Curt Trailer Hitch - Drill?

[Ignignot]

Picked up the Curt Trailer hitch kit and it looks like ive got everything I need, but im curious if I should be drilling holes here for the mount?

My brain says I need to but the manufacturer says I don't. thoughts?


Also I would like to put the "tie down hook"(5109560030) back on under the hitch mounting plate and grab a 2nd from a scrapyard and install it on the right side Good idea? Bad idea?

 

[Rednexus]

The Curt hitch is not designed to integrate into the mount that bolts on to the rear of the GX crossmember. That is why it is a 5,000# hitch and not a 6,500# hitch like the OEM hitch. There are no aftermarket hitches which integrate into the OEM rear crossmember mount.

If you want a hitch that includes that mount, I'd pick up a OEM Toyota hitch for either your GX or a 4Runner of the same year (they are the same other than logos on the plastic plug).

I had the Curt hitch. It hangs low, is ugly, and has crappy powder coating on it that flaked off. I replaced it with an OEM Toyota hitch, which is much better built. The cost was around $230 from my local dealer.