I had the same problem and the are fabricating one and sending it out to me. Great customer service.

I called the customer service number and the gentleman that answered took all my info to ship out the shim plate to me. They have to make it as a custom job. 4-5 days I was told till they would get it out to me.

Also, I did need to drop the spare tire slightly to have enough room for clearance.

My spacer is on its way

Nice! Lets see who gets their's first.

The OEM Lexus hitch installed, including parts and labor for $310? You would be nuts not to jump on that deal.

It seems too low to me, but if it is legit you should do it. I would drive to PA if it wasn't that far away to have it done myself.

Spacer came today.

I would have done the factory hitch for $310

Curt engineer said that standard bolts would be long enough. That is not the case. I will need to get longer bolts as another poster mentioned. I am starting to wonder if I should buy and install the factory hitch.

Can you show us the spacers?

Will try later. Basically it is the mounting plate of the hitch without the receiver tube. Think of it as a doubler for the mounting plate. Powder coated/painted just like the hitch. Quality piece but for the effort I am spending and the fact that we are introducing a potential failure point and I am sourcing my own bolts, the factory hitch is starting to sound better.

which dealer? $310 installed for factory hitch. I don't mind driving 1-2 hours away from NYC.

Thanks!

Just got it today and installed. 5 mins job.

Looks good!! Cool when you get a quick 5 minute job like that. I've got a couple of those WT bump steps myself.

Kicking up this thread. Just ordered the 13043 hitch to install on my 2021 GX460. It comes with a plate, but even with the plate it's still almost a full inch from needing clearance from the bumper. Presume those who ordered a few years back also got the plate and the spacer that's discussed here adds significantly more clearance? Going to call Curt on Monday to see if they will fab a spacer but would appreciate input here or pictures of what a fabbed spacer looks like. This is what I got in my box



DISREGARD. FIGURED OUT I CAN REMOVE THE LOWER PART OF THE BUMPER. I'M INSTALLED AND ALL GOOD!

As most of you the OEM tow hitch from Lexus has been recalled/discontinued for some time now. This hitch is rated for 6k pounds . the only hitch i can find now is the Curt 4 bolt. it has rating of 500# for TW and 5000# max towing. My travel trailer is 4000 pounds loaded and wet. my question is im gonna be close to Tounge weight capacity, would it help if in addition to bolting the hitch i welded it? just curious what everyone else is doing?