> hitches on two of my vehicles and they have been excellent and a
> decent price. Not all U-Hauls do it but if you call around you can
> find one that specializes in it. They'll do 8 or 10 a day. You get
> an appointment, and a guy who does nothing but install hitches all day
> long will do the job in an hour. They're probably a hundred bucks
> now. While the guy is installing it, you can peruse the racks of
> add-ons inside and they'll probably have a generic trailer light kit
> which you can install yourself.
>
A couple caveats: Make extra damn sure that they do NOT install a
bumper-mounted hitch. The bumper on all US-market W123's is mounted in
rubber and WILL separate from the car at this late stage. In fact, most
bumpers can be pulled off the car by simply lifting up on the lower edge.
The ONLY safe place to mount a hitch on a unit-bodied car (all Mercs) is the
bumper MOUNTS. That is, you will need to remove the bumper mounts and bolt
the hitch between the mounts and the body, just as the factory does with
it's own hitches.
I fully realise that some will disagree with me. That's fine, the factory
does NOT disagree with me, that's where I'm at.
Jeff
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