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Perfect for light-duty towing, this custom, Subaru Forester trailer hitch receiver features fully welded, gloss powder coated steel construction. Drawbar sold separately.
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Tech Tip
No drilling required for installation , Access holes may need to be enlarged by drilling, filing, or rotary tool
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (96 Customer Reviews)
Perfect for light-duty towing, this custom, vehicle trailer hitch receiver features fully welded, gloss powder coated steel construction. Drawbar sold separately.well made , and installed easy
Works and installs as advertised.
The feeding wirers went a lot easer than I tought they would. The hitch looks good
Quality was great, price is great, and installatio was straightofrward.
Installed relatively quickly and looks great!
This hitch is very well built, it's not a flimsy thing like other hitches in this price range. Also, amazing customer service follow up. It seems, if your not happy they're not happy.
Installation is a little trickier than envisioned. The one suggestion I would have is to buy a couple of muffler gaskets and remove them rather than wrestle with a hanging exhaust system. Made a bit easier in my opinion.
Your customer service is wonderful. The product is great quality. Thank you very much for such wonderful customer service. I will be recommending this company to everyone I know
I was concerned about the installation but following the instructions, I found it to be easy.
My hitch arrived on time, it fit right, and the instructions were adequate (I had also read descriptions on the Forum relating to my car). The price was very right and the free shipping sealed the deal.
Super fast shipping for free! Took me about 1.5 hrs to install at a very relaxed pace. The hardest part for me was unhooking the exhaust hangers, fishing bolts through went suprisingly easy. Highly recommend, great price... great product.
Awesome service, I have used and installed items from your site and have always been very pleased. Yesterday I installed a new Hitch on one of my most valuable customers vehicle (my wifes!!!) Thanks again for great service....Dan B....
The hitch fit perfectly and went in as directed. I was, however, unable to get both sides of the hitch in place without removing the mufflers. With the mufflers removed (easy - 2 bolts each) the hitch was MUCH easier to install and tighten to the appropriate torque.
The installation video was helpful, and shows just how helpful working on a lift is for this job. Product installed without problems, nice appearance, can easily access receiver tube and safety chain points.
Installation went well.I like the Curt class II hitch on my 2010 Forester. Well made and very well finished. The lower cost compared to the Subaru hitch is real significant.
Well made and look goodGot the hitch install quick with the video provided by etrailer.
etrailer provided fast shipping.
The price sure beat other places.
A happy customer and will do business again.
40 minutes???, maybe not. I feel confident in my mechanical skills, but this can not be done in 40 minutes. I never felt over-matched with this hitch install, but it certainly was more difficult than I imagined it would be. But, isn't everything worthwhile usually difficult? The final product was worth all the effort. I couldn't be more pleased.
Now, time to put the wrenches away and hook the toy trailer up to the Forester and have some fun!
Watch the video but remove the mufflers. Two bolts each, slide the rear muffler hanger off first. It is much easier with them out of the way. This is the 4th Curt hitch I have installed. Every one has fit perfectly. Can't say that about some of the other brands.
Bought this hitch for a 2011 Forester. The hitch went on just like the instruction video said it would. Hitch arrived in good condition and with all the parts. I put the car up on 5" wood blocks to get a little extra space for the installation. I did the install by myself but it would have been a bit easier to have an extra set of hands for puting the rack in position and getting the nuts started. Thumbs up for the service and the product.
I couldn't quite manage to do the install myself, so I had it done this morning at my garage. The price wasn't too steep, but it took a little longer than the proposed "30-40 minutes."
In conjunction with the new bike rack, the hitch will help avoid the awkward bouts of jamming my bike in and out of the back of my car, and with all the freed-up room, I can now transport more stuff and people (and their bikes)!
No plans to haul anything other than the bike rack at this point, but it's at least more of a possibility than it was prior. Thank you!!!
I ordered the Curt 12047 hitch for my 2010 Subaru Forester at around 1 am on Saturday, June 11 and received an e-mail confirmation shortly after. About an hour later at around 2:30 am Saturday I received an email from George stating that the product was in stock and should ship within 24-48 hours and that I would receive shipping information as soon as available. At about 9 am on Saturday, the shipment was given a tracking number. I received the shipment on Wednesday.
Today (Thursday) I used the excellent installation video and the printed instructions to install the hitch without any issues. It took less than an hour not including gathering the tools.
One suggestion is to check the forward two holes that have to be enlarged to insure that the head of the carriage bolt can pass through before using the fish wire to place the block and bolt.
I used a small diameter poly rope to hang the exhaust and lowered the exhaust about 8-10 inches. WD40 worked just fine to lube the rubber hangers and steel pegs.
I purchased a hitch (12047)and wiring harness (118467), it was an easy installation. Very speedy delivery, 6 days. Thanks for the great service.
The hitch arrived promptly in perfect condition. No problems with installation on my 2012 Forester 2.5x. The video was a great help. Thanks.
2009 Subaru Forester trailer hitch installationSome FYI notes:
1. I removed the splash guards to allow sufficient side-to-side movement
of the mufflers for drilling and grinding.
2. I used an ATV lift to position the trailer hitch and to lift the
mufflers/tailpipe back into place prior to reinstalling the rubber hangers.
Overall, this was a simple job. If I had one before, it would have taken
40-60 minutes. But the final installation looks really good.
Hitch arrived exactly when it was supposed to. Customer service was excellent. I got at least 3 follow up emails from Etrailer and they upgraded me to a faster shipping for no charge. There was one tiny flaw in the hitch from shipping which is why I didnt' give it an excellent but I just put a little black gloss paint to prevent rust and now you cant even tell it was there. I did not install it myself. It was done by a professional for 50 bucks. Took him 20 minutes and came out perfect. Used the hitch this weekend for my bike rack. Very pleased with etrailer and the Curt Hitch.
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Sam
3/11/2014
No qualms. Very slight rust on the outer most lip that I could probably clean off myself or touch up if it was that noticeable. Thanks for asking.