etrailer | How to Install: Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver on your 2020 Toyota Corolla

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Hello neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer and today we're taking a look and installing the Curt Class 1 Trailer Hitch on a 2020 Toyota Corolla. So this is what our hitch is gonna look like once it's installed and you'll see right away this is an inch and a quarter, and this is a smaller size than your normal hitch. Now on many sedans and small vehicles such as this, including my own personal car, sometimes you're limited to an inch and a quarter, which isn't the end of the world. We'll just need to make sure when you're picking accessories, that you get the shank that's gonna fit that size. What is it capable of Well, this is gonna allow you to be able to put some bike racks, as well as cargo carriers on here. And that's gonna open up what you can actually do with the vehicle and give you a little bit of extra real estate.

So it is nice to have and I use mine for my bike rack all the time. So as long as you get a matching bike rack for the inch and a quarter, it does a great job. Now, as far as towing, that's something that you might wanna stray away from, being that it is a class 1. It does have rolled style safety chain loops here which is gonna be fine for normal hooks. But the weight rating on this, is gonna be a gross trailer rate rating of 2000 pounds.

And that's gonna be the weight of the trailer, plus the accessories loaded up. Now you also have a tongue weight rating of 200 pounds which is the downward pressure on the inside of the receiver tube opening. So those bike racks and cargo carriers, as they're suspended, you don't want to exceed over 200 pounds. Now you might be able to tow a small kayak trailer or something along those lines or just a small little tow dolly to be able to pick up you know, just a few things around at the hardware store whether it be some dirt or gravel or whatever it may be. But again, this is not really something that you want to put a ton of weight on, but again you do have these safety chain loops, that are gonna allow you to put a normal size hook or even a larger clevis style on here pretty easily.

Now taking a close look, you're also gonna see a half inch hitch pin hole and this is going to be for your pin and clip to go through to keep your accessories in place. Now it doesn't come with one, but generally a lot of your accessories that you would pick up will come with one. And if you want to actually upgrade to a locking version, we have plenty of those available here at etrailer. And that way, when you have your accessories on here, you know that it's locked and it's not gonna leave in the hands of someone else. Now we're gonna take a few measurements here from the center of the hitch pin hole to the furthest point of the rear fascia.

We're looking at about two and a half inches and that's important to note for your folding accessories just to make sure that you're not gonna make any contact with your rear fascia causing damage to it in the process. Another thing we're gonna measure is going to be our ground clearance. So from the top of the receiver tube opening to the ground, we're looking at about nine and a half inches. And while I don't really worry about this making contact with the ground, when you do have those accessories loaded up, as you go up inclines or go in some rough terrains, sometimes they can make contact with the ground. So I do recommend when looking for accessories to have something with a raised shank to maybe prevent any damage from occurring but also just comes down to being aware when you have your accessories loaded up and when you're going up the hills, you just don't wanna make contact for the ground and damage them. The install of this hitch I will admit is a little bit of a tricky one. And part of that is the instructions aren't exactly clear on some of these steps that you should do, but I actually found ways to help you along. So I do recommend watching the install all the way through before actually starting the installation. Toyota also didn't really do us any favors as far as mounting spots for the hitch. So you are gonna be drilling into your frame rail but I'm gonna be here every step of the way to make sure that you can get it installed. So let's take a look at that now. We're gonna begin our installation by lowering down our muffler. But before we do that, we want to actually support it. So if you're doing this in your garage or on your driveway, I suggest getting a block of wood or something