Hitch installations

[8FUN8]

Curt Manufacturing Hitch (Model# 11077)

The hitch is use for bike rack (Thule Roadway 912XT) & ski carrier (Thule 987XT), will post pictures w/ bike rack & ski carrier when they arrived.

Left rear (Before parts remove)


Right rear (Before parts remove)


Right rear w/ muffler temporary lowered & hitch put on loose


Left rear w/ hitch put on loose


Hitch put on loose


Left rear w/ plastic cover trimmed & hitch tightened


Right rear w/ plastic cover


Installation completed


Left rear bolt w/ rust check coat


Center bolt attached to rear jack-point w/ rust check coat


Right rear bolt w/ rust check coat


Rust check coat


http://sitepro12.sitepro.com/masterl..._11077_INS.pdf

[8FUN8]

Thule 912XT Bike Rack, re-paint to white and it looks 10x better than the original stock color black ...


with arms in up (ready to load) position





i put the trunk cover bar on top, to show how far the rack stick out to the rear


with arms in down position








you might ask why it looks not vertical? not because the way i hold the camera, but in fact, i did not tighten the lock bolt that attach the rack to the hitch.

[Jacko0o]

I was thinking about getting roofrack for bike and my snowboard but this is i think better idea. Great job !!

[Little Zee]

Nice job!! How is the ground clearance when going up a driveway?

[8FUN8]

Originally Posted by Little Zee

Nice job!! How is the ground clearance when going up a driveway?

since the rear bumper is very close to the rear axial, I had this install for over 2 months, drove on bumpy area including off-road, not a chance to have either the hitch itself or the bottom of the rack hitting the speed bump or gravel ...

plus no problem going up on driveway (i'm living in a condo, driving up a steep ramp every single day)

[Little Zee]

Originally Posted by 8FUN8

since the rear bumper is very close to the rear axial, I had this install for over 2 months, drove on bumpy area including off-road, not a chance to have either the hitch itself or the bottom of the rack hitting the speed bump or gravel ...

plus no problem going up on driveway (i'm living in a condo, driving up a steep ramp every single day)

Very cool!! Can you tell us how much trimming of the underside plastic is required?

[8FUN8]

Originally Posted by Little Zee

Very cool!! Can you tell us how much trimming of the underside plastic is required?

Dunno how to say it as I did that in my friend's garage, but see the attached pic., I trimmed along the red dash and will have one quick-clip left behind (as spare)

[94Civiccx]

Is it easy to take off? I want to get the hitch so I can pull my scooter to places but I'm not sure if our car can handle 200lbs + a small motorcycle trailer.

[8FUN8]

Originally Posted by 94Civiccx

Is it easy to take off? I want to get the hitch so I can pull my scooter to places but I'm not sure if our car can handle 200lbs + a small motorcycle trailer.

From what is says on the owner's manual, our car is NOT design to tow anything, I have mine on just ONLY for bike rack and snowboard carrier in winter.

And I only attach the rack on if needed (lucky my locker is like 20m away from my spot) and i only takes less than 5mins to install/uninstall the rack!!


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[kmanatt]

Great looking solution to the extra cargo problem. Thanks for the post. K