Regardless of why you like it, what’s a recipe you love to make?
I love having at least one or two *Noble Pursuits* in inventory for an occasional refreshing or relaxing drink. I think it’s great that they included drinks in the game.
Saw it and just had to park next to it. Someone’s daily driver?
(Central Connecticut)
Been waiting 4 years since we planted a little, single leaf seedling of lupine. Waited 5 years before that to find it.
I was actually going to post questions about it since it hadn’t flowered in all this time.
But then I saw this and audibly (loudly) gasped.
Never did I ever think I’d be so thrilled about plants!
**TLDR;** highly recommend Toyota’s OEM 4-pin wiring harness over aftermarket options. It’s a much cleaner install. Instructions and part numbers at the bottom of this post. See my notes regarding certain specific instructions.
Posting this for anyone who comes looking like I did so it can all be in one place. I installed the OEM hitch last year which went well. I only installed it for bike racks & cargo baskets. But things have changed and I’m looking to tow a utility trailer from time to time. So I needed to add the 4-pin wiring harness. Installation instructions and part numbers for both the OEM hitch and OEM wiring harness at the bottom of this post.
I would highly recommend both the OEM hitch and wiring harness. The hitch sits higher off the road than aftermarket and it’s much cleaner and more integrated. If you wait for a sale, the price difference (to me) is negligible. The OEM wiring harness is the same; cleaner install with clips and fasteners designed to attach to the OEM hitch and other parts of the vehicle. Plus it is more protected than aftermarket as the wires are contained within a protective sleeve. It also comes with its own pre-attached floor grommet instead of cutting a slit in the existing one for aftermarket options.
Install was relatively easy but if you think you’ll ever want to tow a trailer I’d recommend installing the wiring harness at the same time you install the OEM hitch. It will save you from removing/reinstalling the driver’s side “floor pan splash shield” (part number 587240E050) - see my note on step 4j below.
Some notes:
I did not bother disconnecting the battery to do the install. It was fine.
**Step 4f (page7):** My 2012 SE differed from the wiring harness instructions linked below. The instructions for removing deck board number 2 are for a non-split third row. But a split third row became standard in 2011. Consequently the second deck board is not removed as shown. In fact, you can’t remove it at all *until* the deck side trim box is removed (step 4h, page 7). And by then you don’t need to. So ignore step 4f. Instead, I manipulated/bent the upper inside center of the trim box out from under the second deck board to get it out. I was nervous to do it at first because I didn’t want to break anything but it worked. Getting it back in was a little tricky but I got it.
**Step 4j (page 8):** This is where simultaneously installing the hitch and wiring harness helps. There’s a “floor pan splash guard” (a plastic cover under the vehicle) in the way otherwise. You have to remove it to pass the wiring harness up through the now exposed hole in the floor. The splash guard isn’t hard to take off - it’s only a handful of 10mm bolts - but it’s kind of annoying to get back on. And it has to come off to install the hitch anyway. So doing the hitch and wiring harness at the same time saves you some hassle.
**Step 4t (page 10):** In my case, the pre-installed 4-pin connector seemed absent. I couldn’t find it. It wasn’t until I disconnected whatever this connector is (see photo 2) that the pre-installed 4-pin connector dislodged from behind the plastic panel so I could both see it and connect to it. If you have the towing package factory installed, the connector should be there. It just might be hiding.
The rest of it was fairly straight forward and it took me about two hours with my kids intermittently helping.
Good luck to whomever finds this. You can do it.
Toyota hitch part number PT228-48100.
Installation instructions:
https://www.toyotanation.com/attachments/2011-tow-hitch-install-directions-pdf.302753/
Toyota wiring harness part number PT219-48111-WH
Installation instructions:
https://d354nuoz4t18d4.cloudfront.net/ddfb04869cff4df886dcdf0335db7f97/images/custom/PT219-48111-WH.pdf?cb=1497372645