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krunchykrome
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Im thinking about putting a hitch on my 2008 Honda CRV. The website says $159 for the actual hitch. Does anyone know what they charge for the installation?
jlee
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http://www.amazon.com/Curt-Manufactu...2008&carId=014
Install yourself FTW?
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krunchykrome
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jlee said:
http://www.amazon.com/Curt-Manufactu...2008&carId=014
Install yourself FTW?
How difficult is it to install a hitch?
The Stigenator
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call them and find out, i think its like 100 bucks or something on top of teh hitch.
jlee
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krunchykrome said:
How difficult is it to install a hitch?
Depends on the car - my Subaru was a no-drill installation. Sometimes you need to drill or enlarge holes.
Meghan54
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jlee said:
Depends on the car - my Subaru was a no-drill installation. Sometimes you need to drill or enlarge holes.
His CR-V is also a no-drill install. Takes about 40 minutes to install, if even only semi-competent with a wrench.
OP....this is where I bought my hitch....they've got links to the install instuctions, too. Looks very easy and straightforward.
alfa147x
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Lol just found this:
http://www.etrailer.com/hitch-2007_Honda_Civic.htm
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Plugers
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I had to drill on my Caprice and it would have been a 30 minute install, but a mouse built a nest in the frame on the drivers side. I spent another 15 minutes with a hook made from a coat hanger pulling the nest out through a hole in the frame.
senseamp
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http://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hitch/Honda/CR-V/2010/87440.html?vehicleid=20109903
Looks like a piece of cake to install, seem like the screw-holes are already there on the car.
Doppel
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If no drill you can do it with just a wrench. If you have an older vehicle with rust around the holes, though, you may have issues. I certainly did installing a no-drill so it still took well over an hour as I had to grease/wire-brush the grime out of the holes so that the bolts would go in.
Miramonti
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alfa147x said:
Lol just found this:
http://www.etrailer.com/hitch-2007_Honda_Civic.htm
I bought this one for a 2k accord from etrailer.com for $93 ($107 shipped), and it's awesome. No drilling, fit to the frame, and worked great across country. More $ is not necessarily better.
I think it took me a couple hours to install and had to use a rasp to open up a frame hole a little, but not having done this before, I went very slow.
Be sure to get a wire harness specifically for your car, so you can just plug it into a receptical that already exists on your car for it, near the rear tail lights. Mine was $25 from here (and $25 from amazon too iirc.)
/edit: one other thing, I had a long distance towing project, so I installed an aftermarket transmission oil cooler. HIGHLY recommended if towing a lot of weight or for long distances. That wasn't very difficult to do either and really helped my transmission (runs smoother in warm temps even w/o towing.)
(my thread from last year)
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Miramonti
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Plugers said:
I had to drill on my Caprice and it would have been a 30 minute install, but a mouse built a nest in the frame on the drivers side. I spent another 15 minutes with a hook made from a coat hanger pulling the nest out through a hole in the frame.
haha 
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leeland
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thanks for this thread...wife wanted to get one for our van and I was about to get it done...this seems like a piece of cake!
Thanks again,
Lee
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Local UHaul dealer would install at no charge if I purchased the hitch, ball & harness
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Uhaul is a rebranded hitch. I know [possible spam link removed] sells pretty much all of the hitches for every car. I bought mine there about a year ago. Pretty cheap.
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Not sure if you intended to post a spam link, but I locked the thread because it's over four years old.
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