Today, on our 2009 Hyundai Sonata, we will be installing the Curt hitch, part number 11325. This is what our hitch will look like once it is installed. Next, we will go ahead and give you a couple measurements to assist you with selecting accessories for your new hitch. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outermost edge of the bumper is 5-1/2 inches. From the top of the receiver tube to the ground is 10-3/4 inches. This will assist you with selecting accessories such as a draw bar, a bike rack or a cargo carrier.
Now, lets go ahead with the installation. The first step of our install is actually going to be removing the plastic underbody trim panel on the drivers side. We will remove this and it will not be reinstalled for this application. Now, with the underbody trim panel out of the way, you can see it exposes the 2 frame fasteners here on the drivers side. Each job we do to these 2 fasteners will get repeated identically on the passenger side.
Before we attempt to install the hardware here in the frame, we are going to want to clean out each one of the weld nuts. To do this, we will use some spray lubricant and a 1/2-inch nylon tube brush, part number 814092. After you clean out the weld nut, I recommend you take one of the new 10 mm bolts and go ahead and thread it into the weld nut, just to make sure it will go nice and easily. Now, we have the drivers side done, we will go ahead and repeat the same process on the passenger side. Next, we will need to lower the exhaust so that we can remove the heat shield.
Lets go ahead an install a safety strap so that our exhaust does not fall too far, too fast and damage any of the exhaust. To lower the exhaust, we have 1 bolt to remove from a hanger, just forward of the rear axle. The second hanger that will need to be removed is just behind the muffler and to remove this hanger, we will use a little spray lubricant and a pair of pliers to remove the rubber isolator from the muffler. You can see with our exhaust lowered, it will give us much easier access to the heat shield. We have a total of 4 fasteners that will need to be removed.
We can go ahead and set our fasteners and heat shield aside as we will be reinstalling these after the installation of the hitch. Next, we need to go ahead and put our tow hook hardware in place. The tow hood hardware will be our carriage bolt and block, a conical tooth washer with the teeth of the washer facing the hitch and a nut securing them. If you run into clearance issues when installing your bolt and block into position, I recommend to remove these 4 fasteners and pull the fascia back, allowing you access to drop the bolt and block in place. Then we will go ahead and resecure the fascia back to its proper position. Now, with our tow hook hardware in place, it is a good idea to get an extra set of hands to help you hold the hitch in place while you install your fasteners. We will start with the fasteners for our tow hook using the conical tooth washer and nut. Then, we will use our new 10 mm bolt and conical tooth washer for our 4 frame fasteners. Now, with all of our hardware in place, we will go ahead and tighten it down. Once we have our hardware tightened down, we will go back and torque each of our fasteners to specifications as indicated in the instructions and with that done we can go ahead and reinstall the passenger side heat shield. Now, with our heat shield back in place, we can go ahead and reinstall the exhaust and remove our safety strap. With that done, this will complete the installation of our Curt hitch, part number 11325 on our 2009 Hyundai Sonata.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2007 Hyundai Sonata - Hidden Hitch
Today, on our 2007 Hyundai Sonata we'll be installing the Draw-Tite hitch part number 60816.This is what our hitch will look like once it's installed.Next, we'll go ahead and give you a couple measurements to assist you in selecting accessories for your new hitch.From the center of the hitch pinhole to the outer most edge of the bumper is 5-1/4 inches. From the top of the receiver tube to the ground is 12 inches. This will assist you in selecting accessories such as a bike rack or a cargo carrier.Now, let's go ahead with the installation.Before we can install the hitch, we'll need to go ahead and lower the exhaust.To do this, we'll remove the four exhaust hangers so that we can lower both sides.This is a dual-exhaust application, so there is no underbody trim panel that will need to be removed. Three of these four will have a bolt that we can remove to simply detach them. eep in mind, it may be easier to remove the bolts if you spray them down with a little spray lubricant also.The fourth one is just a rubber isolator that we'll spray down with some spray lubricant and then use our pry bar or flat-bladed screwdriver to remove.Now with our exhaust lowered down we'll need to remove the heat shield for both mufflers. There's a total of four fasteners for each.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2007 Hyundai Sonata - Curt
Today, on our 2007 Hyundai Sonata we'll be installing the Curt hitch, part number 11325.This is what our hitch will look like once it's installed.Next, we'll go ahead and give you a couple measurements to assist you in selecting accessories for your new hitch.From the center of the hitch pinhole to the outer most edge of the bumper is 5-1/2 inches. From the top of the receiver tube to the ground is 12-1/4 inches. This will assist you in selecting accessories such as a bike rack or a cargo carrier.Now let's go ahead with the installation. Before we can install the hitch, we'll need to go ahead and lower the exhaust.To do this, we'll remove the four exhaust hangers so that we can lower both sides. This is a dual exhaust application, so there is no underbody trim panel that'll need to be removed. Three of these four will have a bolt that we can remove to simply detach them.Keep in mind, it may be easier to remove the bolts if you spray them down with a little spray lubricant also.The fourth one is just a rubber isolator that we'll spray down with some spray lubricant and then use our pry bar or a flat-bladed screwdriver to remove.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2009 Hyundai Sonata - Hidden Hitch
Today on our 2009 Hyundai Sonata we'll be installing Hidden Hitch, part number 60816. Now we'll go ahead and give you a few measurements to help you with selecting your accessories. From the top of the receiver tube to the ground is 10-1/2 inches and from the center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of the bumper is 5 inches. Now let's go ahead with our installation. We'll begin by pointing out the attachment points for the vehicle. These are weld in nuts on the frame on both the driver and passenger's side.
