Hi AutoTeam. Can you recommend where to get a light hookup and tow ball installed for a new SUV?
I just traded in my F150 on an Outback for my wife 
I need to get a hitch and light connections installed. I could do UHaul, but their light box tends to fail regularly. I really liked the light hookups on my F150.
Condolences.
Happy wife, happy life. 
The decision was mine…although inconvenient in the short term, it was the right decision for the long term…
Now, back to the topic?
Nothing beats the factory(MY F150) when it comes to clean neat towing receptacles & hitches etc…but I cannot imagine you want a 7 pin connector on your Outback either.
I’d suggest Curt for the hitch: (I’ve put them on my wagons in the past and friends’ cars as well. Well made, great instructions, all necessary hardware etc)
Then E trailer or the like for a plug and play 4 pin light harness.
https://www.etrailer.com/tv-install-trailer-wiring-2017-subaru-outback-wagon-c56040.aspx
Is the Outback new?
I have found that factory towing packages tend to be more reliable. It may be a dealer-installed option.
An added benefit - some vehicles come with a start/stop feature many drivers despise. Leaving a lighting connector plugged in sometimes fools the engine computer into thinking there is a trailer and disables start/stop.
Lol. I’m getting under my wife’s skin because I have been looking at Raptors. She wants a small car to zip around in. To quote her “I don’t want a FUCKING truck!!!”
Tim,
To be fair, a Raptor isn’t a truck, it is more of a grossly overpriced toy with a tiny box on the back - but still not as bad as Gm’s bucket of shite a few years ago
See if the vehicle has pre-installed welded in nuts that tow hitches can bolt into the frame. My RAV4, may it rest in peace, had these, two bolts held the factory tie down hook. I went on line and bought a Curt Hitch for my model/yr. It came with welded hitch assembly and the bolts, washers, etc. Put it on the lift, with the help of one person to hold while I started the bolts, installed in 5 minutes.
I bought a trailer electrical harness (vehicle and trailer side connections) for my model/year that snapped into the existing wiring system for about $35. That took about 15 minutes to install (had remove a interior panel near rear tail light assembly).
They both installed and worked beautifully. When I had a Ford 250 and added trailer electrical harness, it was about $30 - 17 years ag0, but it took less than 60 to install. The existing harness has connectors you pull apart, then squirt some of that electrical grease in, put harness plug in between, snap together and done. To me the model specific harnesses are worth every penny you pay.
So what small car is she getting?
Her direct words were “I thought we were looking at Fusions?”
Lol “We were 3 months ago. Until I found that the new ones are Made in Mexico.”
Some Fusions were also Made in USA until a couple years ago. When I drop that kinda money, I want to know that it’s at least helping keep Americans employed.
Over the last couple of decades going through several U-Haul electrical harnesses I went to Nuera Transport, 1224 Round Table Dr. 752447 1-800-876-3070 looking specifically for a harness that was better than U-Haul. They sold me a four flat wiring harness from http://www.hopkinstowingsolutions.com/. It advertises itself as weatherproof and is more solid than the U-Haul connectors.
