Plan on making this work, I realize it will probably be a plunge into a big project. It is going to take a 2" hitch and ~300lb load. I want to keep from destroying the appearance of my bumper, while making sure this is solid with no fatigue.

I searched all over and I have found some ghetto trailer jobs on the G, but nothing that I want. If anyone can point me in a good direction

So first off i can't seem to find the bumper load rating on the G35 sedan? It seems like very lightweight, I plan on putting some steel to strengthen, but it would help if I knew.

Also I will be changing back to my 350z stock suspension for the stiffer load.

Here is what I plan on putting on the back of my G:



any input would be great! If not sit back and watch

 

How much does one of those thing weigh? Im not sure that will be too great of a idea man it looks like a real heavy load thats going to bring down the rear so much.

 

It is said that they work on cars, but I have never seen one on a car, not even a pic.


Baby cakes is going to do a demo for you:

 

the whole unit with bike will be about 300lbs. It's not an astronomical amount of weight but still a good amount. Considering I looked at my options and it's all skimpy metal in the back. Mostly aluminum since are cars are not made for towing ahahaha. Going to interesting.

Anyways thanks for the preview texan ahahah.

I took apart the rear end today and I have a basic idea of how to perform this..... my idea is:

Make a tube metal from each side of the subframe which the bumper connects into and cut out a chunk of a my spare so it can reach across. Then connect the hitch to that so it will sit right on the bottom of the bumper.

I feel like I am still going to have to extend a brace further to the rear wheels since all the thick metal frame starts in that area. Going to be a lot of work, I really don't want this to have any fatigue and have my rear begin to sink or worse....

so already it looks like I am going to have to cut out the spare and move the evap or whatever sounds great !

 

I highly doubt it will work but I encourage you to try.

The G35 sedan has horribly weak mounting points for a hitch to utilize, most sedans will support a 2000lb load with a class1 hitch but since the available points on the G35 are so weak it will only support 1000lb; this is towing weight, not tongue weight.

 

I'm honestly not sure why a full dirt bike trailer is out of the question for you. As Dark_ mentioned, the G only has 1,000 tow weight and I think my hitch is rated for 150lb tongue weight max. I wouldn't even put 100lb on there. I start getting anxious any time there's more than 2 (sub 30lb) bicycles on there. The only argument for trucks is, they have 2" hitches built in and this solution could be a bit cheaper than a trailer.

By the time you've reinforced the aluminum bumper support, replaced the rear springs, and modified/fabricated a 2" hitch, you could have a trailer doing basically the same thing while putting the majority of its load on the trailer tires. How much does a dirt bike weigh? If it's near that 300lb limit and you hit a bump at 40-50mph, you're going to snap something back there. It's a really long lever arm if you look at how most normal hitches attach.

 

I think with how low you are, your gonna be dragging that thing on the ground.

For the risk that it might be and damage it could I think you'd be better off buying a $1000 beater chevy blazer and just tossin' it on there.

 

4DGS - Adding another car to my insurance and the hassle of having another car that I have no room for is not worth it. I have thought about it too it would of been a simple solution.

mishap - Yeah maybe a single bike trailer could work. Tomorrow I am going to take it over to a friend that does metal work and get his opinion. So the hitch is 150lbs max? Also do you know the strongest attachable point in the rear?

 

pfff insurance

If you're going to do a hitch you're going to want like a stage 1 or stage 2. Most places you can buy a hitch from can also install it for you and they will bolt it into the frame in the back. Some of them also have quick release pins for when you want to take the hitch off. If you want to do it yourself, just take it to a place could attach it and act like you don't know **** and ask where they would mount it and ask him to show you, then just go home and mount it yourself.

 

4DGS, you'd be better off doing the regular hitch and running a trailer like this, it's light enough that you would not need any assisted braking.


http://motorcycletraileronline.com/single.html

 

I was looking at the same thing. Just not going to happen for one I am stuck in the slow lane which makes a huge difference, and for a Grand I think I can build a custom subframe with the carrier. Thanks for the input it is still an option though.