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etrailer | Set up: Blue Ox Base Plate Kit on a 2003 Jeep Wrangler

Click for more info and reviews of this Blue Ox Tow Bar Base Plate: https://www.etrailer.com/Tow-Bar-Base... Check out some similar Tow Bar Base Plate options: https://www.etrailer.com/base-plates.htm Search for other popular Jeep Wrangler parts and accessories: https://www.etrailer.com/vehicle/2003... https://www.etrailer.com Don’t forget to subscribe!    / etrailertv   Full transcript: https://www.etrailer.com/tv-install-b... Rob: Hey everybody. Rob here at etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Blue Ox Base Plate kit with fixed arms on our 2003 Jeep Wrangler. Now our Blue Ox Base Plate kit is going to provide us a solid attachment point so that we can flat tow it behind our motor home. It's going to spread that towing force evenly across the front. You can see that the arm here, it's going to spread that force out so we're not putting too much strain and stress on our front suspension. The benefit to having a fixed arm system like this one here is, the fact that we're not going to have any chance of losing it. The ones that have the removable arms, they do have a nice look to them, but again, you can lose those arms and we're not going to be able to tow our Jeep.This way they're permanently affixed to the base plate. There's no chance of losing them, but the downside is, as you can see, they're pretty close to shin height on your leg, depending on how tall you are. If you're doing any kind of work in the engine bay of your Jeep or anything upfront here, you do want to watch these because they can take a toll on your legs. The arms here are going to be compatible with most Blue Ox tow bars though, especially the ones that have that triple lug design that goes in like this. They're also going to be compatible with Roadmaster tow bars with an adapter that is sold separately, and they are going to be compatible with Curt tow bars because the Curt tow bars fit most of the Blue Ox base plates and just slide right in between the arms.I like where they put the safety chain attachment points because they are on the outside. I'm not going to have to worry about any kind of interference from our tow bar. We can easily hook on our safety chains and they'll be towards the outside. Again, no worrying about interference of hooking them in or taking them off. Another thing I like about the base plate is they do give us a spot to mount our electrical plug. Keep in mind, the socket and the wiring itself doesn't come with the base plate, but the two prongs coming off the center here are attached to the base plate. It just makes it really easy to mount up your electrical components. One thing I do want to mention, and it's kind of important is, going to be the height of our attachment point. A few different things can effect that if you have different sized tires or wheels on your Jeep, but the base plate attachment point here on our Jeep is right at about 16 and a half inches.You want to take that measurement and compare it to how tall the hitch is on your motor home, so we can have a nice flat level towing setup. The base plate is definitely something you can do at your house and your driveway or your garage. The installation is not complicated at all. I do recommend having an extra set of hands because we do need to loosen or remove temporally some factory components and have them supported while we get our base plate in place. That extra set of hands definitely helps out. Again, it's not complicated, but there are some things that just kind of have to take your time, have a little bit of patience. It's more of a technique type of thing, especially on the passenger side, giving you the handle nuts in place. Really there's only about seven or eight bolts that hold the entire thing on and there's no welding required. In fact, let's go and bring it to the shop and we'll go through the installation process together.To begin our installation, we actually want to get a few items ready before we start doing anything to the Jeep. Over here on the driver's side, we're going to have to remove a few bolts to get our base plate in place. However, those bolts are also going to be holding on the steering box. We want to have some kind of support device to keep it held in place or an extra set of hands or both. Another thing you want to have ready is the base plate and a few sets of clamps because over on the passenger side, we're going to have to clamp everything up. Since it's all kind of going in together at the same time, we want to make sure we have all those components ready and on hand because we don't really have the opportunity to put things down, grab it, and then come back.Again, we don't want to have our steering box loose moving around. If you have an extra set of hands with you, definitely make it easier on them rather t