Wow, great design Subaru! It should come with a hitch from the factory. What a pain in the ass that is. Great video by the way and thanks for sharing. This model is a no go for me unless I find one that already has one.

I just installed a Torklift Stealth Ecohitch on a '23 Suby Outback Wilderness dual exhaust for a friend. Easy Peasy, maybe hair over 3 hours with a 13yo boy doing most of the install, me checking his work. Only cutting was a notch on the facia where just the 2" square receiver hitch protrudes at the bottom. No exhaust removal, no heat shield messing with. Rated 525lbs, 3,500lbs towing. I am a retired Mech Eng, Torklift does really good design and manufacturing. Avail from Etrailer or straight from Torklift.

Thanks for the video. My hitch didn't come with instructions and the Subaru site I visited wanted $30 to access instructions. Luckily, I found a forum that had the instructions that I could download to make the template. It took me about 4 hours total, with the most time spent on getting the bumper fascia layed out and cut. Removing the bumper, exhaust and installing the hitch took only about an hour. BTW, my car is brand new, so no rust to deal with.

Well you did a better job than the Subaru dealership did on mine lol! They screwed the cut up and had to replace the entire bumper, which meant repainting the little side pieces and they made such a horrific mess of the paint job that they need to replace the entire bumper for the second time! Been a gong show! I wish I would have done my own install!

This is great! Thanks for sharing, man. Here’s to hoping the process will be just as straightforward on my Forester Wilderness… fingers crossed… 🤞🏻

First time I've seen that install, with that nice trim plate. Good job.

Thank you, jeebus for sharing this with us. It really boggles the mind that something like this can’t be more easily accommodated directly from factory? Why do we have to cut anything? Well, thanks for demonstrating and nice car!

im kinda effy about this.... cuz idnt wanna messed up mine & whatever sensor we have in that bumber but u did a very good job i dnt trust me tho lol im probably gonna ask some friends thag knows how to.

What did you use the cut the bumper?

Excellent work but what a monumental effort needed just to install a trailer hitch.

Great vid picking up my OB Wilderness next week, Id like to see a vid on your R9T Scrambler.

Nice thanks for showing where that plug is! I'm going to be installing an etrailer hitch here soon with a 4 pin connector. Didn't like how the oem hitch cuts out the bumper also didn't want to mess with my exhaust and no way in hell was I paying the dealer price to have it done

Clean install! Thanks for sharing.

Great job. well made video. looks great.

Nice install. Is that a 2” receiver?

Thanks for doing this!

great video! very helpful!

Great video thanks for sharing your project. I need to do the same since my outback wilderness did not come with a hitch. Do you have the site were you ordered your hitch? I would appreciate it if you can help me with that info. Thanks

i intalled mine without having to remove the bumper . i didn't know there was a kit that was high mounted like that

This is a great video, i just bought my obw yesterday and didn’t come with tow hitch, I order the tow hitch to be installed would you advice getting that metal bumper beam that you removed back when i come to pick up my car?

The cut out looks really nice. What did you use to cut your pumper?

Hey! I just bought a geyser blue OBW and am not really worried about scratches and chips. But wanted to ask if you got any ppf or ceramic coating? I might get a ceramic coating kit and do it my self to save thousands of dollars. Thoughts now after 2 years with the blue? Is it necessary?

Thanks. Do you lose the rear tow hook mount points when with the hitch on?

Nicely done! It sounds like you made light work of cutting the template. How did you do it exactly?

We literaly have the same cars. My wife has the same BMW and I have wilderness. lol.

I wonder if we could use the Gen 6 hitch on previous Gen

Great tutorial, I'm just a little concerned because of the crash bar removal. That hitch looks pretty good but..is it reliable? Dont want to trade security for practicity.

Do those two part numbers include all of those pieces/items to get the job done? I’m looking online and either those part numbers aren’t sufficient or these online post descriptions are poorly written!

Nice Video. One question, what did you use to cut the bumper?

Nice video! I installed my hitch today and when I cut out the hole for the fascia the template was too big for some reason. I measured and everything it was the right size but the hole is too big now. Any ideas on how to fix it without having to buy a new bumper?

Where do you live and how much would you charge for install ? 😁

how long did it take u? great job than the dealership i saw one posted on fb it took them 8 hours woth a shitty job

Hello, can you share the link of the hitch you are using?

We just got a Forester Wilderness, thinking to get a teardrop camper, I’m sure Subaru makes the Same tow hitch for the Forester as well, since I’m assuming you have read a lot of the instructions, any idea what’s the tow capacity for the 2inch you got? I’m going to end up installing it myself too

Great video. Going to order an identical car/color combo as well. Do you mind sharing what is your experience with the Geyser Blue so far, considering it’s not metallic and may be more sensitive to scratches/swirl marks/etc?

How did you get a 2 inch OEM hitch I thought they only did 1.25

Very different than the european version of a hitch. Ours is totally invisible when not used.

Thank you for this. But it’s a total boner on Subaru. I just picked up my 2023 outback wilderness. I can’t believe Vehicle marketed for off-road outdoor etc. doesn’t come with this. What’s even more ridiculous is you have to cut the bumper etc. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Good god what a pain in the ass! Who thought all THIS was a good idea? JEEZ subaru! Low key regretting this now.

Another guy that actually doesn’t show the removal. Nice