coalminer16
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Pictures will come. Just don't have them downloaded yet. My 2 inch receiver hitch is now installed on my 2004 Golf. I followed a hybrid of a couple hitches on this site and made my own. I traded my brother for the angle iron, welding, bolts, paint, grinding, and cutting a CAT fuel filter kit and bracket for his 80 VW diesel and the design help of building a hitch for his wagon jetta (he is a welder by trade and me an engineer).
I bought a chevy fold down (in my case up) linsence plate holder from ebay (about $20), rear bumper shocks ($60) and an RV class 3 receiver hitch ($70). Prices were shipped to me cost. The reciever hitch was the cheapest I could find online. It is a straight tube but other then that nothing special.
Cut the bumper shock plates off the shocks WARNING-THEY DO HAVE PRESSURE WITH OIL AND GAS. We figured that so we drilled a hole first and let it drain (spray) out. We then used some 2 X 2 X 1/4 angle iron. THis is the largest anlge you can fit. If you used square tubing it will have to be smaller as the right side is not fully square. We then put between 4 and 5 1/2 bolts with nuts welded on the angle. Used a couple of the factory holes in the bumper holes and had to drill a few more. Then cut the plates from the bumper shocks to slide over the angle. We then had to do some cutting to the angle sticking out and the hitch and got the hitch as close to the car as possible and low as possible. Then welded the angle and bumper shock plates and nuts fully up, painted, then welded the hitch on and painted the welds (the angle is not fully straigh in the holes and the hitch would likely have to be cut some to pull out. The bumper was trimmed behind the licence plate for the receiver hole and there was on each side the bumper inside had to be trimmed a little to clear the hitch. I also brought my trailer wiring through th licence plate wire hole so I don't have to run it out my hatch now.
You have to take your lights, rear wheels, rear fender liners and bumper off to do this project. At the moment I now have two hitches on the car but will take the small one off (forsale now). It looks awsome.
I bought a chevy fold down (in my case up) linsence plate holder from ebay (about $20), rear bumper shocks ($60) and an RV class 3 receiver hitch ($70). Prices were shipped to me cost. The reciever hitch was the cheapest I could find online. It is a straight tube but other then that nothing special.
Cut the bumper shock plates off the shocks WARNING-THEY DO HAVE PRESSURE WITH OIL AND GAS. We figured that so we drilled a hole first and let it drain (spray) out. We then used some 2 X 2 X 1/4 angle iron. THis is the largest anlge you can fit. If you used square tubing it will have to be smaller as the right side is not fully square. We then put between 4 and 5 1/2 bolts with nuts welded on the angle. Used a couple of the factory holes in the bumper holes and had to drill a few more. Then cut the plates from the bumper shocks to slide over the angle. We then had to do some cutting to the angle sticking out and the hitch and got the hitch as close to the car as possible and low as possible. Then welded the angle and bumper shock plates and nuts fully up, painted, then welded the hitch on and painted the welds (the angle is not fully straigh in the holes and the hitch would likely have to be cut some to pull out. The bumper was trimmed behind the licence plate for the receiver hole and there was on each side the bumper inside had to be trimmed a little to clear the hitch. I also brought my trailer wiring through th licence plate wire hole so I don't have to run it out my hatch now.
You have to take your lights, rear wheels, rear fender liners and bumper off to do this project. At the moment I now have two hitches on the car but will take the small one off (forsale now). It looks awsome.
