just ask the dealer if they'll install the hitch for you and if not go to a
well run automotive welding shop and save yourself some $$$$. who wants to
be ripped off by dealers?

-jeff
"Eric" <say.no@spam.now> wrote in message news:44652718.DDFCC42@spam.now...
> "'Curly Q. Links'" wrote:
>>
>> AngusBull wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I just got a 06 Pilot Ex and want to get a trailer hitch
>> > installed. The dealership quoted me at about $600 for the all the
>> > neccesary equipment and installation. I found the hitch online for
>> > much cheaper (obviously) but the installation is a little more trouble
>> > than what I want to deal with. What are the chances the dealership
>> > will let me buy the parts from the internet myself and have them
>> > install it for me?
>> > Your choices of dealer responses are:
>> >
>> > A) They will laugh me off.
>> > B) Slim to none.
>> > C) "Sure but don't call us if it breaks"
>> > D) Dealerships aren't out to make money just satisfiy the customer.
>> > E) Just depends on the dealership
>>
>> -------------------------------------
>>
>> Doesn't the trailer hitch kit include a tranny cooler as well? I'd put
>> one in and shorten the maintenance interval on the ATF if you start
>> towing anything heavy / far.
>>
>
> Many of Honda's AT models already use an ATF cooler. It's built into the
> radiator. If the transmission has fluid lines that go to the bottom of
> the
> radiator, then your model has the built-in cooler.
>
> Eric

 

hondaman wrote:

>>>> I just got a 06 Pilot Ex and want to get a trailer hitch
>>>>installed. The dealership quoted me at about $600 for the all the
>>>>neccesary equipment and installation. I found the hitch online for
>>>>much cheaper (obviously) but the installation is a little more trouble
>>>>than what I want to deal with. What are the chances the dealership
>>>>will let me buy the parts from the internet myself and have them
>>>>install it for me?

Look for someone in the trailer business, and see what they recomend.
bob

 

hondaman wrote:

>>>> I just got a 06 Pilot Ex and want to get a trailer hitch
>>>>installed. The dealership quoted me at about $600 for the all the
>>>>neccesary equipment and installation. I found the hitch online for
>>>>much cheaper (obviously) but the installation is a little more trouble
>>>>than what I want to deal with. What are the chances the dealership
>>>>will let me buy the parts from the internet myself and have them
>>>>install it for me?

Look for someone in the trailer business, and see what they recomend.
bob

 

hondaman wrote:

>>>> I just got a 06 Pilot Ex and want to get a trailer hitch
>>>>installed. The dealership quoted me at about $600 for the all the
>>>>neccesary equipment and installation. I found the hitch online for
>>>>much cheaper (obviously) but the installation is a little more trouble
>>>>than what I want to deal with. What are the chances the dealership
>>>>will let me buy the parts from the internet myself and have them
>>>>install it for me?

Look for someone in the trailer business, and see what they recomend.
bob

 

Thanks for the info guys. I am calling the dealership today and will
see what I can swing. Especially thanks for the not about the lack of
a transmission cooler and warranty claim problems.

 

Thanks for the info guys. I am calling the dealership today and will
see what I can swing. Especially thanks for the not about the lack of
a transmission cooler and warranty claim problems.

 

Thanks for the info guys. I am calling the dealership today and will
see what I can swing. Especially thanks for the not about the lack of
a transmission cooler and warranty claim problems.