Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver - Custom Fit - Class I - 1-1/4"

Video Transcript for Curt Trailer Hitch Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Cruze C11492

Jake: Hey guys, it's Jake here with etrailer. Today we're going to take a look at and I'm going to show you how install the Curt Hitch on our 2017 Chevrolet Cruz.Now our Cruz we have here today is a diesel, so it is going to be designed to fit on the back of your diesel. Down here you'll see that our hitch is an inch and a quarter, by inch and a quarter receiver. This is going to be great for any bike racks, cargo carriers, anything that has that inch and a quarter shank is going to work great with this hitch. It's going to have a steel construction with a black powder coat finish to keep it away from that rust and corrosion. Now one thing I really like about this hitch is that it's going to be tucked up further underneath your bumper, so that you're not going to have to worry about seeing it when not using it.It is going to come with these hooks so you are going to be able to attach your safety chains when hauling a trailer.

So with this hitch you are going to get a max tongue weight of 200 pounds, and a max trailer weight of 2,000 pounds. So you just want to keep that in mind when loading your trailer. Now Curt does recommend that you use their stabilization strap when hauling anything like a cargo carrier, or a bike rack. Now on the side you'll see that you have a through hitch pin hole, that's going to be a half inch diameter. It does not come with a hitch pin, but we do have plenty of those here at etrailer.Now a couple of measurements for you guys, just so you know what you're getting.

From the ground to the top of the receiver it's going to be about 12 1/4 inches. Now that's not going to give you a ton of clearance, so I would recommend any accessory that you pick up, you pick one up that has a raised shank. From the center of the hitch pin to the outermost part of our bumper is going to be about 5 inches. So make sure that you have an accessory that can get out past your bumper. Now that we've gone over some of those details, let's go ahead and take it inside and show you how we got in in place.To start our installation we're going to need to remove, there's four bolts up underneath here, there's one there, here, here, and here.

Remove those. Here we're using a 9/32 socket to get those screws out. Next you're going to remove the three screws in the fender, with a number 25 Torx bit. Once you have those three bolts taken out, you can pull back your fender liner, and we'll need to remove that hex bolt there. And you'll want to repeat the process for the passenger side.Now we're going to have to remove our rear taillight in order to remove the rest of the bumper.

So we're going to have to take out the snap pin, and then you can pull back this fabric, and behind here you're going to see that there's three nuts that you're going to have take off the back of the headlight in order to remove it. Here we're using a 5/16 socket wrench in order to remove those. Once you remove the nuts from the back of each taillight, you're going to then pull out on it. You may need a trim panel remove tool, pull it out, then you can unplug it. These are going to be a twist off, and then set this to the side.Then what you're going to do is pull your bumper until it comes out of those, it's just going to unsnap, slide your hand back in there, pop it off. Then you'll want to remove your brake sensor wiring, you'll pull back on that red tab and pull out on that wire. Then you'll want to set this to the side so it doesn't get damaged. Now we can remove our three nuts from each side of our bumper. Now you can remove your bumper.Now you can set your hitch into place, and we'll take our bumper we just took off, and slide it right back over top. And you can replace your hardware. And then tighten it all back down. Then you'll want to torque these back down to the specifications, there we go.Now we're going to have to trim a little bit out of our rear bumper. So we see that we have ours marked out here. You're going to cut 2 1/4 across, by 4 1/2 inches long. We're just going to use a tin snips and cut right through that plastic. This is what it's going to look like once you got it all cut out. Now we can take our bumper, and slide it back into place. Now make sure you remember to reconnect your sensors. Now we can go ahead and replace out taillights and all the bolts we took out.Now with everything put back in place, that's going to do it for our look and installation of our Curt Hitch on our 2017 Chevy Cruz.