etrailer | Stealth Hitches Hidden Rack Receiver Installation - 2022 BMW X7

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Hey everybody, how's it going Today we're gonna be going over and showing you how to install the Stealth Hitches trailer hitch receiver here on a 2022 BMW X7. So for starters, this hitch is available in two different options. We have the rack receiver version, which comes with a trailer hitch and our two inch opening here. This is gonna be designed for hitch mounted accessories, such as bike racks and cargo carriers. You cannot tow with this, but if you do need to tow, there is an option for this. It's gonna come with the additional towing kit.

Our towing kit is gonna allow us to tow a trailer. It's gonna provide us with our ball mount and our two inch hitch ball. It's gonna provide us with a seven way wiring harness as well as a four way adapter. So we can tow those trailers and make sure the lights work. And also with our towing kit, we're gonna get that rack receiver as well.

So there's two different options, the rack receiver, which just comes with this or the towing kit, which comes with both of these. So speaking of our trailer hitch, it's actually completely hidden behind the bumper here. So we're gonna get a 100% factory like finish when we're not towing, and this is what it's gonna look like. Just like it was when we didn't have the hitch installed, which is great. It actually replaces the factory bumper beam, which is how it allows the hitch to be tucked back up in there.

So when you are ready to toe or haul your bike rack, we'll just take either of our receivers here, go ahead and remove this rubber plug at the bottom. Make sure you're locking knobs in the unlocked position, line up the hole there. And you're just gonna put pressure straight up. So you hear it click, and now it's locked in the place and we're ready to go ahead and attach our bike rack or our cargo carrier. Or if we have the ball mount, we can go ahead and couple our trailer it's that easy.

And when we're ready to be done, all we need to do is come up here, turn this handle, which is tucked up beside the bumper here. It is kind of hard to see, and then our accessories should just fall out. So something else that's great is that while we have our accessory in there, there's a lock on the other side, it's kind of tucked back up in there. So it's hard to see so we can actually lock that accessory to the vehicle here. So we don't have to worry about anyone coming up and stealing it. So if you're looking for the best top of the line trailer hitch option for your X7 here, this is definitely gonna be the one you're gonna want to choose that hidden design is really a major deciding factor for a lot of people with these X7s 'cause they look really nice and we don't want something bulky sticking down behind the bumper there, taking away from the overall look of our vehicle. So having the ability to remove those accessories is really a game changer. Now getting into some details here in regards to the towing specs here of the trailer hitch, which is actually tested separately of the vehicle. Therefore, if the vehicle is rated lower, that's the one you'll need to abide by. But while we're towing using the included ball mount and hitch ball our capacity is gonna be 8,000 pounds for the gross trailer weight and 800 pounds for the tongue weight. Now, when we're using the rack receiver here, it's gonna have a 600 pound tongue rating. So a slight reduction there, but 600 pounds is more than enough for your bikes or cargo carrier, whatever you want to throw on there. So if you're wondering where your safety chain loops are when you're towing, these are tucked back under here as well. And you can see they're just gonna be on the bottom of that little rack receiver there very accessible. And we have plenty of room there for that smaller S hook and even actually the larger clevis hook as well. So if you have a model with a built in hands-free lift gate, luckily with the trailer hitch installed, that's still gonna be fully functional and operational. So you don't have to worry about any loss of features here with this trailer hitch. So on the driver's side of our latching mechanism, if you look up here, you're gonna see a seven way trailer connector. So if you did opt for the one with the towing kit, it's gonna come with the seven way here as well as a four way adapter. So you're gonna be able to tow any trailer with a seven way or a four way, which is gonna cover the vast majority of trailers on the market. Now, this kit also comes with a nice wiring harness there, it's a powered wiring harness. So you don't have to worry about pulling lights for the trailer, from the vehicle and