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Say goodbye to complicated wiring setups with the Hopkins Multi-Tow 7-Way Blade and 4-Way Flat Trailer Connector. Designed for Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, this connector effortlessly snaps into your vehicle's bumper opening, providing both 7-way and 4-way trailer connection points. The integrated design ensures a neat, factory-like appearance, perfect for DIY enthusiasts and new users alike.
Imagine towing a trailer without worrying about the wiring. The dual sockets of this Hopkins connector ensure compatibility with a variety of trailers, making it versatile for any towing needs. Equipped with a durable ABS plastic construction, it resists impact and keeps dirt and debris at bay. This connector is engineered for reliability and long-lasting performance, even after prolonged use.
Ensure your towing lights always work as expected with the color-coded wiring system of the Hopkins connector. With 12-gauge wiring for critical functions like ground and brake output, and 14-gauge for other necessary signals, this connector guarantees a stable electrical connection. The included dielectric grease and factory-style butt connectors make installation secure and dependable.
Custom-fit connections take the guesswork out of installation. This connector's precision engineering allows it to fit perfectly into the designated factory location on your Chevrolet Colorado or GMC Canyon. It blends seamlessly with your vehicle, maintaining its aesthetic and functionality while making trailer connections simpler than ever.
Tough terrains and bad weather are no match for this trailer connector. Built with high-impact ABS plastic, it offers superior durability against physical impact and environmental elements. Rest assured that your trailer connections remain safe and intact, no matter where your adventures take you.
Not just limited to Colorado and Canyon, the Hopkins connector's design accommodates other GM vehicles equipped with similar setup requirements. Its adaptable features ensure you can switch vehicles or trailers without changing connectors, offering convenience and flexibility for all your towing projects.
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Hi there Chevy owners. Today nears 2022 Chevrolet Colorado. We're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install Hopkins custom fit vehicle wiring harness. And this is what our harness looks like when it's installed. You can see this is gonna pop right in to the factory location where your factory connector would be. So this is a great option for installing one on a vehicle that doesn't have it cause it'll hook to the blunt cut wires located below.
Or if you happen to damage your connector here while working, maybe something slammed into your factory one. You can also use this harness as a replacement harness to get that fixed on that vehicle as well. It's gonna be exactly like the factory one on top. You'll have your seven way connector. It's gonna be a spring loaded latch on there that has a seal on the inside to keep out dirt, debris, and moisture.
And on bottom we've got a four pole connector so you can hook up to just about any trailer. And this one also is spring loaded with seals as well. We'll begin our insulation here at the back of the vehicle on the driver's side just here on the side of the frame rail. You'll find all of your blunt cut wiring for hooking up your connector here at the back. It is gonna be wrapped in electrical tape.
I went ahead and already pulled that tape off of here and then I went and just kind of pushed all the wires apart so we can make our connections. We're gonna go ahead and start with our power wire. Just get that one out of the way. That's gonna be the orange one. This is gonna be live so you don't want to touch that against any metal surface.
It's not gonna be able to shock you but if you touch this against anything metal after you strip it off, it will make a little spark show for you and you don't want that to happen. That's gonna hook to the red wire here on the harness that we've got. So I'm gonna go ahead and have this side strip back and ready. Then we're gonna grab our cutters. You can just strip it back right on the piece here but we don't want all that wire exposed so we're gonna cut some of this off first. I'm gonna basically cut it with just a hair of it left on there, something like this and then we'll use our strippers now to strip that back. And be careful too with your strippers. These are metal too, so if your strippers are touching the wire and they touch something metal you will also have a little light show. So we're gonna come up in here now and strip this back. Now that's our live wire. So now we're gonna think about connector and this actually isn't the ones that come in your kit. You can just get regular butt connectors in your kit and I would recommend not using any of those because they will not seal up. So moisture's gonna be able to get down on 'em which can cause corrosion and can lead to premature failure. So if you want a long lasting connection here on your connector without that's not gonna give you issues down the road. I'd recommend upgrading to these heat shrink butt connectors. We do sell these here at etrailer so you can get those to seal up your wiring. We're gonna slide our butt connector on and crimp it onto the wire. We can then grab our other end here. We already stripped back the red cause that is gonna be the power wire for our connector side. So we'll get our crimpers in place there slide our red wire in and then make our connection. All right, so we've got that one connected. At this point we're gonna do the same thing for each of our wires and making sure that we hook up each one to the correct circuit there. So I'm gonna go ahead and get 'em all connected and then we'll just show you which color from your harness will connect to which color here on the vehicle. All right, so we've made the rest of our connections here. So the first one we did was our orange to red. That's our power circuit. Next, the white wire that comes with the harness here actually has a ring terminal on it for connecting it to ground. We actually just cut that off and I just kind of slid it into the harness and re taped it up and then connected it to the black wire. That's the ground circuit on the vehicle. We've got our brown circuit which is our taillight circuit that just goes brown to brown green which is right turn that just goes green to green. You've got blue, which is your brake controller output that's just blue to blue. And we've got our yellow circuit which is our left turn, that's just yellow to yellow. And last we have our reverse light circuit which is gonna be purple on the new harness to gray on the vehicle. Once we've got all those connections made we're gonna grab our heat gun now and shrink 'em all down. With everything wired over here we can now install our connector. Now there's typically gonna be a just a plastic cover there. Our customer had already removed it. To remove it there are a couple of little prongs just like this on the inside. So you can just give those a squeeze and push that thing out. So now we'll take our new one. You'll want the connector towards the top. That'll just press into place. You'll hear it click in. Before we plug our connector into the back side of it, we're gonna put some dielectric grease on it. That'll just help keep moisture from getting in there and causing corrosion. Just give a nice little thorough coat there. Line up your connector and plug it in. And now at this point we can plug in our tester and make sure everything's working. So we plugged in our tester back there. We just gonna run through all of our lights. I did turn the ignition towards the on position and you can see the clearance lights are already lit up. We'll check our turn signals. There's our left turn, our right turn also hit our brakes. We can see those light up. In the top right corner you'll see that the voltage gauge is showing battery voltage as well. So we can see our auxiliary circuits working. I'm gonna have to start the vehicle to put it in reverse to get the reverse lights to work. And now you should see the reverse lights working there. And lastly, you would check your brake controller output but our customer doesn't have a brake controller installed so we won't have a way to test this. But this one should also be working. The rest of yours are working and the likelihood of that working is also gonna be good. And that completes our installation of Hopkins custom fit vehicle wiring harness on our 2022 Chevrolet Colorado..
My second hitch receiver from e trailer. My other car has one and it was perfect fit as well. 2024 Colorado. I had to remove the stock one and put in the E trailer hitch crossmember. I watched the video a couple of times. I actually like the video on the 2024 Canyon better. Both great videos. It took me about 2.5 hours. I was by myself so it took a little effort. But not bad at all. I didn’t even get mad or yell. Except for how tight the original bolts were. Make sure you have the tools you need before starting. I definitely needed the break over bar. They are 21mm bolts. Cleaned the holes after removal much easier going back in. The two bumper nuts are 15mm.
The wires on the vehicle have some tricky disconnects but the video helps with that. All in all very easy swap out. It looks great too.
Replaced the plastic fake cap on the bumper with the new 7 pin 4 pin connector from
e trailer.
Must have component for safe towing. Clean OEM looking trailer connector. Fairly simple installation with the convenience of both round and flat pin connection points.
I purchased this wiring kit for my 2021 Chevy Colorado about one year ago and I highly recommend it. The self-installation was easy after viewing the videos provided by etrailer. It fit perfectly in my bumper and looks just like the OEM kit. All lights tested perfectly.
Connector kit worked exactly as advertised. Was easy to install using provided wiring documentation from etrailer
Looks like it was factory installed. My truck had a wire for the ground so I tucked the white wire inside the flex tubing with the other wires and cut it to the same length as the others. It ended up being a neat looking installation.
Very easy installation followed all installation thanks for all connections parts including grease.
Direct fit, 1 minute install.
Victoria H.
3/7/2025
WOW Jack! It took me longer to type this comment then it did for you to install it. Are you towing anything fun?
I had read that the wires were a little short, but once I got everything connected up they were just fine. It was really easy to install and it looks like the factory installed ones. I did un-tape the harness and cut the ground wire to the length of the other wires then I tucked it in the insulation and taped it all up again before I connected it to the trucks wiring harness.
You’re product as the only one that offered a pig tail harness. Thanks
The service was fast and the parts were exactly as described. The quality of the hitch and the wiring harness were excellent. I will definitely use etrailer again.
Exactly like the original. Truck came with a empty plug. Easy to wire up and install. You can see it to the left of license plate. Just like factory made.
Sam
8/24/2022
Still working as it should. Whats not to like about that? Easy to install on my 2019 Colorado WT that didnt come with hitch or trailer wiring. Im 72 yrs. old, so if I can install it. Anyone can!
Almost effortless installation
I would like to thank the folks at Etrailer for all your help and a great product.
The video on the website made my installation a breeze.
I will use the video on installing the trailer light hook up as well.
Attached is a couple of pictures of the
Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver - Custom Fit - Class III - 2"
Thanks again
Perfect addition to this 2019 Colorado WT. Easy install, worked great, tested.
Perfect fit in all ways. Actually better built than OEM. Used several times. Very happy. Worth every hard earned penny. Highly recommend.
Wired a 7/4 way to 2017 Colorado...
quick AND easy!!! The colored wiring diagram was accurate.....
The only problem I had was eventually figuring out the Pollak 12-741EV tester you sold me had to be plugged in with the test light indicators facing downwards. A hand held mirror placed under the plugged in 7 way tester did the trick,
and BTW the 7/4 connector only installs one way:
7 pole round on top and 4 pole flat on the bottom.
The wiring harness and plug worked really well for install on my 2018 Colorado WT. I did upgrade the butt-connectors for the install, but the instructions were straightforward and went smoothly overall, with everything needed being included.
Great Company and I like shopping on their web site. Shipping was fast. I like that they have installation videos on their site. Really helps me out.
You have excellent videos.
Thank you.
Fairly easy to install and it worked whatmore could I ask
Fit perfect in my 2023 Colorado. The factory original "blank" came right out and all I had to do was plug in my new connector and slide it right back into the factory opening in the bumper. Only tools I needed were my two hands. I have made a few purchases from etrailer and have always been very satisfied.
Fast delivery and product was exactly as described.
Great service
Fast shipping. The Hopkins wiring harness was easy to install and it looks and fits like an OEM part.
The wiring harness was great. It was easy to connect, and the instructions were straight forward, and easy to understand.
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Daniel
8/20/2024
Very happy with the wiring harness. No problems at all. Not sure why it says Ford Flex next to my name??? I have a Chevy Colorado...