End all, be all: Curt Trailer Hitch (and accessories) Thread

[BW_Matt]

So I installed the Solo Race exhaust (single outlet) and the Reese/Draw-Tite/HH that is supposed to work with the stock GXP exhaust... and they interfere. I can get one hanger on in the back but not the hanger furthest back. Anyone else have that combination and how did it fit/ how did you get it to work? The hitch went on really easily fwiw.

[idkfa]

Is there room to cut a notch out of the hitch? I seem to recall someone had to do that for one of the hitches and one of the exhausts.

Any pics?

[12_month_wait]

Has anyone wired up a connection for trailer brake lights without splicing into the car harness? There's one thread that mentions the HHR harness connector being similar, but I don't see any mention of an HHR T-connector being successfully used. There's also some mention of an active controller box, but I'm not seeing any success stories for that either. Is the only practical method to splice into the car harness for the 4 wires?

[12_month_wait]

Anyone with a trailer light connector wired in care to comment?

[12_month_wait]

Following in the footsteps of Flash's Owner (Flash has a new sibling: M.T. (Mobile Trunk)), I found a scrapyard HHR to pirate a set of connectors off of. The front right corner was the location under the hood.





On the HHR, the connector only has 7 wires in the 8 wire locations. The 8th location has a plug in it. I found a 2 wire connector set in the back left corner near the firewall to use as donor contacts and wires for the 8th spot. The scrapyard charged $5 for both sets of male/female connectors. Also, the colors used on the HHR connectors will not be the same as the wire colors used on the Solstice. This isn't a problem, it just require beings careful when matching it up.

The parts counter guy at a Buick dealership found a mechanic familiar with the connectors. He took a few minutes and added the last wire into the connector for me.

I used a wiring harness from U-Haul. It has LEDs to show that each plug connector wire works. That's a nice easy way to check out the wiring without needing a multimeter or connecting to a trailer. It also has a dirt cap for the connector when not in use.

[jcoryea1]

Originally Posted by idkfa Is there room to cut a notch out of the hitch? I seem to recall someone had to do that for one of the hitches and one of the exhausts. Any pics?

Yeah ..that was me. the Curt hitch will not fit with a Solo NA axle back..if that's the Solo you're using.
I ended up cutting a square hole out of the driver side vertical support. Then the 180 degree bend in the supplied Solo exhaust bolted right up. Just eyeballed and estimated the hole size. I got lucky.
I jumped up and down on the luggage carrier I made, no issues with the hitch. The vertical part on driver side is wide and thick, so structurally it's sound. The Solo guys offered to exchange the muffler for a shorter Mach, which they didn't have to do..I made it work anyway.
Now we can carry several suitcases on the back JC
JC