14SHOWP
New Member
Doesn't anyone here tow with their SHO or have a hitch on it. I plan on putting a hitch on to put a bike rack on and to tow a small trailer with a utility quad on it. I just don't know how the car would look with a hitch on it.
Hitch on SHO
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Kooskay
New Member
Just be careful if you're under warranty. Owners manual state's that the SHO is not rated to tow any amount of weight. I know that's silly because it is definitely capable, but if any problems result from it, I wouldn't want Ford to try to blame towing as an issue and not cover a repair.
Kooskay
New Member
Unless I missed it.. I wish it did, I could definitely benefit from the added utility of a hitch.
Jedster1
2015 SHO PP
I had one on my '10 and it towed a 12' U-Haul with about 800 lbs of stuff in it ( so total weight 1600lbs?) very well on a trip from Alabama to Massachusetts. The car behaved as if the trailer wasn't even there.
It didn't look great, but not too ugly either. Tucked up under the license plate pretty close, so not too bad.
It didn't look great, but not too ugly either. Tucked up under the license plate pretty close, so not too bad.
markathome
2010 SHO
I think I've shared this photo before, from a RV magazine a few years ago. Seems I remember the article said this was taken in Canada.
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Jedster1
2015 SHO PP
Great pic!! 
I love Airstreams. If I was a camper I'd have one!
I love Airstreams. If I was a camper I'd have one!
Rok
Member
I really need a bike rack to transport a fat bike, and a single-rail motorcycle trailer somewhere down the road might also be necessary. This is the hitch I was looking at. It appeared to me to be pretty well thought out, installation-wise:
http://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hitch/Ford/Taurus/2015/13552.html?vehicleid=2015302407
Hope the link works. Note the installation videos.
http://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hitch/Ford/Taurus/2015/13552.html?vehicleid=2015302407
Hope the link works. Note the installation videos.
onespdfrk
wtf...
I've purchased from them before, never had a problem. The last hitch I put on was for my Volvo XC90 V8 - perfect fit & easy install.
I don't like how this one relocates/replaces the back muffler hanger. It looks like the tips sit about an inch lower & aren't nested in the bumper cutouts like they should be. I was all for a hitch too until I saw that.
Excerpt from one of the Q&A posts for that hitch:
"I called my contact at Curt and they said the exhaust could potentially hang about an inch lower due to the hitch installation."
I don't like how this one relocates/replaces the back muffler hanger. It looks like the tips sit about an inch lower & aren't nested in the bumper cutouts like they should be. I was all for a hitch too until I saw that.
Excerpt from one of the Q&A posts for that hitch:
"I called my contact at Curt and they said the exhaust could potentially hang about an inch lower due to the hitch installation."
Rok
Member
THANKS for pointing that out, spdfrk. I noticed that the video segment where they re-hung the exhaust after installing the hitch was conspicuously absent. I was kinda looking fwd. to seeing how they did it. Yeah, deal-breaker for sure. I did see that one of the commenters who gave the hitch 5 stars was a SHO owner, FWIW.
onespdfrk
wtf...
No doubt the hitch would work just fine. If I "had to have" a hitch on the SHO, it probably wouldn't be too hard to modify the exhaust hangers to make the tips sit right. Still, a little disappointing Curt didn't spend a few more hours engineering a better solution...
SHOrod
Torrie Tuned
I have a Hidden Hitch on my 2011 SHO that I bought from eTrailer. It didn't require any modifications to the exhaust and fits fit. I have only used it with a bike rack. It was an easy installation - I did it by myself from a creeper with the car on jack stands. No drilling was required. Here's the only photo I currently have uploaded to a sharing site.
-Rod
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