Reviews for Quadratec Premium 2" Receiver Hitch for 18-24 Jeep Wrangler JL
This review is for both the trailer hitch and the wiring harness. The trailer hitch is a breeze to install. Takes about 10-15 minutes, and I had no issues. The wiring harness is another matter, though. It's a real pain because the instructions are not as detailed as they should be. There are a number of steps that leave you to make an educated guess and keep going. One of Quadratec's great install videos would have been very handy here!
Fortunately, I had a friend helping me, so hopefully we made some good guesses to make up for the poor documentation of the wiring harness. I also want to point out that even though I installed the optional wiring harness bracket on the trailer hitch, the connector doesn't even fit it! Right now, I have it wrapped around the hitch, but I'm going to look for a better way to secure it. I will post a few photos to go along with this review. Look especially for the one where the wiring connector is shown to be too small for the bracket.
If I were rating the trailer hitch by itself, I'd give it 5 starts. The harness I'd have to give three stars because of the inadequate instructions. Therefore, I'm giving the combined kit 4 stars.
Easy Install, once I understood what type of stock rear bumper I had!!
Great product, easy install, but I had 2 "issues".
1. In position there was 1/4 in gap between the rail on my Jeep and the insides of the hitch. Nothing some big washers couldn't fix, and I realize it cant be tight, but that was a big gap, even cranking down on it with a 1/2 drive breaker bar.
2. The Curt wiring kit was great and easy to install, and provided tons of extra wire, except the green wire going to the other side of the Jeep was 2 or 3 feet too short. It barely fit going directly across the back of the Jeep. Luckily, as with the washers I had extra wire to extend it and it works great.
Buy both of these, they are well worth it, just be ready for a little adapting if it doesn't quite fit your Jeep perfectly.
Great product. Easy install.
Hitch fits perfectly, super easy to install. The wiring does not include the rubber piece needed to mount the 4 pin connector to the hitch, which is very disappointing. Finding a place to route the wires is the hardest part of installation.
The hitch installed without any glitches. The wiring is another issue all together. My biggest concern was that I had to drill holes and install grommets to allow the wiring to enter the driver side of the interior by the driver's tail light and then again to have the wire enter the engine compartment. To do so I had to trust that I would not contact any other wires or obstacles.
The hitch was an easy install and works well.
But the wiring kit didn’t come with a mount for the flat 4 connector.
Instead it came with a different type that won’t fit the supplied flat 4 wire connector.
I wasn’t very happy with that.
The thing is they do make a mount for the flat 4 wire connector but don’t include it.
Hitch itself was super easy to install. Wiring—well, let’s just say the instructions were akin to Frankenstein. While I’ve seen worse (ikea), some parts of the instruction were equivalent to saying “install this” with no explanation as to how/where/with what. Do not mistake the T connections and wiring looms to being able to install everything from the rear— the $800 cost of factory or $1000 after the fact from dealer is directly related to the need to wire through the entire vehicle, through the firewall, and direct to battery. And- you’ll get to have the same challenge! Yippee!
Once all that is accomplished, to finish the install, mounting the 4 pin connector to the connector mount on the hitch might have you lose your mind. The included 4 pin has no housing or casement. So, no way to secure it to the 4pin mount on the hitch. And in true honest fashion, the instructions say to “zip tie the wiring and connector until you need to use it”. I’m- okay?!?
Want a hitch? Great product.
Need it wired to legally tow something/anything? Might be better off getting a new JL or maybe upgrade to a JT! Your $40k+ investment will surely still be worth at least $30k-
The install and quality of the 2” receiver went perfectly . However the wiring components to this kit were not functional . The pin to the green wire was either missing or broken. It would not function without this . I was on my way to pick up a boat when I purchased and installed this only but to have this major complication delay my purchase from an individual by a day. The seller was not happy with the delay and neither was I.
Receiver hitch is not compatible with extensions form Curt and Reese as they do not fit. Unfortunately, the receiver hitch has been installed and I was told it is no longer returnable. It looks great as a decoration.