10-13 KIA Soul |Blue Ox Base Plate
[BX2715]

$1,139.80 $1,036.18

by Gerald McGowan | Date Added: Thursday, August 19, 2010

Product Rating

I installed this myself, after bad experiences getting similar installed by "PROS" in the past. I figured that I couldn't do any worse and I wouldn't pay $500 for others mistakes. It installed pretty much as the directions indicated, although it took about twice as long (6-7 hours or so). You have to cut off ALL the excess frame end as the baseplate fit is very tight. Since I did not have my grinder I had to use a plunge saw and files to get it down all the way. The only difficulty was that I did not check that the Loctite was not included. I had to drive the NO-Front-end car into town to get some. That led to a comedy of errors as one of the fender liners blew into the wheel and got chewed up. In repairing that I drilled a hole into the windshield washer bottle... Got that plugged. Make sure you have the required Loctite before you start!!

The Soul tows fine and makes a great TOWED vehicle. The Blue Ox setup is by far the best way to go. Only have 2500 miles on this, but have about 75,000 miles on other vehicles with a similar setup.