Hitch/receiver cover

[NathanJax]

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This explains it

 

[hoserama]

I ordered my hitch cover from an eBay vendor and I also thought the parts needed to attach the riots to the underside of the bumper were incomplete. I ended paying my dealer $25 to install it since I was due in for service anyway. From eyeballing it, I think you could just attach the plastic strip with self-tapping screws instead of the rivets. The rest of the install is pretty straight forward. Something that I don't like is when you remove the hitch cover now, the little twist locks come completely off and don't stay connected to the actual cover. They're tiny, so I can see them getting lost very easily.

Self tapping screws should work although I riveted mine. The twist locks have a special locking washer which prevent the twist lock from falling out onto the ground. It's probably a ten cent part at the hardware store but something the dealer should have provided if they performed the installed.

 

[ebelp]

Thanks for the info. My hitch kit either didn't come with the washers you described, or my dealer didn't install them, because they definitely aren't installed on mine. Grrr....

 

[Tahoe14]

ebelp, since you paid the dealer i think I would go back and have them do it right.

 

[jrodriguez_20807]

Tahoes dont come with hitch cover? Only ltz

 

[Bootlegfab]

I just left the dealer and they wanted $88 for the mounting hardware. Needless to say I didn't buy it.

 

[hoserama]

That's the price of the entire rear cover and mounting hardware I believe.

 

[Bootlegfab]

Yeah that's what I thought. And said. And he wanted to argue with me so I left. I'm just going to figure out the part numbers (since he wouldn't share that info) and order myself.

 

[blackout07]

Just hit the hardware store. The "rivets" are crappy nails with plastic washers anyway. Self tapping screws would be much better. I didn't trust the rivets for the tops bracket, so I ran a strip of 3m mounting tape between it and the bumper and then pushed the rivets through.

 

[Bootlegfab]

I would but I'm missing the top mounting part which the tabs lock into. Happy New Year.