

Lee Levitt
Needham, Massachusetts, USA
'01 A4 1.8t quattro avant
''99 A6 quattro avant
'97 A6 quattro avant
'96 A6 quattro avant