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Often I need to pick up a small package here or there that is too large to fit into my trunk or the back seat. Furthermore, time and time again I would like the capability to shuffle around 8'x4' sheets, either drywall, backerboard, or pegboard. Even my mother's mini-van is no good for the 8'x4' needs.

I have decided it would simply be best to get a lightweight trailer for my needs. The problem is that my Honda does not even have a trailer hitch. So I'd have to install that first. I have looked at some companies that sells these to the public for self-install. It may take an hour or so to manually install, so it will be quite a learning experience.

I may be over-thinking things at this point, but I am worried about the wiring issues. Trailers in Ontario by law require wiring for both signal lights on car-trailers, right down to a white light to keep the license plate lit.

I am not sure if the Sedan from 2006 supports this? If not, how hard would it be to have this type of thing installed?

Thanks in advance, I am new to this so just trying to gasp the basics for now.

 
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Is it rated to Tow? Is it a manual transmission?

Its not difficult to instal a hitch or run wires just depends how comfortabel you are with it. I installed a hidden hitch on a CRV and it was a piece of cake.

 
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I do not know if it is rated to tow or not. I read stories that installing a hitch for US models will violate warranty, while for Canadian do not. But I'll say it's unconfirmed right now.

What I do know is that there are multiple companies selling these hitches for 2006 Civics. Also, my Honda is a Standard Drive.

I am not 100% comfortable installing as it is a first time for me, but I am ok for starting new projects as a learning experience.

 
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Well your 2006 is out of warranty but it may be rated to tow a small amount like 500 pounds. It will tell you in the manual.

They sell lots of things for cars that you are not suppose to add but with it being a 5 speed I would be more comfortable with towing something like plywood or drywall.

I bought a Hidden Hitch and it came with very good instructions for installing it. All that was needed was basic hand tools. There are places that will instal it for you though. The wiring is just a matter of tapping into the correct wires and running them to a connector near the hitch. You could probably get a instal kit from another similiar sized car (other year Civic or Pilot) and just cut the wires and adapt the harness.

 
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Im sure either curt or reese or some other hitch company sells a t-harness that plugs into the factory wiring so you can have a 4 pin flat trailer connector, just need to search the websites or go into a store that sells hitches. Could even try uhaul stores.

I know they're available for my 05

 
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I should add an update to this quest. I took a look at the owners manual, and it turns out I have the 2007 Sedan model, not 2006.

It also states the vehicle was designed so that one can tow a trailer of up go 1K gross weight.

Now, the only thing I am not sure yet, is which MODEL of Sedan I have. I never could quite remember that. Once I get that resolved, I'll tackle the next step at what my options for hitches are.

 
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its probably the same hitch for all the sedans, maybe different if you have an si

 
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I took a look at a receipt from Honda, and I found everything about my car except what model it is.

Oddly enough, I looked at a receipt from a 3'rd party garage that simply did an oil change, and THEY wrote down DX on it. I will assume for now they were correct.

I am looking at the hitches now, and how to install them. Some have no drilling required, but you still have cut away pieces of the heat-shield, and other material, which may mean more expensive tools to buy.

 
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cutting heat shield? cheap pair of tin snips (less than $10), might even be able to just bend it out of the way. what else did it want cut?

 
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Sorry for the delay. I also need to cut some of the plastic molding. At least it seems so from the demo videos I have watched for installation. In any case, I'm not too worried about it now, I could use a dremel tool anyway for other things so I plan to get one before the month is up.

I'm not going to let this project die, as soon as the weather gets good I will put in my order. I think i'll just grab both the hitch and electronics from e-trailer. The only thing is I have to be absolutely certain my Sedan is not an Si model, but I still do not know how to tell for sure if it's Si or not. I'm in no rush just yet, but I think I am pretty much done most my research.

Oh yes, I MAY need a car-jack too I am imagining for installation. Not sure if the one that comes with the car for a spare tire would be sufficient, I'll have to take an examination there too.

 
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pop your hood if your engine looks like this you have an SI



if you're going to jack the car up make sure to have it on jack stands, much safer

 
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From my research (and there are many people with the exact same problem), I think I may now have an LX. Seems I have the auto-door-lock feature, which means it can not be a DX. I also have no sun-roof, which means I can not have an EX. And since I THINK my dash lights dim when head-lights are turned on, this can only mean I have an LX by my quick reference.

Unfortunately, I have been told all this logical deduction is almost useless because Honda mixes and matches upgrades on order to change the rules... so you can still have a hybrid between models.

Arggggg. Honda, why did you have to make this soooooo bloody difficult!?

 
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Your VIN might tell you.

Did you run it through a VIN checker?

Maybe you can find out the difference between the hitches and compare your car to see what matches.

 
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Not recommending it, but I pulled a trailer that weighed over 2500 pounds with my 05 Civic, and it pulled it no problem. The car and trailer weighed 5,420 LBS! How much are you planning to pull?

 
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Civics in general are not made to pull any big weight around aside from 5 passengers in the car at lets say 200 pounds each 1000.LBS Tops...? anything well.... beyond that, and this will happen LOL.!!

 
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I am only using this to carry around drywall and some peg board, maybe a lawnmower on occasion etc.

Now it seems things are a little more complicated as I"ll have to jack up the car to work underneath it. Using the scissor jack is very dangerous so I'll have to find something better. One thing that bothers me is the average car stand seems to be only over 16 inches max. Is that seriously enough to work underneath a car adequately? Seems odd to me.

 
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Never work under a car only supported by a jack, use jackstands.
i can't remember how big mine are 2 or 2.5t but they go high enough for me to work under there. I'm 6'1" 220lbs.
I got them from princess auto.

 
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You can use the scissor jack to lift it, but as with any jack, don't get under it until it is on jack stands. Also, the higher you can lift the car off the ground, the easier it will be to work on obviously. Installing the hitch on my 05 Civic wasn't difficult at all, so I wouldn't have even needed to lift it if it wasn't lowered, but I am a smaller person.

 
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They don't have those in the USA. LOL

 
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Didn't remember where OP is from, same as harbour freight

Edit: OP is in Ontario, same as me