[daghdha]

I do a lot of biking and while I have a trunk mounted rack, I don't trust it to play nice with my trunk hood, let alone the spoiler.

so now I'm looking at either a roof rack or a hitch mounted rack...I'm leaning towards a hitch mount, because the roof rack ruins the lines of the car, while a hitch is a little more unobtrusive.

The question I had is whether or not anyone else has thought about doing this, and how would I go about in getting a hitch mounted bike rack. I'd obviously want to be able to take off the bike rack part when not in use, but I know next to nothing about hitches.

 

[murley]

My Ride has left me Black & Blue (pics inside)

It's pretty easy. SOA mfg's both a hitch and a bike rack that will fit it for the Imprezas. You can take it out of the hitch any time you want.

 

[srf]

Group buy status...

Anyone have pictures of Subaru's hitch on an STI? I'm wondering how well it plays with various exhausts...

 

[titsataki]

I thought I have seen people in this board tow with the STi. Technically with the right connections witll tow 2000 pounds. People thought of havina little trailer with spare tires for auto-X etc.. Does the stock hitch have electrical connections?

Cheers

Nick

 

[allwheelsdriven]

yeah im going to put a thule rack on mine...adds to the sleeper look

Mike

 

[ldivinag]

this instructions for an impreza hitch has the electrical connections:

http://subaruparts.com/install/2002itrailer.pdf