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Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Dodge Challenger we're gonna take a look at and show you how to install the Curt custom fit class two trailer hitch receiver, part number is C12064. Now here in the middle we've got a receiver tube opening, this is an inch and a quarter by inch and a quarter, it's a class two hitch. You can see the nice flush reinforcement collar there.With class two hitches you'll be able to use your bike racks, up to four bikes, cargo carriers, just about any type of hitch accessory out there on the market should be available in a class two variety. You'll use the half inch diameter pin, you want to be sure you choose a class two rated accessory but it looks like there's plenty of room there if you wanted to use an anti-rattle device or even a locking hitch pin. Safety chain connection points are a rounded steel stock, should be plenty of room for any light duty trailer to get those hooks connected there.You can see it's tucked in pretty far underneath the vehicle here so running into it or bumping into really isn't gonna be a big issue for you. Now the hitch offers a 350 pound tongue weight rating, so that's the maximum downward force we can put at the receiver tube opening and it gives us a 3,500 pound gross trailer weight rating, that would be the total weight of your trailer and anything you we're to load up on it.

Of course you want to check the owners manual on the Challenger to see what its tow rating is and you don't want to exceed that. Curt's also gonna recommend the use of a stabilization strap anytime you're hauling a non-wheeled load, so basically anything besides a trailer you want to use a stabilization strap with.Now a few measurements that'll be helpful for selecting your ball mounts, bike racks, or hitch cargo carrier will be from the ground to the inside top edge of our receiver tube opening we're gonna have about eight and a quarter inches. With that being said it's a really good idea to choose accessories with raises in the shank just to promote better ground clearance. Then from the center of our hitch pin hole to the outermost edge of our bumper it's about six and a quarter inches.Now as far as the installation process goes you're gonna have a couple different ways of lowering the exhaust depending on the engine combination that you have. See on each side we're gonna have a bolt with a half inch head that we want to remove there.

Now in our application we've got a fully welded exhaust, so we're not gonna be able to remove that drivers side. Most of them are gonna have a slip joint or a two bolt joint to where you can separate and remove just the drivers side, so keep that in mind it can make your hitch installation a little bit easier.Another thing you need to check on is right up here kind of by your rear differential, you want to check and see if your exhaust has these actuators for the valve inside. If it does you've got a small wire and plug here and you want to be sure to separate those before you lower the exhaust so you don't do any damage. If you've got one on this side you'll have one on the other side as well.All right, now with those separated let's run a strap underneath the exhaust to give it some support. I'm just gonna go from one sway bar end length to the other.

You don't have to connect to that but be sure you're not connecting to any kind of wiring or something like that of course. Now to start lowering the exhaust we'll start here at the rear just above the exhaust outlet, you're gonna have a bolt on each side right here. You want to use a half-inch socket and get that removed, do that on both sides. Now above each of our rubber hangers just a little bit further forward we're gonna have a bolt that we want to remove. We want to be careful as we lower the exhaust, you can see the wire that comes from this actuator that's held in a couple positions, two of them being on the exhaust hanger bracket.

We just want to be sure as we lower it we don't stretch that wire, if we do we'll separate those holders. Now we can do that on the drivers side as well.Now the metal part of the bracket there is resting on top of a hook on each side. You want to lift up on the exhaust and pull that off of that hook and that'll allow it to come down. Now our attachment points will be right over our mufflers here. See this large hole That's gonna be our access hole, then on our passengers side we're gonna use the same access hole this time though we're gonna use two carriage bolts.Now for the rear weld-nut location here on the drivers side it's a good idea to clean this out with a little bit of spray lubricant and a nylon tube brush, it's part n