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Today on our 2004 Volkswagen Tuareg we'll be installing the Draw-Tite hitch, part number 75363. Next I'll go ahead and give you a couple measurements to assist you with selecting accessories for your new hitch. Today, on our 2004 Volkswagen Touareg, we'll be installing the Curt hitch, part number 13220. Next, I'll go ahead and give you a couple measurements to assist you in selecting accessories for your new hitch. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outermost edge of the bumper is 2 inches. The top of the receiver tube opening to the ground is 18 1/2 inches. This will assist you in selecting accessories such as a ball mount, bike rack, or cargo carrier. We'll now go ahead with the installation. To begin our install, we'll first remove the inaudible 00:30 fasteners inside each wheel well. Today on this 2011 Volkswagen Touareg TI, we are going to install part number 13116 from Curt. This is what the hitch looks like when it is on the vehicle.
Next we will go ahead and give you some measurements to help you out when choosing some accessories such as a ball mount, a bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From the top of the receiver opening down to the ground is going to be 17 inches and from the center of your hitch pin hole to the outside edge of your bumper is going to be 1-1/2 inches. Now we will go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed. First thing we need to do is remove the bumper cover and there is a variety of fasteners to do that with. We will start off with the fasteners on the bottom, there will be 1,2,3,4 fasteners. Today we are going to install part number 13220 from Curt. We are going to install this hitch on a 2007 Volkswagen Touareg. The first step involved is actually removing the tail lights. There are two screws on each side of the tail light. We will undo those and then take off the tail lights.
We have got the light unbolted, and then we will go ahead and just disconnect it from the vehicle for now and put it in a safe spot. And then go ahead and repeat it for the other side. All right, the next thing we need to do is go ahead and take off the bumper cover. That is going to be from here on down. We will start behind the tail light and then work our way behind the fender well and go on from there. And then go ahead and do the same thing on the other tail light. C13116. This is a Class III hitch with a 2 inch receiver rated for 600 pounds tongue weight and 6,000 pounds gross trailer weight. I have included a link to a video showing an example installation of this hitch for you. 989900. It comes with 2 ball mounts; one with a 3/4 inch rise or 2 inch drop and one with a 2-3/4 inch rise or 4 inch drop.
