Your factory rear tire carrier parts should be removed by now. If not, you take them off. LOD has a kit to raise the rear third brake lamp so you can keep a factory look and function. I chose not to do this as I’m going to recess an LED third brake light in my wheel center cap for the rear. Either way, make sure you’re good to go and clean as you’ll be attaching things to the rear door next.



You can reinstall your swing arm and swing it out of the way too. Don’t forget the brass wear bushing below the swing arm. You see that tiny hole in swing arm where it mounts on the pin. You’ll install a zerk fitting there and fill it up with grease until it comes out the bottom bushing. It’s a good amount of grease needed too.



Install the aluminum cap, being careful to lubricate the o-ring so it doesn’t fail when you tighten down the allen bolt in the center.



Install your bits for attaching the door-linking hardware. Pretty self explanatory using OEM bolt locations.