etrailer | Installing the Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver on your 2018 Mercedes-Benz C-Class скачать в хорошем качестве

etrailer | Installing the Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver on your 2018 Mercedes-Benz C-Class

Click for more info and reviews of this CURT Trailer Hitch: https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hitc... Check out some similar Trailer Hitch options: https://www.etrailer.com/fitguide.htm Search for other popular Mercedes-Benz C-Class parts and accessories: https://www.etrailer.com/vehicle/2018... https://www.etrailer.com Don’t forget to subscribe!    / etrailertv   Full transcript: https://www.etrailer.com/tv-install-t... Rob: Rob here at etrailer.com. Today we're gonna be taking a look at the Curt Class 1 Custom Fit Trailer Hitch Receiver on our 2018 C Class Mercedes.Here is what our hitch is going to look like once we have it installed. You can see these have a really clean almost factory appearance to it because the cross tube is going to be hidden completely behind the bumper and all we're going to see is that receiver tube sticking out, so it's not going to be distracting from the looks of our Mercedes. And if we look at the side profile of our hitch, we can see that it's still going to be just underneath our bumper. It's not going to stick out. We're not going to have to worry about hitting our leg, all while having that nice clean appearance.Now it is a class one hitch, which means it's going to give us an 1 1/4" by 1 1/4" receiver tube opening. It would be great for some smaller bike racks, maybe one or two bikes, a small cargo carrier, or light duty towing. Now, however we're going to be using it any accessory we want to mount up it's going to mount to the hitch pin hole here on the side. Our hitch is going to accept a standard 1/2" pin and clip. Now these are not included, but you can pick them up here at etrailer.com along with some locking devices to keep your accessories secure.Now if you do plan on doing some towing, we are going to have to have a spot to hook up our safety chains. Our connection point is going to be a plate style welded to the bottom of the receiver tube. You can see we've got plenty of room to get most size hooks on or off. You just want to keep in mind if you have some really small ones, you may want to come from the front because the flange on the side is a little bit bigger, but we can still get our hooks on and off pretty easily.Now if you're getting a hitch, you want to make sure that it's up for the task regardless of what you're going to be using it for. As far as the weight rating goes, our hitch is going to have a 200 pound tongue weight. That's gonna be the maximum downward pressure at the end of the receiver tube. It's also going to have a 2000 pound gross trailer weight rating. That's how much you can pull, including the trailer and everything we have loaded on it.With all those numbers in mind, you do want to double check your Mercedes's Owner Manual because you don't want to exceed the manufacturer's recommended weight. Now Curt does recommend using a safety strap when carrying any non-trailer loads such as a bike rack or a cargo carrier.I'd like to give you a few measurements and these are going to help you out when you're looking for accessories for your new hitch, like a bike rack or cargo carrier. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outermost edge of the bumper, you're right about 3". That measurement is going to come in handy when you're looking at folding accessories to make sure you have enough room and they're not going to come in contact with the rear bumper. From the ground to the inside top edge of the receiver tube opening is right about 13". Now at that height I would definitely recommend a bike rack, or a cargo carrier with a raised shank that way we can get a little bit more ground clearance out of it.As far as the installation goes, we are going to have to remove the rear fascia. However, we're not going to have to drill anything. We are going to have to do some minor trimming on the lower part of the fascia that we really can't see, but a lot of customers are gonna be a little nervous about taking the fascia apart and taking everything off and then having to put it back on and make sure it lines up. But, we'll show you some tricks and tips and how to do it, and we'll walk everything through together.To begin our installation, we're going to come to the back of our Mercedes and at the very bottom we're going to have several bolts that we're going to have to remove. We'll come to the very edge right by our exhaust. The corner here, right behind the wheel well, we'll have one bolt. We can move back. We'll have another one along that same edge. Then we're going to want to move towards the center and right by our trunk pan we're going to have another one that's going to be attached to the very bottom of the body here. We need to remove those three on each side, so grab a 10 millimeter socket and we'll pull them out.Now we want to move to the rear wheel well. Right behind our tire if we look at the