If you have been considering installing a hitch on your MDX for a trailer, bike rack or cargo carrier we will show you how easy it is. Some may back off when they see the instructions call for lowering the exhaust and removing the heat shield. You can do this! The video will show you how and you will save so much money doing this on your own
The first thing we want to do that will help the install is lower the spare tire. Next we need to lower the exhaust and take off this heat shield too. These both go back up when we are done, but we need room to slip up the hitch so it will go up on the side of the frame here and mount in these four holes. At this point we will start removing the exhaust brackets and then we will move on to the heat shield. This is pretty flexible, we can move this out of our way a little bit to give us more working room. We have this side finished, now we will repeat for the other side.
Our next will be to basically install the hitch, and it would be a good thing to have an extra set of hands to help out with the lifting. We have the hitch mounted by these bolts here, it is a real super tight fit, and these plates are kind of bowed in a little bit. This is for good reason as they are bowed to fit in the car. Once you tighten everything down, these plates will fit solid against the frame. We have the one side loosely installed, now we will go over the other side and do the same thing. Now we can give them their final torque. Now that we have the hitch installed, we can re-install the heat shield. Now we can re-install the exhaust to its brackets. The last thing we need to do is put the spare tire back up and that will complete our install of our hitch. That concludes our install of part # V82111 on our 2007 Acura MDX.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2012 Acura MDX - Hidden Hitch
Today, on this 2012 Acura MDX, were going to install part number 87474 from Hidden Hitch. All right, this is what the hitch will look like once its installed on the vehicle. Next, well go ahead and give you some measurements thatll help you out in selecting some accessories such as a ball mount, a bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From the top of the receiver opening down to the ground will be 16 1/4 inches and from the center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of the bumper will be 3 3/4 inches.Now, Ill go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed. First thing we need to do is go ahead and lower the spare tire and get it out of our way. Then, next well go ahead and lower the exhaust by removing the two rear most rubber hangers.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2012 Acura MDX - Draw-Tite
All right, today on this 2012 Acura MDX were going to install part #: 75614 from Draw-Tite. All right, this is what the hitch looks like once its installed on the vehicle. Next well give you some measurements thatll help you out in selecting some accessories such as a ball mount, a bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From the top of the receiver opening down to the ground will be 16 and a quarter inches and from the center of the hitch pinhole to the edge of the bumper will be three and three quarter inches. Now Ill go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed. First thing that we need to do is go ahead and lower the spare tire and get it out of our way.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2010 Acura MDX - Hidden Hitch
Today on this 2010 Acura MDX were going to install part number 87474 from Hidden Hitch. This is what the hitch looks like when its installed on the vehicle. Next well go ahead and give you some measurements thatll help you out in selecting some accessories such as a ball mount, a bicycle rack, or a cargo carrier. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of the bumper will be three and 3/4 inches. From the top of the receiver opening down to the ground will be about 16 inches. Now Ill go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2011 Acura MDX - Hidden Hitch
Today on our 2011 Acura MDX, we'll be installing Hidden Hitch, part number 87474. This is what our hitch will look like once it's installed. Next, we'll go ahead and give you a couple of measurements to assist you in selecting accessories for your new hitch. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outermost edge of the bumper is 4-1/2 inches. From the top of the receiver tube to the ground is 16 inches. This will assist you in selecting accessories such as a drawbar, a bike rack, or a cargo carrier.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2011 Acura MDX - Draw-Tite
Today on our 2011 Acura MDX, we'll be installing the Draw-Tite Hitch, part number 75614. This is what our hitch will look like once it's installed. Next, we'll go ahead and give you a couple of measurements to assist you in selecting accessories for your new hitch. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outermost edge of the bumper is 4-1/2 inches. From the top of the receiver tube to the ground is 16 inches. This will assist you in selecting accessories such as a drawbar, a bike rack, or a cargo carrier.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2009 Acura MDX
Today on this 2009 Acura MDX were going to install part number 13354 from Curt. This is what the hitch looks like when it is installed on the vehicle. Next well give you some measurements that will help you out in selecting accessories such as a ball mount, bicycle rack, or a cargo carrier. From the center of the pin hitch hole to the outside edge of the bumper on this vehicle is going to be 3-1/2 inches, and from the top of the receiver opening down to the ground is going to be 17 inches. Now we will go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed. A couple of steps we need to take care of first is that we remove the spare tire to make it easier to install, and also we are going to lower the exhaust, and also remove the heat shields.
