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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.Great to find one that fits myFiat 500 Pop. The guy did a great job of installing it.
Hello Candra,
The BX2801 was easy to install in my 2013 Fiat. It took 3 hours to install from start to finish, Thank you very much for you assistance on this order.
Thank you
Part arrived as promised!
Great tow package! Was exactly what I needed and easy to install
The best customer service i have had from any company in many years.Amy J answered all my questions and kept in contact with shipping and availability info to the end. Ordered on Tuesday and was delivered Friday afternoon from MO to Lynden Wa (2miles south of the Canadian border), Yea UPS. Ask for Amy J when ordering, you will be amazed! Thank you Amy J!
etrailer helped me out with a misorder (my responsibility) and quickly shipped the correct base plate. Arrived perfectly and gave me all of the info. to ship back the incorrectly ordered base plate. As to the base plate itself, I am almost done installing this on my Fiat 500C and it has been 100% perfect.
Jon
5/16/2022
Great! Fit perfectly, no issues, watched the [online] video for installing it myself.
We bought the Blue Ox Patriot Braking System from etrailer based on their reviews and their reputation of standing behind their products and being available for questions. We also bought the Blue Ox Tow Bar and Base Plate which I installed myself on our 2016 Fiat Pop. It is such a small and light car that we could probably tow it in most states without a braking system, but we didn't want to take a chance. Better safe than sorry. The system works great. Fortunately, I did not have any issues with the tow bar install except for drilling two holes through the bumper area, however that was my fault (dull bit). etrailer is E-excellent!
First - The product selection, staff, shipping, price match and technical tips and videos available at etrailer are outstanding. The invisibrake is a nice system but installation can be challenging. I installed it in a Fiat 500 and ended up re-engineering some of the parts.
Not too difficult for do it yourself. Fit well on our new Fiat 500. It took the longest to place the vehicle to baseplate safety ties. BlueOx needs to have different strength cabling, lighter, for these ties, and 2 more caribiners. Pretty good instructions. Took about 4 hours.
Bolted up with ease I was missing tow cables called and was treated very well / received cables within days thank u all at e trailer phil
I liked the Blue Ox Plate Kit so much I recommended it to my brother when he purchased a Fiat 500 to pull behind his new motor home. We'll install it later this week.
I am very happy with my Blue Ox Face Plate. It has held up and is easy to use.
not hard to install just have to drill a couple of holes can barely tell it is there when the pins are not in have pulled around 3-4000 miles with it in the last year
Worked perfect with your help with the installation!!
Great product! Fits my car perfectly
looks like a perfect fit and more than do the job, great service.
Robust build
Should be able to pick the car up with it
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Dianna
5/4/2024
it made towing a breeze. Easy to hook up.