As I started down the road to installing a hitch on the 03 Cobra, I fully understood that no one made a factory hitch for the car. I need to haul a trailer with my track tires, tent, jack etc. and I do not have the money to buy a tow vehicle and car hauler trailer, besides that I bought the Cobra to drive. First reading everything that I could find on the subject, Thanks especially to Mike “03 Sonic Blue” for answering my questions I ordered draw tight hitch from Etrailer for a 2003 Mustang GT because they were $70 dollars cheaper than I could buy one locally. I had the guys over at Billet Design move the receiver down 1 ½ inches, because their welding came highly recommended by several folks. In rough fitting the hitch I found that the rear steel bumper is further back on the Cobra than on the GT, so I elongated the front hitch holes by ½ inch to allow me to move the hitch back so the bolt holes would be more toward the center of the steel bumper. With that done I drilled ½ inch holes in the steel bumper and “fished” the supplied bolts and keepers in through the ends of the bumper, instead of drilling additional 1 inch holes in the bumper to install them. Torqued the whole thing down to 50 ft. lbs. And am pleased with the result. I would post a picture but it looks pretty much like an 03 Cobra with a 1 ¼ receiver just below the rear fascia.
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