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Hi, this is Scott with etrailer. Today we're taking a look at and installing our EcoHitch for 2025 Hyundai Elantra. The EcoHitch we have on our Elantra today is gonna be a really cool design. This one really hides away. And if you don't really use your receiver portion a lot, this one's really cool because you can actually unbolt it, remove it, and take it outta the way. And with that, the only thing you're really gonna see underneath your vehicle is just these two tabs hanging down, which are for your safety chain loops.
Other than that, when you do use it, it's gonna be a two inch receiver, so it's gonna be two inches by two inches. It's gonna have a black powder-coat finish on, so it's gonna hold up and be real durable against corrosion and also scratches and things like that, that you don't want to get all scuffed up and start rust. As far as weights go, this is gonna have a tongue weight rating of 450 pounds, and that's gonna be pushing down on this portion of the tongue itself. And that is gonna be the combination of your bike racks or any bikes that you have on it. Or say you have a cargo carrier, that's gonna be the weight of your cargo carrier and everything you have on that.
You are gonna have a gross trailer weight rating of 3,000 pounds, and that's gonna be the weight of your trailer and everything that you have on that. Keep in mind, you may wanna look at your owner's manual and make sure you don't exceed your maximum number in that. So just go between the lowest number of your hitch and your manual, what it says for your tow rating. This hitch is gonna have a 5/8 pin hole opening, and that's gonna take any of your standard 5/8 pins. So that's gonna what's gonna hold in any of your accessories.
What I always recommend also with these is if you do carry a bike rack around or a cargo carrier, what I like to do is have a locking pin. And what that does is that'll lock on any of your accessories. Like, say, when you're out on the bike trail, you're gonna be able to lock your bike carrier to your car so nobody can take that off while you're out on the trail. It is gonna have your safety chain loops under here. It's gonna accept your S-style safety chain loops or your clevis style hooks.
As far as measurements go, from the center of the pinhole up to the edge of the bumper, we're looking at right around 3 1/2 inches for that. And that's gonna be the number you're looking for to decide on if any of your accessories that actually fold up will make any contact with the back of your vehicle. And the measurement from the ground to the top of our receiver tube here is going to be 12 inches. And with that measurement, you'll be able to decide if you need any raise in any of the shanks of like your bike carriers or maybe a cargo carrier, just so you know that you have enough clearance. As far as installation goes, this one can be pretty tricky. You are gonna have to remove your rear fascia and a lot of your underbody panels, and there's gonna be some trimming and also drilling involved. If it's something you don't feel like tackling yourself or you don't have time, you can always take a look at our dealer locator and get something done locally for you. Or, if you feel like doing it yourself, stick around, watch our video, and we'll help you get it installed. To start our installation, we're gonna start with taking out the screws that are right here behind our fender well. We're gonna have those on both sides. They're gonna be a Phillips head screw. And we have three of them right here we're gonna need to take out. (drill whirring) (drill whirring) Now right behind our little plastic panel on both sides, you're gonna have a little eight millimeter right here. We're to get that out of the way on both sides. (drill whirring) Now we have our lower panels under here we're gonna need to remove. So we're gonna have pop clips all around the edge of this. We're gonna go ahead and get them removed. (pop clip popping) Now underneath here we're gonna have a plastic nut. This one I'm able to go ahead and back off by hand, get that one loosened up. Those are never really, really tight. And we have a 10 millimeter here. (drill whirring) And another one on the other side. (drill whirring) Now we'll just pull our panel out of place. Now we have our other panel on t
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