Cutting bumper for hitch ?
04-09-2011, 08:35 AM
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Cutting bumper for hitch ?
I'm looking for some ideas on cutting the rear bumper for my upcoming hitch installation. What would be a good method? and is their any way to trim it out so it doesn't look like a hack job?
04-10-2011, 12:33 AM
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Dont cut it..it barely moves the panel up when installed...that way if ever it had to come off.....and from a normal view perspective..its not really noticable for the average person..
04-10-2011, 09:12 AM
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lower....
The SS sits lower than other HHRs. Unless you have an SS, you can do just fine with a conventional hitch. I use a hitch mount bicycle rack, and my problem is that it's barely too high to open the hatch without interference with the rack in its stowed position. If I hold the rack down, I can get the hatch open. If he hitch were any higher, I couldn't do this. Of course the hitch scrapes, even with out the rack attached, if I go up just the right kind of grade. A higher hitch in a non-SS might fix that problem.
04-10-2011, 09:26 AM
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The SS sits lower than other HHRs. Unless you have an SS, you can do just fine with a conventional hitch. I use a hitch mount bicycle rack, and my problem is that it's barely too high to open the hatch without interference with the rack in its stowed position. If I hold the rack down, I can get the hatch open. If he hitch were any higher, I couldn't do this. Of course the hitch scrapes, even with out the rack attached, if I go up just the right kind of grade. A higher hitch in a non-SS might fix that problem.
04-10-2011, 10:40 PM
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Been 2 1/2 years now with no problems..never scrapped it either....try it first...can always cut later..Im out of town at the moment and never remember to grab a pic..weather nicer now so I'll try for ya.
04-11-2011, 01:01 AM
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Thanks Mr. Woody, the hitch should come this week. We have some silly yard work to do and in my wife's eyes the only difference between my last LS and the SS is that this one doesn't have a hitch.