Trailer hitch install
#1
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Trailer hitch install
There have been a few discussions on the cost to install a trailer hitch on the GL63. In case anyone really wonders why, here ya go:
MB of Reno said it was a 10 hour job but it has been 16 so far and I am suppose to tow my Corvette Wednesday to a two day track event at Thunderhill (Thursday and Friday). I am fearful that I will be leaving VERY late Wednesday night. Glad I at least negotiated a fixed price up front.
I also had them put new tires on it as well. I also hope they remember how to put it all back together. Fingers crossed!
MB of Reno said it was a 10 hour job but it has been 16 so far and I am suppose to tow my Corvette Wednesday to a two day track event at Thunderhill (Thursday and Friday). I am fearful that I will be leaving VERY late Wednesday night. Glad I at least negotiated a fixed price up front.
I also had them put new tires on it as well. I also hope they remember how to put it all back together. Fingers crossed!
#3
Junior Member
Now that I’m thinking about it
So what was the final cost? If you still have the invoice could you send me a redacted copy? The local MB Dealer starts out with.... no such availability. Then goes with “I think these are the right parts’........ If you have the actual parts list and cost that would be phenomenal. you can PM me if preferable.
Rick
Rick
#5
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Answer: Yes if you didnt have an AMG with the Curve system, you could have just dropped 500 or so on any draw-tite, Curt, etc hitch, hooked up your trusty bluetooth wireless brake controller and called it a day. Those poor schmucks that bought an AMG without factory tow hitch.... we are just hosed to the tune of 10-16 hours of MB Dealer service and a 1200 hitch. Oh, lest I forget, absorbing commentary like “you realize thats like hooking up a farm cart to Secretariat right?”
MB Dealer (after speaking w/ MBUSA) is the ONLY source of AMG tow hitch install that wont void warranty and still give you the 7350 tow capacity. Yes they must reprogram transmission to achieve same. Without reprogramming via Star, tow capacity of AMG GL63 is limited to 3k and change. According to MB, you lose the AMG “transmission programming” to achieve the full max x166 tow capacity.
which led me down the rabbit hole to a whole separate mind twist about “what if i just kept AMG programming and towed at max tow weight anyway”. Yep, you got it. Voids warranty, fries transmission.
so excuse the long soliloquy, I either have a completely separate part number and much more delicate AMG transmission or your standard x166 transmission can be tweaked to go like a spanked AMG puppy.
way beyond my knowledge base.
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