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Perfect for light-duty towing, this custom, vehicle trailer hitch receiver features fully welded, gloss powder coated steel construction. Drawbar sold separately.
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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (41 Customer Reviews)
Perfect for light-duty towing, this custom, vehicle trailer hitch receiver features fully welded, gloss powder coated steel construction. Drawbar sold separately.The hitch design is great and hardly visible when standing next to the car. However the install process is quite tedious. It took my friend and I over 4 hours to install with all of the tools needed. The 4 side holes ended up being misaligned to the frame holes by 2-3mm and there's no way to pull the bolts through without filing down the frame holes. Also removing the wire pullers were a little tricky since we didn't want to risk dropping a bolt back inside the frame. It's definitely a 2 person job where 1 person pushes it up and make minor adjustment while the other pull the bolts through the holes. I really wish etrailer still offered shipping to a installer near me and professional installation as an option. (They used to offer such a service when I installed a hitch on my last car)
Installation was very difficult. The hitch tolerance to the car's frame is EXTREMELY tight, and the gauge of the hitch metal is heavy, so there is no flex in the hitch to allow spreading it a bit to ease installation. Consequently, the added thickness of the wire leads on the furnished bolt threaders, which must be threaded between the hitch and the frame, get pinched between the hitch and frame, causing severe binding.
On a lift, this would be less a problem, but on your back on a garage floor,with limited clearance and mobility,the binding is a major issue.
I estimate dealing with this added hours to my installation time.
The mfg could have solved this problem by machining 1/32- 1/16 deep groves in the hitch for the wires on the bolt threaders. Placing the wires in the groves during installation could avoid the wires being pinched. Installers can quickly and easily cut these groves, if they have the proper tool.
Install was a little bit of a pain but expected but was having trouble with getting the top bolts through like only one side lined up but got 6 of the 8 in so it works and had no problem towing
I have mixed feelings about the hitch. While the hitch is solidly designed designed, the tight machining tolerances on the hitch’s bolt holes made it almost impossible to thread the bolts through all 8 when the hitch was in place. Following the directions to the letter (this wasn’t my first hitch installation). It took an hour of adjusting, readjusting, tightening and loosening to get all the bolts through.
That however was less of my issue. My bigger issue is that after squaring the hitch with the frame and torquing to specs, the receiver sits 1/2 inch off center with the car, and has an axis tilt to the left. Nothing I tried would get it to sit centered, and the axis tilt appears to be a welding accuracy issue. It’s clearly visible in the photo below, and causes my bicycle rack to sit tilted.
After everything it took to get the hitch on the car properly, and square with the frame, it is disappointing that the receiver is not centered and straight.
Curt hitches are better looking to me with their bent tube design compared to other brands. This hitch needs to be installed very level when pushing it up on the frame because (1) the frame rail is tapered and (2) the hitch mounting is very tight on the frame. I use it for a light duty 4' x 8' trailer, and a hitch-style bike rack & ski rack.
installation was difficult for an experienced body shop. product is professionally bulit and quality is A 1.
The hitch looks great and functions perfectly, but I'm docking 1 star because installation was quite difficult. I mean what a battle! I'm reasonably strong, but the fit on this thing is way too tight. Maybe the tolerances were off on mine? I ended up clamping the hitch to a 3-ton floor jack, and I used the weight of the vehicle to force the hitch into place. Not the safest thing in the world. If I had to do it over again I think I would remove the exhaust completely starting from the resonator out to the tip. This would provide clearance to push the hitch onto the subframe one side at a time with a floor jack, something that you can't do if you follow the standard install procedure because the muffler is in the way. Good luck!
Easy to install, the bolt finders are a great idea and makes it easy to do. I did it alone on jackstands, but a second person would be helpful when lining up the holes.
The Curt hitch is well made. It fit my '17 Mustang like a glove and I do mean glove. The fish wires for the bolts can be a little tricky, but they work. I made a wood jig to hold the hitch on a floor jack while doing the install by myself, on the ground and I'm 70.
I’ve owned this hitch hot a year now and it is still worth every penny. It was easy to install. The main purpose was to install a bike rack as I do not like those strap on ones that damage your finish. Overall this was a great buy and it doesn’t make the mustang look funny either.
Great hitch, installation was a breeze. I would recommend an extra person to help hold the hitch in place while installing the bolts. I've had zero issues towing my trailer 500 plus miles around trip.
I installed this on a 2018 GT. 60 minute installation time. The only issue was I have the Active Valve Performance Exhaust and the clips had to be moved to the back of the sensor to attach it back to the frame. Minor adjustment. Use will be for a bike rack. Recently installed a Curt hitch on our other car for a bike rack. Works great.
Great product. I’m 69 years old and easily installed by myself laying on cardboard with the car on ramps. Used tie downs to hold up close to frame.
I am very pleased with my purchase, I installed it all by myself but I wish I had one of my friends to help me, it took a little more time and effort doing by myself ... The end result is fantastic! You can't hardly see it when the bike rack is off, and I didn't have to drill or cut on my 19 mustang GT.
Fits like a latex glove that you bought one size to small but the end result was nice. Docking one star for difficulty of install. Took me and a friend 2 hours. Installed this on a 2019 GT with active exhaust. Dropping the exhaust and fishing in the screws was easy. Getting the hitch up and mounting was the hard part. It fits so tight that the fishing wires wouldnt let you push the rack up to all the holes because they get wedged between the frame and the rack. After struggling for almost 30 mins trying to get it all lined up, we finally decided to push it up as far as we could then bolt the bottom nutes on. Then we tighten the bottom nuts all the way forcing the rack into position. This allowed us to pull the top bolts through and screw the nuts on. This rack leaves absolutely no room for error and was probably one of my hardest rack installs I have ever done. I don't think I could have done it without a friend.
Installed almost a year ago. The install was a little challenging trying to get the wires fished thru the frame and hitch mount plates, doing so on my back with the car up on tire ramps. But once past the install the hitch works great.
Appears well engineered and manufactured. Unfortunately the installation method for the attaching bolts looks VERY complicated. A one-man install might not be possible. Will know better after I see how far I can get trying to install it.
I shopped around, and found etrailer had the best price around-AND had free shipping! Trailer hitch arrived on the day etrailer said it would. I am a professional mechanic, so I figured the install would be fairly easy. I got the exhaust lowered quickly. With a helper, we set the hitch on my chest and rolled under the car on a creeper. We got a couple of the vertical bolts threaded, then got to work on the horizontal upper bolts. The left side bolts just slid into place. The right side did not want to cooperate, as the holes in the hitch did not line up properly with the holes in the frame. After an hour of prying, hammering, and grinding, the two bolts finally lined up. After that, all went smoothly. The hitch looks great, and is of much better construction than I thought it would be. Overall, I am thoroughly happy with etrailer and the Curt hitch, and would recommend them to anyone!
Thanks to the previous reviewers who noted it's a tight fit. I checked and it had to be bumped flush with a rubber mallet. Luckily I checked before running the wires. I don't believe it would have fit with the wires thru the holes. Fished the wires and bolts thru after locating the hitch. Those top two bolts in the rear muffler hangers have tight access. Would have taking forever to torque them down manually. Used an air power ratchet to install.
This was very easy to do, I thought about making my own but I’m glad I didn’t. It came with bolts and cable to help put it all together. Thanks for a great product!
This is the fourth hitch that I have purchased from etrailer.com, and all have worked as advertised. Compared to the days of drilling holes to install them, the cars/SUVs now have existing holes that make the job simpler. Additionally, the T-Connector assemblies provide foolproof wiring. That said, one set of the T-connector wiring assemblies keeps blowing the electronic converter module -- it is wired on a Jeep Patriot.
took about a hour to put in but most of it was finding where the socket rolled off to. def helps having another set of hands
Installation went pretty much as described in the video. Bending a small hook in the ends of the wires makes them easier to catch and fish the bolts through. Ground clearance is a little closer than I expected. On the 2018 Mustang, I have to pay attention entering and leaving uneven parking lots.
Complete PITA to install on my Mustang, but the quality of the hitch and all associated installation hardware is fantastic!
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