Video Transcript for B&W Class III Trailer Hitch Installation Guide - 2025 Subaru Crosstrek

Hi, I'm Andy with etrailer. And today, we're gonna take a look at the B&W trailer hitch for our 2025 Subaru Crosstrek. Now, this hitch does have a two-inch by two-inch hitch receiver opening, which will accommodate most of your accessories, like bike racks, cargo carriers, or even ball mounts. Now, the gross trailer weight on this hitch is gonna be 4,500 pounds. That is your trailer plus whatever's inside of it. And your tongue weight is gonna be 675 pounds.

That is the max weight pushing down on your hitch receiver. So that's not gonna be a problem if you wanna do some bike racks or cargo carriers. Now, I'll go ahead and get you a couple measurements you may need to know. (tape measure whooshing) So from the ground to the top of your hitch receiver opening is about 14 3/4. So that's important to know if you have some longer accessories, like a cargo carrier, and you wanna make sure, when you're going up a steep incline, that it doesn't bottom out.

Now, your next measurement here is from the center of your hitch pin hole to the outside of your bumper. That's gonna be about 4 1/4. (tape measure whooshing) So that's important to know if you have a folding accessory and you wanna make sure that doesn't come into contact with your bumper. If you decide to get this hitch for your Subaru, then please send in some pictures of you and your adventure with a review or comment. Now, getting onto the install, it is very simple.

This one is, actually, it does have side brackets that will bolt on separate. Now, it doesn't affect the weight capacities, but it makes the installation actually a lot easier and manageable to do by yourself. But if you don't have the time or tools to do it yourself, please feel free to check out our dealer locator. We can find a professional to do it for you in your area. But without further ado, let's get on the installation.

All right, and first off, we're gonna wanna remove this cover on this hole back here and there's gonna be one up here. So I'm just gonna get a trim panel tool. You could use pliers for this or a screwdriver. Get that one removed. (tool clinking) And this one as well. (tool clinking) we are gonna have to fish our hardware through this back hole here. But as you can see, it is a little too small. So what we're gonna do is get a die grinder burr bit and I'm gonna widen this out a little bit. (grinder whirring) And now that you've opened up both holes on both sides, I'm gonna hit them with some spray paint, just to prevent some corrosion or rust down the line. (can spraying) (can spraying) When you're waiting for this to dry, you can remove some of this caulking back here, either with a flathead screwdriver, a blade, or anything to get this off. (screwdriver clinking) And this might get in the way of when we raise our hitch up to sit flush against the rail here. (blade thudding) We're gonna get our fish wire and go through our rearmost hole. And I'm gonna bend it just slightly, just to make it a little easier to go through. I'm gonna feed this through and come out the hole we enlarged. (wire clinking) I'm gonna bend the end as well, just so that doesn't come back through. I'm gonna get our square washer on here as well as our bolt threaded on. Put our spacer up through our hole. (spacer clanging) And then, our bolt. (bolt clinking) (bolt clinking) I'm gonna fish this down. For the other hole that we enlarge, we're gonna do it a little bit differently. First, we're gonna get our fish wire through our square spacer, and then we're gonna thread on our hardware. (bolt swishing) And now, I'm gonna push the bolt through. (hardware clinking) Then, the spacer. (hardware clinking) And use that fish wire to put it through. So next, you're gonna wanna grab your bracket. We are gonna start on the driver's side here. And there is gonna be a washer that comes in the kit and this is gonna be a spacer. So you're gonna wanna put this on that rear hole here, (tape crinkling) facing the front of the vehicle. And I'm gonna tape that on just so it's easier to feed this into place. (bracket clanging) Now, I did leave one fish wire on and pulled the front one off. It's gonna make this a lot easier to get this into place. (bracket clanging) So I'll line the front one up. (bracket clanging) And with that front one in, (bracket clanging) I'll pull the back one out. And now, I'll get my hardware on. I did find it easier too to pinch it with your bracket. That way, it won't spin on you while you're getting your hardware on. (hardware swishing) Get that tightened down. (bracket clanging) Now, I'll take our fish wire off. (hardware clanging) And get our nut on. (nut clinking) (nut clinking) (nut clinking) (nut clinking) Now, I'm just gonna hand tighten these two and repeat this on the passenger side. And now, you're ready to lift the hitch into place. It's easier to have help when doing this. I got Zach here helping me. And you just wanna get that square tube in that bracket. (hitch clanging) And we're gonna get one of our carriage bolts through, (bolt clinking) just to hold it in place. We can go ahead and put the rest through and get all of our hardware hand tight. (hardware clinking) (hardware clinking) There is a little bit of play in this hitch, (hitch clanging) from side to side. Just make sure it's centered and you like how it's looking. And now, you can tighten and torque everything down. I'm gonna start with the ones going up into the frame. (tool clinking) (impact wrench whirring) (tool clinking) (impact wrench whirring) (impact wrench whirring) Torque all the hardware down to the specs in the instructions. If you don't have a torque wrench at home, you can purchase one here at etrailer, (torque wrench ratcheting and beeping) or you can usually rent 'em from your local auto parts store. (torque wrench clanging and beeping) (torque wrench beeping and clanging) (torque wrench beeping) And that was a look at our B&W trailer hitch on our 2025 Subaru Crosstrek.