I can't tell you/remember what kind of hitch it is, but the one that was on my VX when I bought it looks pretty much the same. When I took mine off though, I just left the bolts where they were, greased up the threads, and put a few extra nuts and washers on to protect the threads. So now, all I have to do if I need to re-install the hitch is remove the extra nuts and washers.
Anyway, I take it there are no holes in the side of the frame rails that the hitch mounts to that you can insert the mounting bolts and work them around to get them fed into the mounting holes that face downwards? That's how mine is set up on the VX, and when I had a hitch mounted on another vehicle awhile back, a hole saw was used to drill the holes used for getting the mounting bolts into the frame rails in the first place (although on that other vehicle the access holes were made on the bottom of the frame rail).
I don't know if the frame rails are boxed on the ends of the VX, so I can't tell you if removing the rear cladding would get you access to the inside of the frame rails or not. I'm sure someone here knows though.
Edited to add: I don't know the diameter or pitch of my (4) additional mounting bolts/threads, but they are longer than 1.5". This additional length helps a little when trying to get the nuts started, but it's probably not necessary. Once those four mounting bolts are on and started, I install and tighten the stock metric bolt (in the middle) to run the hitch up to the frame rail so that I know it's aligned properly/straight. My four additional mounting bolts don't have square hole spacers either, but getting them tight enough has never been a problem.
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