Base Plate Install on 2011 Honda Fit
I currently own a 2011 Honda Fit and I'm getting ready to purchase the Roadmaster Baseplates and install it myself. I feel I am reasonably handy with tools and I'm wondering if anybody with experienc...
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Roadmaster 521190-1? I looked the instructions up and you're right, good you don't have to drill. Beyond the comments about the push pins, I'd add:
1. If the fascia pulls away from the body, there may be a row of fasteners that just pull apart and push back together. Nothing has to be actually unfastened or pulled out, simply apart. They're a little scary, but the ones I've done, come apart and go back together very well.
2. If you need to cut the fascia, don't blindly follow their plan. Wait till you have he baseplate in place, then slip the fascia in place and trim only where you actually need to. I followed that on a Corolla I just did. I cut very little fascia to gain access and the baseplate is much less visible than if I had cut all that Roadmaster suggested.
1. If the fascia pulls away from the body, there may be a row of fasteners that just pull apart and push back together. Nothing has to be actually unfastened or pulled out, simply apart. They're a little scary, but the ones I've done, come apart and go back together very well.
2. If you need to cut the fascia, don't blindly follow their plan. Wait till you have he baseplate in place, then slip the fascia in place and trim only where you actually need to. I followed that on a Corolla I just did. I cut very little fascia to gain access and the baseplate is much less visible than if I had cut all that Roadmaster suggested.
