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(More customer reviews)After downsizing from my family minivan, I realized I couldn't haul around all our summer recreation "stuff," like bicycles. I checked out several hitches from various manufacturers & decided I liked what Curt had to offer and liked what people were saying about them.
It arrived quickly, about a week after I ordered it & free shipping, too! It seems like pretty good quality, with a nice enamaled paint finish. They also enclose the "fishwire" you will need to attach this thing to your car. The hardware is also included. It also comes with a 1 1/4 inch ball mount attachment. Ball is not included.
This hitch fits the Versa very well, but there is some drilling involved to enlarge a hole in the car's frame. This must be done in order to get the bolt & washer into the inside of the frame on the left side of the car. My husband came stomping in & informed me I owed him two grinding stones for his Dremel tool, so you may want to keep that in mind & have extras on hand.
According to reports I read online, it takes a professional about an hour to install this hitch. It is supposed to take a DIY person about 2 hours. My husband is pretty handy, but it did take him longer than that, about 3 1/2 hours. Of course, it could have been that his buddy "Sam Adams" was assisting him more than I realized ;)
I did see, on another website, that Curt recommends adding a "stabilization" strap if you plan to haul things other than trailers. I didn't know exactly what that meant, so I called them & they explained it to me. Basically, a class one hitch isn't the sturdiest hitch out there, but since it's a Versa, there really isn't anything heavy duty that is being made to fit. Since it's NOT a heavy duty hitch, if you haul something around that doesn't have wheels touching the ground, it puts a lot of downward forces on the hitch assembly. This means that you should use a strap to help support that extra weight, especially if the road is bumpy. In my case, I'm hauling bicycles, so I attached a strap from my hitch mounted bike rack to the top of the hatchback on my car. Curt sells a strap for this purpose, but I made my own, since I'm cheap. I took a part off of a trunk mounted rack & put it on a tie down strap. After talking to the man at Curt, I realized that this probably isn't a bad idea for ANYONE who is hauling bikes on a hitch mounted rack, no matter how heavy duty your hitch is. That's a heck of a lot of force, if you think about it. Keep in mind, that ALL hitches that fit the Versa are class one hitches (at least in my research.)
There's nothing I don't like about this hitch & would buy it again.
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