Modifying the rear plate to accommodate Tone's hitch shouldn't be much of a deal as Tone mentioned. I studied Tone's cut-out of the cladding for the hitch and it looks like a centered 2.5" square slot to clear the hitch when reinstalling the cladding bumper. You would lose the center screw mount for the rear plate during the modification. But, I don't think it will cause any issues as there are 4 others.

I suspect that there would be 3 possible scenarios to the hitch issue:

1. Those that don't plan to install the hitch, will receive the plate as is without any modification for a hitch install.

2. Those that do want the hitch but have not purchased it from Tone yet, will receive a plate that I will modify in advance and perhaps include a break away removable section where the slot would take place to accommodate the hitch.

3. Those that already have Tone's hitch installed, which I will cut out a slot in advance to the painting of the plate therefore one would just slip the plate in over the hitch to install.


I'm considering purchasing Tone's hitch in advance of the release of the rear plate to the public so I can see first hand of what I need to do for the modification.

As a note, for the group that #1 applies to in which you decide to change your mind after the fact, keeping the rear plate installed and removing the entire rear bumper cladding would allow you to cut both the cladding and the plate simultaneously to create the slot. And, just like the front plate, I will include a bottle of touch up paint along with the rear plate so you can touch up any paint chips during the cutting process.

Oh, BTW, Cyrk, I'm still in the process of fabricating the final mold for the clear lenses. Just one of the many balls I'm juggling these days. I'm hoping to offer those along with the rear and other goodies very shortly.

Thanks again for the compliments.