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Car Forum / Volkswagen / Water Cooled Volkswagen Cars / August 2007

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Struck out on receiver trailer hitch '90 Golf . No new holes.

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tonyw - 24 Aug 2007 18:11 GMT
Hi,
 I've been reading and looking for a receiver type hitch for a '90
Golf (built April 1990 so pre-1990.5)  where the hitch installation
doesn't require any new holes drilled in the car. Have checked out the
web sites for Dalan, Hidden Hitch, and DrawTite. All their models for
this car require new holes in the sheetmetal. Have checked U-Haul and
they just have bent bar that takes a ball, no receiver, and it
requires new holes. I was really looking for a hitch that bolted where
there are existing bolts or unused bolt holes.

 My main aim is to put in a receiver type bike carrier and in the
future to tow a small trailer with a Laser type sailboat short
distances. I've owned the car since new and it's in great shape and I
intend to keep the car for many more years. I really don't want to
introduce new holes susceptible to corrosion especially under the
car.

 Any suggestions on options or other brands? Is a roof bike rack the
only other non-intrusive (no new holes) option?

 I currently have a strap on bike carrier but it's a pain to put on
and off to load/unload the car. Also, it's just the straps holding the
weight of the bikes so not really that secure for longer drives.

thanks,
-Tony
news.wildblue.net - 24 Aug 2007 20:41 GMT
Velcro

> Hi,
>  I've been reading and looking for a receiver type hitch for a '90
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
> thanks,
> -Tony
Jim Behning - 25 Aug 2007 01:20 GMT
My 2003 had so much cosmoline or whatever that gooey stuff was that I
did not worry about it. You could drill the holes, paint them, slather
rustproofing all around where your new htich plate is going and them
bolt up the hitch. On my car the right side bolts on to existing
holes. 4 holes on the spare tire wheel well. If you are using good
rustproofing it will squeeze out. After you bolt on the hitch slather
rustproofing over the bolts on the exterior plate.

So where do you live that you have a 17 year old VW in good shape that
you are worrying about this? If it has survive 17 years without rust
issues a properly installed hitch is not going to cause any new
problems. I sold my 19 year old Rabbit and it had no rust issues. The
joys of not living in the rust belt.

>Hi,
>  I've been reading and looking for a receiver type hitch for a '90
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
>thanks,
>-Tony
tonyw - 27 Aug 2007 21:53 GMT
I live in Greater Vancouver, BC on the west coast of Canada. Lots of
rain and humidity here in the winter times, sunny and quite dry June-
Sept. We don't get much snow, but the city crews salt the roads
regularly in the winter given all our hills and chances of heavy
frost. So I wouldn't say we're in the rust belt like eastern/central
Canada or the US but salt is present. I'll post some pics shortly.

Thanks for the feedback on the rust proofing steps. My previous car
was a 1973 VW Type III Fastback. It rusted out around the headlights
and fenders and I had to sell it because I couldn't keep up with
trying to slow rust down. Guess it's inevitable. So I'm kinda anal
about rust. I had that car for about 16 years until 1990. As you can
guess, I tend to keep my stuff for a long time.

Velcro! That stuff holds my life together.

-Tony

On Aug 24, 5:20 pm, Jim Behning
<jimbehn...@doesthisblockpork.mindspring.com> wrote:
> My 2003 had so much cosmoline or whatever that gooey stuff was that I
> did not worry about it. You could drill the holes, paint them, slather
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> problems. I sold my 19 year old Rabbit and it had no rust issues. The
> joys of not living in the rust belt.
Jim Behning - 28 Aug 2007 03:49 GMT
I had a 66 beetle with flopping fenders. The running board sorrt of
held them together but they were not so well attached either. My
pickup celebrates its 20th birthday soon. Well it was born over 20
years ago. Salt is rare in Atlanta which is good otherwise that pickup
would be history.

>I live in Greater Vancouver, BC on the west coast of Canada. Lots of
>rain and humidity here in the winter times, sunny and quite dry June-
[quoted text clipped - 29 lines]
>> problems. I sold my 19 year old Rabbit and it had no rust issues. The
>> joys of not living in the rust belt.
 
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