Jon Hansen

I'm taking delivery of a 2015 Macan S tomorrow and would like to fit it with a somewhat economical bike rack for my wife.
I understand retrofitting the whole factory rear hitch assembly can cost around $1,500, including replacing the rear lower facia with one that is notched out.
I have no desire to tow. I just need the "class 1"? Hitch with the small 1.25" square receiver to mount a tip down Thule bike rack.
I see lots of low buck hitches ($150) advertised to fit that seem to mount under the bumper, without replacing the rear lower facia, but I have never seen a picture of one actually installed on a Macan or Q5.
Has anyone installed an under bumper 1.5" bike rack style hitch?
Any pictures and advice would be great.
Are they too low?
A search of this forum did not produce any results for me.

fincher

Sorry to ask but why didn't you order the factory hitch? I have a Touareg and it has the same hitch. I only use mine for bikes...I have a Yakima Ridgeback 5.

Jon Hansen

I purchased this Macan as the second owner. The hitch was not factory ordered by the original owner.

fincher

Good luck. Wish I could offer advice.

tsp533

Does your Macan have roof rails? If so, you can order the cross bars (under $300) from Suncoast) and fit a bike carrier to the cross bars.

Need4S

Or get the Thule Aeroblade Edge bars. They look more aero, and perhaps a bit sleeker. They also come in black to match black rails if that is what you have.

http://www.rackoutfitters.com/porsch...of-rack-14-16/

StanThePorscheFan

Look up Seasucker

Jon Hansen

Thanks for the suggestions thus far.
Roof racks are a no go.
She is not strong enough to lift a bike that high.
And honestly, who would even want to risk scratching up their Macan's roof?
The Seasucker idea is interesting, but it's not designed for this application.

Need4S

Understood. Please post details if you are able to get a rear hitch installed.

richardbf

This. They do have a seasucker for hatch, suv, estate tailgates

https://www.seasucker.com/shop/komodo/#tab-description

Arty

The roof mounted Thule racks look great... Going to put one on soon, even though I don't have the rails... Thule has a nice looking solution for that too

jeff968

Is it really a PIA to get the bike up on the rack? I've never done it.

tsp533

"Is it really a PIA to get the bike up on the rack? I've never done it."

Not if you are young, strong and fit - I'm not, so I use a hitch mounted rack.

mapman

Curts hitch and Kuat rack. I have been using this for the past year and it is great.

bukit

I have the 1up bike rack that fits into my factory hitch on my Macon Turbo. The beauty of the 1up is that it can fit in an 1 1/4" or 2" receiver.


https://www.1upusa.com/bicycleracks.html