jason0341

Just received mine in the mail today, no directions though. I know to remove everything off the rear tailgate, do I remove the vents also? It came with 7 nut serts along with 4 bigger ones, do I just line it up and drill away? Also removing the stock license plate holder, is it just the two small hex screws at the bottom? Also can I get away with buying a cheap nut-sert tool?

centerfieldr162

The back vent has to go. I drilled out holes in the tramp stamp so it would just bolt on to the previously existing holes in the tailgate. I used 4 pop rivets to put the license plate on there. I got a cheap pop rivet took from Home Depot for like $10 that did the job.

jason0341

You drilled pilot holes for the pop rivets? I want to use all the pop rivets on mine.

centerfieldr162

No I drilled holes for the bolts that originally had held the spare tire carrier back there. I didn't want to use all pop rivets. But yeah, that cheap pop rivet tool I got did the job

SolarJKStar

I didnt even use the nutsert/rivet things. Small self tapping screws work just fine & are much easier to work with for this application.

jason0341

I didn't even think about self tapping screws

PainKiller

i ditched the pop rivets and measured / drilled new holes for the stock tire carrier bolts. oh and ditch the vent

jason0341

Looks good, what's the top piece? Also would your plate fit on there with the stock bolts?

BadPunkin

I did the same thing with drilling and reusing the stick carrier hardware. License plate fits fine.

4WHLN

Drilled holes and used the supplied pop rivets on mine