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Re: Trailer Hitches

To: "Navid Kahangi" <navid@interwoven.com>, "J. Ochi"
Subject: Re: Trailer Hitches
From: "James Creasy" <jcre@mozart.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:41:48 -0800
funny, how that model of 'trailer hitch' is actually listed in the catalog
under 'subframe connector'.  =)

-james

-----Original Message-----
From: Navid Kahangi <navid@interwoven.com>

>What's that Jim?  You have extra reinforcement plates in the spare tire
>well?!?!?!  That should account for a full second improvement in your lap
>time.  :)
>
>--Navid
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of J. Ochi
>Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 1:06 PM
>To: Willis, Jane (410); ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: Trailer Hitches
>
>I'm not sure if Da'Lan makes two different models for the BMW 3-Series, or
>it was the guys who installed my hitch, but the one I have on my M3 has
>extra reinforcement plates in the spare tire well.  Pete Mottaz's 325
>doesn't seem to have these plates, and he has some cracks under the
>car.  Seems to me like you could get someone who's used to working on rusty
>British cars to weld up the cracks and build some plates to fit in the tire
>well for your hitch....
>
>Jim
>
>At 07:26 AM 1/16/2001 -0800, Willis, Jane (410) wrote:
>>I have a D'lan on my BMW. It's light. 7 lbs. I can take the ball hitch on
>>and off.  I had U-haul install it for me.  Unfortunately, I like to
>"trailer
>>race" and the result is cracking/tearing under the car.  Little 2 inch
>slits
>>going from both sides of the car.  Stress fractures I'm sure.  I've quit
>>hauling the trailer...don't know what I'm going to do come race day.
>>
>>-Jane
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Smokerbros@aol.com [mailto:Smokerbros@aol.com]
>>Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 9:14 PM
>>To: CMerritt@luminousnetworks.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: Trailer Hitches
>>
>>
>>Carl-
>>
>>I like hitches made by Da'Lan.  Installation is usually very
>>straightforward.  The only problem was that they never had a "receiver
>>style" hitch for my cars, so the hitch ball was always there...
>>
>>Charlie

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