I found that the combination of cutting off the extra bolt length and
bending the hangers worked great. There is no more rattling and the exhaust
looks right from the rear of the car.

"Nobody" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:Xns93AF7914DA03XZLKJOIDUKLJ098098@24.24.2.167 ...
> "tflfb" <fuksatw@qwest.net> wrote in
> news:OHgNa.87$F05.31559@news.uswest.net:
>
> > I installed a after market hitch to my 01 CR-V had to remove the
> > hanger to do the install, but after that it was re-attached, no half
> > assing .
> >
> > Tom
> > "Nobody" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> > news:Xns93ADE19F51AE9XZLKJOIDUKLJ098098@24.24.2.16 5...
> >> I'm installing a Curt hitch on a 2G V and would like to avoid bending
> >> the hangers, if I can. Is there a generic hanger I can get somewhere
> >> (that's
> > a
> >> bit longer) to replace the existing rubber ones?
> >
> >
> >
>
> Got the Curt installed okay. I bent the hangers on the back of the
muffler
> a little, but wasn't satisfied with that. I could have bent them more,
but
> I sawed off the excess on the right rear bolt of the hitch and it's
perfect
> now.