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04-16-2015, 09:13 AM
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Drives: 2014 Camaro SS 1LE Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Atlanta
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Hidden Trailer Hitch on the 2014 anyone?
Need to tow my motorcycle. Need a hidden one and don't want to cut the diffuser. I have the NPP exhaust, don't know if that makes any difference.
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04-16-2015, 01:24 PM
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Drives: 2013 SS 1LE w/RS Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Ocala, FL
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Use a Hidden Hitch brand hitch. I did not have NPP when installed, but have subsequently installed a Doug Thorley catback system with no problems. I had my hitch professionally installed for a warranty on the wiring work. Capture the pic below and zoom in for detail. I forgot to put the cap back on the the wiring pigtail. It would normally be harder to spot.
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04-16-2015, 01:30 PM
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Drives: 2013 SS 1LE w/RS Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Ocala, FL
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Also, no mod of the diffuser needed. Also, be prepared for the prissy crowd that tells you that putting a hitch on a Camaro is some kind of sacrilege. Four hundred horsepower is plenty for towing a three hundred pound utility trailer plus a four hundred fifty pound sport bike.
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04-16-2015, 02:53 PM
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Drives: 2013 Camaro 1LE Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Verona, WI
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It's not usually a case of having enough power for towing. It's usually a matter of having good enough brakes to stop the extra weight moving forward as well as the structural integrity of the subframe you are attaching the hitch to. All that extra weight that is shifting directions is putting a lot more stress than normal onto the rear subframe at those attachment points. That's where you need to worry about towing ratings of a specific vehicle.
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04-17-2015, 08:36 AM
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Drives: 2010 IOM 2SS/RS Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Detroit, MI
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An awful lot of guys use small trailers to haul tires and tools to the track. For most working stiffs, maintaining a 1 ton pickup and a car trailer as accessories to a fun car just isn't feasible.
If a 'vette can do it, your Camaro can do it! 
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04-17-2015, 09:40 AM
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Drives: 2015 Redhot 1LE Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Westchester NY
Posts: 1,409
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04-17-2015, 10:57 PM
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Drives: 2011 Boxster Spyder (best car ever) Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: San Jose, Ca
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I actually think I am going to do one too.....I know, I know.............
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04-17-2015, 11:25 PM
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Drives: 2015 Redhot 1LE Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Westchester NY
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04-18-2015, 12:52 PM
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Destroyed by flooding
Drives: Wife's car Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 4,673
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More hitching
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04-21-2015, 05:36 PM
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Drives: 2021 1LE Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: N'Awlinz
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Talked to Al O. about this. 200 pound tongue weight and 1000 pound total tow weight and we're good. Go over that and things go south fast.
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04-21-2015, 06:03 PM
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Drives: 2012 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: kannapolis, nc
Posts: 378
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/face palm
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