Hitch installed on P5
I just installed a Da'Lan hitch with a 1.25-inch receiver (purchased from hitch-web) on my protege5. I bought it, not to tow, but to carry 3 bikes using a hitch-mounted carrier. I also have a "canoe caddy" (a T-shaped metal bar that swivels so one person can load a canoe by him/herself) that fits into the receiver. The hitch looks really good! The hitch is hidden behind the bumper fascia, except for the receiver. I wish I had a digital camera or a scanner to show you.
Originally I bought a Draw-Tite hitch, but whoever designed or built the hitch placed two of the four holes in the wrong position. I have a pre-midcycle protege5, but when I spoke with the technical staffperson at Draw-tite, she didn't say that was the problem. Anyways, Tony at hitch-web was great. After I talked with him, he ordered the Da'Lan hitch and arranged to have the Draw-tite hitch picked up and returned. The Da'Lan hitch install went without a hitch (ha ha). You can actually view the installation instructions on the hitch-web website. It took me about 2 hours (fishwiring was new to me). The only thing missing from the instructions is that you have to partially remove the bumper fascia inorder to place the hitch cross-bar over the tail pipe. I installed it by myself using the box the hitch came in as pseudojack. Sorry for the long post, but hey, it's my first! |
Nice post :bt: How much did the hitch cost? Also, does the hitch work well with the bikes? Ive been wanting to get some sort of bike carrier, but I dont like the roof rack kit and im worried about the hitch because its not recommend by Mazda. Well, give me more info, I wish you could take a pic, have any friends with a digicam?
Thanks :) |
I installed a Hidden Hitch on my P-5 two days ago. It took me 45 minutes to install. It looks very good. I got it from www.etrailer.com. It comes with the draw bar, pin and receiver cover for $119.00 total ( including shipping ). The instructions are very good. To get it over the tailpipe all you have to do is slide out the muffler hanger rubber. I'll post pics later.
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I looked the hitch-web page over and it looks cool. Could you take some photo pics and just have them scanned or developed onto a floppy so that you can post the pics? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -P5freak |
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