Video Transcript for How to Set Up Your Blue Ox Base Plate Kit on a 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier

Today is 2004 Chevy Cavalier. We're going to install part #BX1647 from Blue Ox. First thing to do is go ahead and move the top portion of the front trim. Fasteners is in the back side of this piece and we can just pull straight out. We're going to move this screw on the driver side and repeat the same thing on the passenger side. Next we're going to move, three fasteners, one, two, three inside the fender well.

This is the driver side, repeat the same thing on the passenger side. Now, the straight fasteners are underneath the vehicle and we're going to remove and the same thing under the passenger side. inaudible make a room, we're going to remove this fastener as well. There's going to be three fasteners that we have to remove that are right behind the headlight. Now, we're going to reach from the bottom up and we're looking at the passenger side.

Now, on the driver side there's some components on the way that are going to be harder to see. In this side, it might just be easy to get along the extension and crawl your way up in there. There's two fasteners in the bumper--okay, one right here that goes straight into the foam. Just point and go ahead and move the front bumper to face you. Now, we're going to remove this fastener right here so we can get the foam behind the bumper out of the way.

All right, now we're going to remove this line going to the pump, it's going to--you see the trim panel tool, it's not dripping so looks like it's empty. Lucky if it was full we could slip another line in that place and then we'll put a bolt in the other end just to hold it to plug it so it won't drip everywhere. Right, now to remove these components, we're going to remove three fasteners, one, two and three which is back here. Okay. Now, these components are also connected to the fender liner so we're going to remove these two screws here.

When I get the bottom loosened up, now, the very top is a push pin up here. The driver side is cleaned out now, now we'll go to the passenger side and we have got to do the same thing. However, we have just got to remove the horn with this bolt right here in its bracket and the wire, we're just going to move it out of the way. We also have to remove this push pin for the panel. At this point we can now start installing the base plate--now, you are definitely needing an extra set of hands to hold it up while I clamp it in place. With the base plate clamped up, we'll go ahead and mark and drill our four holes. Also, there's a hole that's underneath the bumper structure that we have to drill into as well. Okay. At this point, we can go ahead and start installing our hardware. We're going to use the handle nuts, we're going to push you from the opening in the bottom and run it behind the hole we're going to use, we're on a lock washer onto a bolt and a little bit of red lock tight to it. And we'll go ahead and turn it with our handle nut. We'll go into the next one, leave everything loose until all the hardwares are installed and then we'll go ahead and tighten them down and then torque them down as specified in the instruction. Well, you will have to cut excess length off the handle. All right, now we're going to have to reseal our components with the horn, let me check the electrical. Now, this part here was replaced by the bolt right here so it's just going to have to stay loose, our clip for a wire was covered by a towbar too so we'll actually just got to move it right up here. Now, we'll go ahead and start putting the components back onto the other side. All right, now we'll go ahead and continue resealing the interior components. We'll go ahead and put our foam in the place, we'll have to do some trimming and go make a notch on it, we'll just cut it in half like go over this way and it should fit right up. All right, lastly, we're going to install our safety cables. It will wrap around the frame in any fashion that you can do it in. We'll take two ends, bring them together and use them to quick link, connect them to our base plate. Now, the difficult part is re-install the bumper cover, it will make any adjustments to the bumper cover if we have to. Now, one last detail, now we have actually installed the bracket for the wiring connector. We use a self threading bolt to the end of the tube. We're going to adjust the height of these row to four pole or even a six pole. Now, next we'll go ahead and install the tabs for our towbar and we're finished. Now, this is for install of part # bx1647 from Blue Ox, our 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier.