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Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2016 GMC Terrain- Video
Well neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer and today we're taking a look at installing the Roadmaster Base Plate on a 2016 GMC Terrain. Now in flat towing your Terrain, there's gonna be five main components required for flat towing and the first one's gonna be a base plate, and that's gonna be the attachment point for all of your components, and it's attached to the frame of the vehicle, creating a nice sturdy mounting point. Going along with that, you have safety chains, which are in case of a disconnect, it's gonna hold everything together and that way the car's not getting disconnected. Now between your base plate and the hitch on the RV, you are gonna have your tow bar and that is simply that connection point that allows it to pivot as you're going down the road. Now you're also gonna have a supplemental braking system and that way when you apply the brakes on the RV, it's gonna transmit to the towed vehicle, bringing it to a slow or stop, and also you have a breakaway cable with that, and that way in case of a catastrophic disconnect, it's gonna pull this switch here, applying the brakes on the vehicle, bringing it to a stop. That way it's not rolling down the highway. more
9/19/2023 12:13:35 PM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2013 GMC Terrain- Video
Hello, GMC owners. Today, on our 2013 GMC Terrain, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install Blue Ox's base plate. And this is what our base plate looks like when it's installed. It passes through the opening here at the bottom of your fascia, so it integrates very nicely into our vehicle, and it kinda just looks like it was supposed to be there. It kinda, in my opinion, gives it a more aggressive look like maybe you're doing some off-roading stuff. People that aren't in the know about flat towing might think you're doing something crazy with this thing. more
12/20/2021 11:40:17 AM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2012 GMC Terrain- Video
Connor: Hey everybody, how's it going Connor here today at etrailer.com, we're going to be taking a look at the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit here for our 2012 GMC Terrain. So this is what our base plate is going to look like while it's installed on our vehicle here. As you can see, most of everything is going to be behind the scenes here, behind our bumper fascia. The only thing we're going to be able to see really sticking out is our connection points for our safety chains as well as the rods which hold our electrical connector to the base plate kit. So what I really like about this Blue Ox Base Plate Kit here in particular, is the removable arm design. And essentially what this means is, you can see these silver lugs here on either side which connect to our tow bar, these are actually removable because this base plate kit has a removable arm design.So basically, when we're not towing our vehicle behind our motor home, we can remove these arms here for a very finished, clean install. more
10/29/2020 7:43:14 AM
Roadmaster EZ Base Plate Kit Installation - 2012 GMC Terrain- Video
Speaker 1: Today, on our 2012 GMC Terrain, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how install the Roadmaster EZ Base Plate Kit with removable arms, part number 523163-1. Here's what our Roadmaster Base Plate is going to look like. It's going to allow us to safely hook up our Terrain to our motor home so we can flat tow down the road. I do want to mention that our electrical connector, as well as our breakaway switch, are not included in the kit, but they are some necessary components in order to safely flat tow our Terrain. We'll give you a list of all the components you will need later on in the video. What's really nice about our Roadmaster Base Plate is that when we're not towing, we can actually remove these arms here, just twist them and they'll come out and we'll have a more hidden look, to where it's not going to obtrusive sticking out of the front.The removable arms are going to have an attachment point made specifically for the crossbar style. more
7/26/2018 1:07:11 PM
Roadmaster EZ5 Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 GMC Terrain- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 GMC Terrain, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster EZ-5 Base Plate Kit with Removable Arms, Part Number RM-523184-5.So here's what our EZ-5 Base Plate looks like when it's fully installed. This is gonna allow us to hook up to our motor home or RV with a tow bar and safely get our Terrain down the road. What I really like about this base plate, is when we're not flat towing our Terrain, we can pull on this ring, rotate the arm, and it'll actually come all the way out, and then base plate is gonna be nice and hidden right there in the lower air dam, almost not visible at all. Now for reference purposes, you can see we're not gonna have too much trouble getting a hook on, but if you do have a rather oversized hook, you might want to keep that in mind.Now, this is for our braking system. It's not included. It's a break-away switch, but the bracket is welded to the back of our receiver brace there so we have a spot to mount it, as well as on the other side. more
8/22/2017 1:07:06 PM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2017 GMC Terrain- Video
Today in our 2017 GMC Terrain, we'll be having a look and installing the Blue Ox base plate kit with removable arms, part number BX1689. Here's what our base plate looks like installed. When we're ready to tow, inaudible 00:00:16 removable arms. Make sure this tab here is horizontal. Push it on end. We'll push and rotate to our locking pin is on the inside. more
6/12/2017 9:02:09 AM
Blue Ox Base Plate Kit Installation - 2016 GMC Terrain- Video
Today on our 2016 GMC Terrain we're going to be taking a look at and installing the Blue Ox Base Plate Kit with Removable Arms, part number BX1689. Here's what the base plate is going to look like once it's installed on the vehicle. As you can see, everything's pretty well hidden. The holes for the arms along with the safety chain connection points, those are about all that's visible. Other than that, everything's pretty well hidden. It does come with a bracket for the break-away switch, which is mounted up right behind the license plate here. If you've got a supplemental braking system you will be able to mount that break-away switch in a convenient location. more
7/18/2016 4:10:23 PM
Blue Ox Base Plate Installation - 2015 GMC Terrain- Video
Today on our 2015 GMC Terrain we are going to be taking a look at and installing the Blue Ox base plate kit with removable arms. Part number BX1689. Here is what it looks like on your vehicle once it's installed. As you can see there is not very much of it sticking out. It gives you a nice hidden look. It does have attachment points to match your electrical connection. more
3/7/2016 1:17:50 PM
Roadmaster EZ Base Plate Kit Installation - 2015 GMC Terrain- Video
Today on our 2015 GMC Terrain we'll be installing the Roadmaster EZ Base Plate Kit with removable arms, part number 523163-1. This is what your road master base plate will look like installed on your GMC Terrain. It has the quick disconnect arms here, easy access to your safety chain cables, so you can hook it up to your RV. Nice clean look here and it doesn't require any trimming. Pretty easy installation, you just got to take the fascia off, remove the bumper core, and bolt your new base plate into place. When you're not using it, it really gives your vehicle a nice clean look, not having a big bulky base plate sticking out, and you can remove your safety cables, or you just tuck them here behind your fascia and zip tie them. To start our install, we need to remove the fascia. To do that, we'll first raise the hood. There are eight fasteners that we need to remove here on the top side of our fascia. more
6/1/2015 1:28:26 PM
Roadmaster EZ Base Plate Kit Installation - 2013 GMC Terrain- Video
Today on our 2013 GMC Terrain, we'll be installing the Roadmaster EZ Base Plate Kit with removal arms, part number 523163-1. We'll go ahead and slide in the removal arms. There's a little notch cut out. Line that up and then we'll twist 90 degrees. We'll do this for both the driver and the passenger side. We'll begin here by raising up the hood as we'll need to gain access to some fasteners to remove the front fascia of the vehicle for plastic fasteners as well as for T20 Torx head bolts. Next, we're going to need to go in to each of the fender wells. We'll be removing on this particular vehicle to T20 Torx bolts as well as two plastic fasteners. The direction say one T20 Torx bolt and three plastic fasteners, but on this particular vehicle, they alternate it between plastic fastener, Torx bolt, plastic fastener, and Torx bolt. Next, we're going to need to go underneath and remove two 7mm head bolts that attach the bottom of the fascia to the fender liners. more
12/23/2014 7:19:53 AM
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