Well, I pulled the trigger on the Pilot etrailer hitch for around $130 with free shipping. I tried to mock it up and while the two bolts closest to the bumper (one on each side) to line up, the other 4 do not and the back of the hitch (toward the front of the vehicle is about 3" too long.
What did I do? Did I send it back? no. I measured the width and that matched the vehicle. I measured the distance of the holes on each side and they are 102cm CtC. I marked them and I have drilled new holes and cut 3" off the hitch that is toward the front of the vehicle. It now mounts up and I now need to do a little tweaking of the holes themselves and repaint the areas that were cut or drilled. I should be able to post a picture of the installed etrailer hitch in about 1-2 days max. The Pilot holes are wider than 102mm. More like 118mm if I had to guess. I need to add a little wiggle room in the holes I made for alignment drift.
This can be done by anyone but I must warn you that I essentially have a machine shop at my place. If you want to do this, you don't have to have a machine shop, You can do it with a hand drill, a pilot drill bit and high quality step bits but you have to be very precise with your measurements. The final install doesn't require any cutting of the factory lower plastic on the bumper and it will not be as clean as the factory setup but it is $130 and I'm installing it for a bike rack. I may at some point install the factory setup but I wanted to see if I could make a 2019 pilot etrail hitch work and the answer is yes but it will take some patience and tools.
What did I do? Did I send it back? no. I measured the width and that matched the vehicle. I measured the distance of the holes on each side and they are 102cm CtC. I marked them and I have drilled new holes and cut 3" off the hitch that is toward the front of the vehicle. It now mounts up and I now need to do a little tweaking of the holes themselves and repaint the areas that were cut or drilled. I should be able to post a picture of the installed etrailer hitch in about 1-2 days max. The Pilot holes are wider than 102mm. More like 118mm if I had to guess. I need to add a little wiggle room in the holes I made for alignment drift.
This can be done by anyone but I must warn you that I essentially have a machine shop at my place. If you want to do this, you don't have to have a machine shop, You can do it with a hand drill, a pilot drill bit and high quality step bits but you have to be very precise with your measurements. The final install doesn't require any cutting of the factory lower plastic on the bumper and it will not be as clean as the factory setup but it is $130 and I'm installing it for a bike rack. I may at some point install the factory setup but I wanted to see if I could make a 2019 pilot etrail hitch work and the answer is yes but it will take some patience and tools.
