This video covers the trailer hitch installation for part number DRAW-TITE 24965 on a 2018 Kia Optima. Learn how to install your receiver on your Kia Optima from a U-Haul installation professional. With a few tools and our step-by-step instructions, you can complete the installation of part number DRAW-TITE 24965.
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0:00 Intro
0:31 Tool List
0:39 Lower exhaust
2:29 Remove heat shielding
2:56 Reveal access holes
3:52 Trim heat shielding
5:24 Install carriage bolts
7:44 Raise hitch into place
8:26 Install hardware
10:56 Torque bolts
11:36 Reinstall heat shields
12:50 Reinstall exhaust
14:04 Hitch details and measurements
15:13 Outro
You're so good at this!
my buddy installed a similar hitch on my ‘15 Optima. We noticed after the installation, the spare tire compartment buckled upwards a bit so the accessory kit doesn’t sit flush under the mat in the trunk. Any thoughts on how that might have happened? I wasn’t there for the installation so I can only go off what he told me lol
Cool but that's not a 2018 kia optima. I get it's the same concept. But 100% not a 2018. At best that is a 2015, 2016+ looks different. Just saying.
Can you tell me what hitch I need for 2019 kia forte?