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The front fascia, lower grill, and tie down brackets are removed for baseplate installation. Lower grill will need to be trimmed or left out. Tie down brackets will not be reinstalled. No holes need to be drilled. The BX8869 is available for the vehicle. Attachment Tabs are 20 inches center to center and a height of 11 3/4 inches.

1. Just inside of head lights, on the top side of grill, are two phillips head screws to remove.
2. Remove the four push pins from the top side of fascia.
3. Remove three phillips head push pins inside wheel well, just forward of front tires, both sides.
4. Using the 8MM socket, remove the three metric bolts on lower fascia corner, both sides.
5. Using the 7MM socket, remove the two metric bolts on fascia corner inside front fender, both sides.
6. Remove two metric bolts on the bottom side of fascia with the 10MM socket, both sides.
7. Remove the four metric bolts from tie down brackets with the 14MM socket, both sides. Tie down brackets will not be reinstalled. Using the hack saw, cut horizontally, the ribbing just forward of tie down bracket location, flush with frame face, and bend forward. Then make two vertical cuts 1/ 2″ up from horizontal cut and bend piece forward. This will allow enough clearance for baseplate.
8. Align baseplate with tie down bracket holes, bolt into place using existing metric bolts. Use item 3 on the lower bolts, refer to drawing on last page. Be sure and use loctite on all bolts before tightening.

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