Okay so I finally bit the bullet and got this done. I did it over the weekend, in about 4 hours. The time consuming part was refitting the rear bumper, and of course cutting the fairing and bumper.
Curt sent me two sets of pictures.. one of a white Disco with what appeared to be a photoshopped hitch. And one of a black disco, that showed the hitch minus the 5"x1/2" slits in the bumper. The slits ARE needed.
You'll notice the slits on mine are rough cut and look like ****. I will end up making them looked finished and square.
Overall quality of the hitch is excellent, especially for $150. And made in the USA! I got mine on Amazon with free shipping. I needed to touch up the paint on the hitch a bit, no big deal... Glossy black.
Also, you need to cut a lot more of the heat shield fairing off than Curt specs. Or at least I had to... otherwise the fairing and the bumper do not align correctly. I did not want to cut the exhaust part of the fairing lengthwise (as they call out 5"x8" taped off section).. as I think it would look silly. So I lopped the whole thing off. You are seeing some "dust" in the pictures from the rotary tool. Definitely do not use aviation sheers to cut the bottom fairing... it is fiberglass and splinters. Rotary tool, and a dust respirator there.
I'm happy I saved 1200 bucks, and feel good about the install overall.
Curt sent me two sets of pictures.. one of a white Disco with what appeared to be a photoshopped hitch. And one of a black disco, that showed the hitch minus the 5"x1/2" slits in the bumper. The slits ARE needed.
You'll notice the slits on mine are rough cut and look like ****. I will end up making them looked finished and square.
Overall quality of the hitch is excellent, especially for $150. And made in the USA! I got mine on Amazon with free shipping. I needed to touch up the paint on the hitch a bit, no big deal... Glossy black.
Also, you need to cut a lot more of the heat shield fairing off than Curt specs. Or at least I had to... otherwise the fairing and the bumper do not align correctly. I did not want to cut the exhaust part of the fairing lengthwise (as they call out 5"x8" taped off section).. as I think it would look silly. So I lopped the whole thing off. You are seeing some "dust" in the pictures from the rotary tool. Definitely do not use aviation sheers to cut the bottom fairing... it is fiberglass and splinters. Rotary tool, and a dust respirator there.
I'm happy I saved 1200 bucks, and feel good about the install overall.
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