etrailer | Stealth Hitches Towing Kit with Ball Mount and Trailer Wiring Installation - 2017 Audi Q7

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Hey everyone, Shane here with etrailer.com Today, I have a 2017 Audi Q7. I'm gonna walk you how to install Stealth Hitch Towing Kit. Why would we need the Stealth Hitch Tiwing Kit Well, let's say we, we purchased the hitch with the receiver tube on it for bike racks and cargo carriers, that one's not designed for towing. In my opinion, rather than getting the receiver tube for bike racks and cargo carriers, and then later on down the road behind the ball mount and the wiring, if you have any thought in your mind that you're ever gonna tow just buy the kit. You get the kit that comes with everything in it, because you do have to remove your fascia to put the hitch on and you will have to remove the fascia to put the wiring on. So it's better to do it all at one time, cut out this bottom section one time, reinstall it all when it's all done, and then you're finished.
If you buy them separate, you're gonna have to take the fascia off twice, you're gonna have to cut an extra off and then reinstall everything again. This kit is gonna come with a ball mount. The ball is gonna have to be mounted to the bracket. Just make sure you're following instructions for torquing the nut. 'Cause you're gonna install the same way that your receiver tube installs, push it up into place until it clicks.
It's gonna remove the same way, and it's gonna lock the same way. And another thing about this kit is not only does it come with a seven pole plug, but it's also gonna come with installed all the wiring itself is gonna come with your reverse wire and your brake controller wire if you happen to have a trailer that has brakes on it. Another nice thing, it's gonna come with an adapter. With this adapter is, if you pull a trailer that has four pole plug, you simply plug the seven pole in into your plug here, then you can put in a four pole plug from a trailer. This kit is gonna come with everything you need to get it installed.
You're gonna have plenty of wire, not only to get through the wiring inside that you need to tie into, but also to get to your battery. It's gonna come with your bracket, to attach your seven pole plug. As I mentioned before, the four pole adapter. As far as the installation process, it's really not that difficult. It's pretty straightforward.
It is a little bit time consuming because you do have to take the fascia off, which is why I recommended, if you ever plan on towing, go ahead and install the wiring along with the hitch so you taking the fascia off all at one time. Now we've gone over some of the features, I'll just walk you with how to get it installed. To start our installation, on each side of the vehicle, behind the tire, we'll remove two screws with a T25 Torx bit that are right here on the inside, holding our fender liner in place. We're gonna pull our fender liner back. We're gonna have one right here we need to remove. On the inner, on each side, we're gonna have four screws we need to remove. Two on the outside, we're gonna have two right here. This is gonna be towards right behind the rear wheel. And then, on the lower part of our fascia, left and right of center, we're gonna have two screws we need to remove. I'm gonna take some tape, if you want to. I like to do it to help protect the paint. We're gonna go right here, right where this trim piece meets this front piece. And go right on this edge. It doesn't have to be big. We're gonna pull out, we're gonna take a trim panel tool, kinda get it back in the inside here if you can. There's some clips in there that we need to release. We're just gonna pull out it. And get that to pop this. And I'm gonna work down, popping them up until we get to about right here. So the bottom two are a little bit different. They're gonna have these little wings on them. What you're do is reach back, there was an opening, take a small stubby screwdriver, and you're gonna push down on one and up on the other, and you're gonna pop it out of that clip. So here is the bottom of it. There's an opening right on the backside. And then take your screwdriver, push it down, and that up. Next on this side, we need to remove these two screws. Same bit. We're gonna tape these two edges. So next, we're gonna start pulling our fascia loose from the top part of our body. In the instructions, they're gonna show you the trim panel tool. I find that I can do it like this. Less pressure we put in between these two pieces in that seam, the less chance we're gonna have of chipping any paint within there. So, just take your time with it. You're gonna kinda push up and pull out, similar t