You can tow with anything, especially a g35 coupe.

Just get a frame mounted hitch and you are all set.

The weight of the trailer is never rested on the vehicle entirely. The tonque weight is often under 300lbs which is what the vehicle has bearing on it at all times. Its foolish to suggest that a g owner should sell the car for a toy that they will most likely sell in 1-2 years like a jet ski/motorcycle trailer/etc.

You certainly dont want to take the G on a 2000mile trip with a boat behind it. However keep in mind that there are other smaller vehicles that will tow without any issues and they have less power than the G family.

For example my Intrepid 3.5L HO is made to tow 2000lbs. It can handle a small jet ski without any issues for short trips. I would not plan on taking it to FL with me with this car, but for short trips to the lake, 30km each way its great and very practical. My car is FWD and its never had issues pulling the jet out of the water. Trucks that slip are usually too deep in the water and the boat/jet floats so its very light and thus raises the weight off the vehicle. There are various youtube videos of a truck that struggles to get out. Dont forget truck drivers are usually very careless and think they can go anywhere with just RWD drive trains which is simply false. A lot of toyota trucks have issues pulling out of the water because they go way too deep. There are various extensions available for receivers that will allow you to extend the tow ball.



As with any vehicle, when ure towing anything you wont be pulling your fastest 0-60 times, or racing other ppl on the roads. You have to take it easy and often do the speed limit if not in fact go a bit slower on the hwy. I can safely do 120kph with the trailer behind and you dont even feel it. Total weight of my jet + trailer is 1100lbs or less, 800lbs jet. Stickers say 1500lbs but its an alloy trailer so its def not as heavy.

Pulling out of water as some have suggested is done in 1st gear or D1 and very slowly, a manual G driver would have to be very careful not to ride the clutch pads too much. IVe seen mustangs pull fishing boats at my marina out of the water and ya they slip a bit but afterwords they just move out of the water. It doesn't take as much power as you may think.

Most ramps are now cemented and have a pretty big drop after a certain point meaning that a car like mine is very far from the water level when the jet is fully submerged. If water is reaching the exhaust, its usually your trailer that is too high for the jet, mine has a low riding trailer and i can launch it in very shallow waters.

Also to clear up some weight misconceptions out there, a normal person can move a jet and trailer around their driveway, i tow mine around when i do work on the jet with my 400lbs atv and its manual. It doesnt take a lot of power at all. They make small trailer tow ***** that you can use to move your jet on to the beach as see below.



This is a pic of the atv hitch i have mounted on the front that i use when i pull the jet around to replace the oil or do maintenance work. Its also easier to maneuver the trailer into smaller spaces with the hitch at the front of the quad.



I would recommend people that need a hitch for their coupes get one and feel it for themselves, its not going to be the same as driving a car without a trailer but at the same time you wont need to buy a second car. If you worry that your trans will have issues, the best thing to do is upgrade the oil cooler, you can find them at most performance shops because most cars do not have a trans temp gauge. Most trucks do for towing so you can slow down if you are riding the trans.

Try to stay in the right gear for manual and in auto use tip-tronic to avoid having the car in overdrive going up hills, most of the time it wont know that its about to pull itself and another 1000lbs up the hill so it wont downshift. Prepare for hills ahead of time to avoid damage to the trans.

Im glad a company has decided to sell this product, its very practical for any vehicle actually. Towing starts at small things like tires, and moves up to atv trailers, jet skies and so on. You are certainly limited and cannot tow a large boat with a g35 but for small toys the G should have more than enough power.

 

finally, some one that actually knows what the hell they are talking about....

 

heh...curious to know if this is the same linuxglobal as the hidplanet one...

 

Yes Ivory, Same LG.

One thing i did forget to mention just because the thread is so late anyways. I hope it serves as a good info base for people looking to get a hitch in the future.

The G like any other car isnt geared for towing, especially the auto drivers that cant change their gearing too much even in tiptronic mode.

You will notice a huge spike in fuel consumption. Just to give you an idea, on the car above the average fuel efficiency is generally around 24-26mpg.

Towing at the same speeds and keeping things relatively the same when driving changes that average to 13-14MPG. Not exactly sure why it loses so much efficiency. I spoke to a local shop about the issue and they said my trailer is not 100% parallel to the ground thus i have more tongue weight than say on a taller vehicle. Its only a slight dip and it didnt look very abrupt.

But if you think about the time it would take to say rent an suv and the cost of it all, im sure the gas tradeoff isnt too big of a deal. My reasoning for this hitch was simply for times when i wanted to take out the jet during the day and no tow vehicle around.

I have heard of MPG loss even in SUVs towing small things such as jet skis, large RVs and such are obviously expected to eat MPG because of 1. weight and 2. aerodynamics. There are some myths about using higher octane gas when towing but when you use high octane all the time it doesnt really apply.

Also, when towing a trailer you will feel a very noticeable pull back when you go over bumps, not sure what the term for it is but basically your trailer makes the car's rear end bounce a tiny bit and you feel like someone is pulling back on you because technically the trailer is slowed down when it goes over the same bump in the road. This occurs over bridges where they have connecting strips and the best thing to do in an auto is to let go of the gas and the vehicle glide over the bumps, otherwise you will feel the effect even more. The same applies if you accidental fly over railroad tracks.

On another note, i found a neat little baggage carrier for long trips that doesnt need a trailer.
This one is for suvs only because of its size and hitch specs but its very interested, ive never owned one before and i will test it out on a road trip soon enough. Only drawbacks would be more weight on the rear axle.

The stock shape looks like this, its made to carry 350lbs and generally coolers, luggage and so on. I find this one a silly mod for a G35 just because of how big it is, they make smaller ones that i think are really useful on a g35 because they can allow taller items that would otherwise not fit in the trunk.



I plan on extending it with some tubing at my dads machine shop and turn this into an ATV carrier with a few extensions, the carrier actually tilts. Its called a "trailer hitch buddy"

 

a little update for those are that are still skeptical.

I saw an audi a4 2.0T today with a hidden hitch setup.
I was driving so my bb had a hard time taking the pic but u get the idea.



If a small 2.0L wagon can tow and clearly he does with the ball out, it shouldnt be an issue for a g35 coupe/sedan.

Here are some links to a hitch on an audi a3
http://www.audi-forums.com/audi-a3-r...-hitch-a3.html

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zeropost?...how&id=3008417

Speaking of bizarre, check this out (in link above as well)



I was worried my 3500lbs sedan would struggle with a 1000lbs jet ski + trailer load LOL.

 

Excellent posts about towing, LG, and thanks to everyone who supplied photos of the G w/ a tow hitch.

I like the idea of a light-weight utility trailer that I could haul a sheet of plywood or couple pieces of drywall on.

Harbor Freight has one that folds up, so you can store it easily:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=90154

It weights 280 lbs, so you could put 500 or so pounds on it without too much trouble, that's a big motorcycle, or a good bit of other stuff...

 

thats an awesome price for a trailer. Too bad Canadians would get stiffed at the border and when trying to register it LOL.

Great find.

 

hitch on 03 g35 coupe or 08 tl type s? just bought a waverunner and now want to not depend on friends with trucks... which one would u guys pick to tow with?

 

i see the g35 is automatic, is the TLs auto as well??

i would imagine u want the trailer hitch on the older car. So id go with the g35 coupe if i had the choice.

Power wise, the TLs would have more power but is it the FWD or AWD??

RWD cars are ideal for towing so g35 is great since u would never tow a jet ski in the winter, therefore summer + RWD = very good towing combo.

My 2 cents.

BTW for those who were wondering, i bought my atv trailer a few months ago from snowbear in hamilton, its a great buy at 550$ and i use it for my go kart as well. IT can handle a 1500lbs load and only weighs 300 lbs (my max loading on it is 400 lbs for my atv). Tongue weight is so light, its like 60 lbs tops, intrepid barely even feels it and its FWD.



Later peeps.

 

so I installed the hitch, one problem was my torque wrench wasn't working right and I stripped one of the threads of the 4 bolts behind the license plate (bottom left). The hitch feels pretty solid, think that it is ok to use for bike rack or should i retap the thread?

 

My hitch had bolts that fit into nuts I slipped into the bumper, yours were tapped directly into the bumper? I would definitely retap the hole then. If you mean you stripped the nut, I would replace the nut.

As an aside, if anyone is looking for a hitch for a g35 coupe, PM me. I sold my coupe and still have my curt hitch.

 

Hey i stripped the theads in the bumper. I am thinking i should take the bumper off to tap the threads. Is there a post that shows how to remove the bumper easy?

 

update: Just talked to Nissan and they will not install a Curt's hitch on my G35 Coupe. The hitch needs to be bolted onto the rear bumper support which requires drilling.

But that isn't the problem. The problem is, the rear bumper support is only held onto place by 2 weak-azz welds on each side.

In order to make it strong enough to hold a 35 pound bike, you need to reweld the 2 mounts on all four corners.

This is what's holding the bumper support to the car. 2 brackets.


This is what you have to do to both of the brackets.


Remember, the only thing carrying the weight is the 2 weak-azz brackets. Good luck

 

Cars are much more capable than folks imagine. I had a custom made class IV hitch installed on our 2003 G sedan. Set up by a towing specialist. That was 8 years ago and all is well. Carrying Mountain bikes and towing the trailer.

 

^What kinda trailer do you tow? I love towing with my G. I have the CURT trailer hitch installed. Works flawlessly.