Installing the etrailer Trailer Hitch Receiver on your 2023 Honda CR-V скачать в хорошем качестве

Installing the etrailer Trailer Hitch Receiver on your 2023 Honda CR-V

Click for more info and reviews of this etrailer 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 Honda CR-V parts and accessories: https://www.etrailer.com/vehicle/2023... https://www.etrailer.com Don’t forget to subscribe!    / etrailertv   Full transcript: https://www.etrailer.com/tv-install-e... Brad here at etrailer. And today, we're taking a look at installing the etrailer Trailer Hitch Receiver on a 2023 Honda CR-V. Adding the hitch to your CR-V is a great way to really tackle anything life throws at you. Whether it be a vacation, you can get a cargo carrier, bike racks to get your bikes around, or even a ball mount to tow a trailer. Either way, you do wanna make sure it looks good, and that's where this one really shines. You have a nice matte black powder coat finish which gives it a really good look, but it's a hidden cross tube which means the only thing that you're gonna see is gonna be the receiver tube opening. The rest of it's hidden behind the rear fascia. This is a 2-inch x 2-inch receiver tube opening which is great. It's kind of the standard size that you see most commonly on vehicles. So that means you have plenty accessories to choose from and all of those accessories are gonna stay in place with a 5/8 pin and clip. Now, this doesn't come with the hitch. A lot of times, if you're picking up a new accessory, those will be included, but if you need to pick up an extra, we have plenty of those available at etrailer, including locking ones which are really nice. If you plan on leaving your accessories on here, you can lock this in place and know that no one's gonna walk away with your accessory. Rolled style safety chain loops are nice and open, so when you're hooking up to a trailer, a standard S hook or even a larger Clevis-style will go on, no problem. And speaking of towing, you are gonna wanna adhere to the weight capacities of our hitch, and this one has some pretty decent numbers. Gross trailer weight rating is gonna be 3,500 pounds which is gonna be the weight of the trailer plus the accessories loaded onto it. As far as tongue weight, it's pretty solid here. That's gonna be the downward pressure that's put on the inside of this receiver tube opening. And at 525 pounds, that's gonna be great for your cargo carriers or a four-bike bike rack. You'll be able to load that up, and I really don't worry too much that you'll exceed that weight. If you do plan on towing a trailer, you also wanna check the vehicle's owner's manual and also the components that you'll be hooking up to get that trailer coupled. And take the lowest of any of those weight capacities and that way you're not overloading it, and you're staying safe while towing. Now, as far as measuring from our center of hitch pin to the furthest point of the rear fascia, it's coming in at 2 1/2 inches and that's pretty nice. This sits pretty well flushed with the furthest point of the rear fascia. It really comes into play though when you have accessories that fold up in a stowed position. Some of your bike racks and cargo carriers, and you wanna make sure you're not making contact with a fascia. I don't worry too much about that. Just keep in mind when those are folded up, you may not be able to open up your hatch. Ground clearance here from the top of the receiver tube opening to the ground, it's coming in at 13 1/2 inches, and that's gonna be important for choosing accessories. They give you a little bit more ground clearance, but mostly it comes down to choosing a ball mount. You need to make sure that your trailer's nice and level and sometimes you'll have to pick up a rise or a drop. So with that measurement, you can measure the coupler of your trailer and determine the rise or drop necessary. Now, as far as installation goes, this one isn't too terribly bad. You will have to drop down the mufflers, just by removing the isolators. There's a little bit of trimming on the plastic, just to make clearance, but overall, this is a pretty easy one to do in your driveway or garage. You can probably knock this out and I'd say about 45 minutes to an hour. You might wanna grab an extra set of hands to help you raise the hitch up, but I'm gonna be here to walk you through all the steps. So let's take a look at that and get your hitch installed. To get our hitch installed, we do need to lower down our exhaust, and it's pretty easy to do that with the exhaust isolators, but once we remove 'em, that exhaust is gonna wanna hang down, and the next hanger is pretty far up. So that can put a lot of stress just having that unsupported weight. So we do need to find a way to support our exhaust when we lower it down. I'm using a cam buckle strap since we're on a lift