[duckcanuck]

I am trying to install a Reese model 77114 Class 1 trailer hitch on a 2005 ZX5 SES (without the street appearance package).

The problem is that the passenger side plate of the hitch winds up a good 1/2 inch from the tie down hook plate that it bolts to, and that is with the additional 1/4 inch spacer installed there (as per the instructions, hatch different from sedan).

I have used C-Clamps to secure everything during test fitting, and I do not see any way that such a wide gap will be taken up by the final tightening of the bolts (the C-Clamp sure doesn't move it).

Has anyone else installed one of these hitches? Did you have similar problems? How did you fix it?

Thanks for any help,

Bob