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Custom designed to fit your vehicle so it can be safely towed behind your RV, this base plate has easily removable arms that offer a seamless look when you're not flat towing. Base plate bolts directly to your chassis, so no welding is required.
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This base plate's hidden design creates a clean and seamless look. The bracket arms are easily removable, creating a slick appearance when you're not flat towing. Because the arms can be removed, you also won't have to worry about banging your leg into any protruding arms when you walk by.
Attaching and removing the bracket arms is a breeze. To attach the arms to the base plate, simply insert them into the receivers and rotate them until they lock into place. Once you're finished towing and want to remove the arms, pull the pin to disengage the lock, rotate the arms, and remove them from the receivers. Finally, plug up the now empty receivers with the included receiver covers to help keep dirt and debris out of the base plate and provide a finished look.
Flat towing your vehicle is much more convenient than using a trailer or a tow dolly. These other options take up much more storage space, leaving you less room both at home and at the campsite. In addition, securing your vehicle to a trailer or tow dolly can be a hassle and more time consuming than hooking up with a tow bar.
There are 5 basic components needed when flat towing a vehicle: a tow bar, a base plate kit, a safety cable set, tow bar wiring, and a supplemental braking system.
The tow bar links your towed car to your motorhome. It attaches to the custom-fit base plates that install on the frame of your towed car. Safety cables ensure that your towed car does not separate from your motorhome in the event that your tow bar becomes detached. Tow bar wiring allows your towed vehicle's signal lights to sync up with your motorhome's tail lights, which is required by law in most states. Finally, the supplemental braking system - also required in most states - brakes your towed car when the brakes in your motorhome are activated, preventing wear on the motorhome and decreasing braking distance for your entire setup.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (3015 Customer Reviews)
Custom designed to fit your vehicle so it can be safely towed behind your RV, this base plate has easily removable arms that offer a seamless look when you're not flat towing. Base plate bolts directly to your chassis, so no welding is required.
The base plate is great. I did a self install. The most difficult part was trimming the front ceiling to fit. Not hard to do. Just had to trim extra not indicated in instructions.
The base plate is what I expected. However, all the interactions I have had with the e-trailer e-commerce site has been excellent!
Ordered...delivered correctly...on time. The best
This is not my first order from etrailer.com, nor is it my most recent. As always they ship fast and their instructional videos are top notch. This product looks so nice all mounted up the powder coated black looks very nice on my 2019 sonic. The install was more difficult then I had anticipated but the video was very clear and detailed. On the sonic you do have to cut our a little triangle of the metal bumper corner so you need an angle grinder and drilling the holes into the frame to mount it is no joke. My dad broke like 50 percent of his drill bits trying to drill out the 8 holes required. And that's even going up one bit size at a time well until we didn't have that size anymore cause it broke. So make sure you have the right tools (angle grinder and good drill and drill bits)it's not hard but it was time consuming. Couldn't have done it without etrailers excellent videos. 10/10 on the videos and quality products and shipping.
Well made, easy install, very easy and quick to hook up and tow with, great product for the price
From a mechanical standpoint and installation everything worked great and installed well however a year later I'm having paint peeling problems which are not covered by my warranty
Jenny N.
2/10/2023
Hey I am glad to hear it is holding up. The paint issue is a common one as it will pick up nicks and scratches over time that will wear down the powder coat. For this we recommend keeping a can of Rustoleum on hand to touch up the base plate when you notice any peeling paint or rust.
Never having to flat tow a vehicle presented a problem for me to get it set up properly. I was thoughtfully guided through the purchase of the tow hitch, wiring, tow bar connection and safety required in installation. Great service!
Delivered on time
I installed this myself with the help of my wife. We were a bit apprehensive about doing it ourselves but after watching the etrailer.com video instructions we decided to undertake the installation ourselves. The video was of a 2016 Chevy Sonic and we have a 2017 model so a few things were different than the video but nothing major. Just follow the video instructions and it is easy. The written instructions are good but the video of the technician doing the installation is fantastic and easier to comprehend than the written instructions. We took our time, had the correct tools to do the job, followed the video instructions and all went perfect. Highly recommend this product, it is a very non intrusive looking installation to the front of our car.
Edp
8/15/2018
Thanks for the follow up. Everything is working just fine, no problems, nothing but good performance.
I installed this on my car myself It wasn’t too bad. Everything is exactly like it said. It works great. If ever change vehicles I will perches from them again.
Very nice. heavy duty. works great. no problems. Towed a car behind RV all around the country. Makes it easy to connect and disconnect on inclines or odd angles. Installing the associated connections to the front of the Chevy Sonic wasn't bad, took about 3 hours; medium screwdriver/drill/wrench skillz needed. I got the associated fuse kill switch also, makes it all look real nice. The folks at etrailer walked me through all the ordering and needs and were very helpful. Highly recommend them and this product.
The instructions for the install were very good..We were able to put it on in the morning and I was home for lunch..The garage that helped with the install had never done this before.. Their comment about the directions was the same...
Works and fitted as it should...one note: they do not need the nut on wire,(very difficult to install) ,,all that is needed is drill holes completely thru and use longer bolts thru frame.
Alpagano50
3/27/2021
still working great installed battery disconnect, easier to use
Excellent service from Etrailer. The instructions from BlueOx were non-turbo and RS. My LT is not an RS, but is a turbo. I almost skipped over the RS part before realizing that those instructions needed to be followed for turbo. Would not have gotten far, but nice to know for sure. All other instructions were very good. I trimmed the corners on the upper rear mounting flanges so as to be able to rotate the plate into position without too much stress on the inter-cooler hoses. Good, strong base plate. Very happy with it.
Hey Etrailer, your service was great the delivery was super fast !!!! The blueox baseplate fit like a glove, it took me about 3 hours to install. The only hard part was installing the nuts inside the chassis tube, the nuts were attached to stiff wires so you had to twist and bend the wires so that they line up with the holes that you must drill into the tube, this took the longest over any other part of the job!!! The bolts could be about an extra 1/2 inch longer also. No other complaints or problems. Looks great on my Chevy Sonic. Thanks. B.D.
Installed this base plate on a Chevy Sonic. Was a little difficult and had to trim some of the frame to fit. Very sturdy and easy to attach to RV when towing.
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Baseplate fit my Chevy Sonic perfectly.
Great service with speedy delivery even during holidays . Used Blue Ox on last tow vehicle so purchased another, very solid product
Excellent service, quality product, no reason to complain, etrailer made my new 2019 Sonic a real dingy. RV flat towable.
Had to move outside air temperature sensor before it would fit my 2017 Sonic
This product was easy to order and identify. It was delivered intact . Thank you all for this order.
Henry
3/9/2022
No problems after one year.
A bit of work to install but fits well and works great
Bill M.
11/9/2017
Great Product bit hard to install but works well
Received it very fast and the videos on the website was super helpful on installing it
great product highly recommend
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Curtis
8/15/2023
After using this tow bar for over a year I could not be more happy with it. It is very well made and is very quick and easy to hook up and disconnect.