2025 Bronco Sport Trailer Hitch

[Nellie123]

3 weeks into my new 2025 BS Outer Banks. 3rd BS. Love them.
21 and 23 easy bolt on aftermarket trailer hitch. Used Curt 13474.
2025 redesigned rear bumper. Curt 13474 doesn't fit. Believe me I tried. Etrailer took it off website.
Ford OEM #SZ1Z-19D520-A is new hitch. Backordered. Go figure.
Drawtite 76436 will fit BUT hangs down way to low. Drop is 7.25" should only be 5" drop.
Anyone come up with something that looks factory installed?
I'm thinking of buying cheap $100 eBay 76436 and cut/reweld drop 2" shorter. Only using hitch for bikes and cargo cart.
Or wait out Ford OEM correct hitch.
Ideas?
Here's a picture of the Drawtite 76436 installed on 25. You can see it's much too low.

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[Nellie123]

Here picture from another member. Just doesn't look clean being this low. Probably going to hit ground first time on the trail.

 

[wireman]

3 weeks into my new 2025 BS Outer Banks. 3rd BS. Love them.
21 and 23 easy bolt on aftermarket trailer hitch. Used Curt 13474.
2025 redesigned rear bumper. Curt 13474 doesn't fit. Believe me I tried. Etrailer took it off website.
Ford OEM #SZ1Z-19D520-A is new hitch. Backordered. Go figure.
Drawtite 76436 will fit BUT hangs down way to low. Drop is 7.25" should only be 5" drop.
Anyone come up with something that looks factory installed?
I'm thinking of buying cheap $100 eBay 76436 and cut/reweld drop 2" shorter. Only using hitch for bikes and cargo cart.
Or wait out Ford OEM correct hitch.
Ideas?
Here's a picture of the Drawtite 76436 installed on 25. You can see it's much too low.

If you don't need it right away, I would wait for the OEM.

I haven't seen an aftermarket hitch that sits at the same height as OEM.

They all look aftermarket. I don 't like looking at the crossbar that a lot of them seem to show after installation. JMO

 

[Nellie123]

I beg to differ.

If you don't need it right away, I would wait for the OEM.

I haven't seen an aftermarket hitch that sits at the same height as OEM.

They all look aftermarket. I don 't like looking at the crossbar that a lot of them seem to show after installation. JMO

Both aftermarket hitches I installed on the 21 & 23 were nearly identical to OEM. No visible cross bars or hanging lower than factory.
The 2025s redesigned bumper is the issue.
I'm confident etrailer will have one of the aftermarket mfgs roll out a clean fit way before Ford gets around to releasing part SZ1Z19D520A and at a 3rd of the price

 

[ELCouz]

If that can give you an idea of the factory installed hitch height on 2025 BL.

 

[Nellie123]

If that can give you an idea of the factory installed hitch height on 2025 BL.

Thanks for pictures. Boom... nothing like factory OEM.
Of course that's with the Black Diamond or Sasquatch pkg?
25 BS Outer Banks bumper is slightly different size and certainly doesn't look that cool.
Thanks again

 

[ELCouz]

Thanks for pictures. Boom... nothing like factory OEM.
Of course that's with the Black Diamond or Sasquatch pkg?
25 BS Outer Banks bumper is slightly different size and certainly doesn't look that cool.
Thanks again

Sasquatch pkg.

 

[Jake25]

 

[jmg]

try uhaul i bought their hitch with install
preserved my ride height -2024 bb
that's who does all my hitches.

 

[Nellie123]

Thanks. That's a classic version of Drawtite 76436. Looks great on the 24 because your bumper skirt is at least 3" lower than 25. So....the 7.5" drop looks factory on the 24 but would be 2.5" lower than the bumper trim on the 25( like the picture of Germain Ford above that looks crappy).
I'm buying cheap $105 eBay one and shortening drop 2.5". Dimensions are identical to Drawtite/U haul 76436 except cheap Chinese knockoff.
I'll update this post when I finish.

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