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Curt hitch=Nightmare

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by edthefox5, Jan 16, 2011.

  1. edthefox5

    edthefox5 Senior Member

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    Got around to installing my brand new Curt hitch yesterday. The new style not the round tube. eBay $ 150 delivered.

    Was really hoping mine was not bent like so many others and eyeballing, it looked pretty good.
    Nope it was bent in about 1/2 and inch. Not bad but then I quickly realized the hole to hole alignment on the hitch on the pass side of the bracket was messed up too. The holes were 3/4's of an inch too close to each other. How can they mess that up? Don't they use a jig to drill the mounting holes?

    I had to bend the bracket and then redrill the hole. The QC on there product is awful. Sending it back would have been a major hassle and with my luck the replacement would have been worse.

    Nice paint job though.
     
  2. qbee42

    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    I had to give mine a bend before installing, but didn't need to drill any holes.

    Tom