First look at the carrier and bumper on the truck. I'm liking it at this point.
Note the attention to detail in shipping again. The plywood and block is there simply to protect the hinge mount area where the connector link mounts from tailgate to tire carrier.
I lined everything up per the instructions and marked my holes for drilling. I decided to mark the entire hole, remove the bumper, then center punch and drill.
Drilled through both sides, then touched up the holes with some heavy black paint.
This is the hardest hole to drill. You have to drill directly down from the OEM hole in the top through the bottom. I couldn't conceive of how to do this without hitting the tub, so I marked it up and went from the bottom up. Lined up perfectly.
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