SUBFRAME, Lowering: Installing

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Install in reverse order of removal.

-- Always make sure the intermediate plate -1- is installed between the subframe -2- and the body.

Fig 1: Identifying Intermediate Plate Installed Position

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Insert the long side of the intermediate plate -1- so that it is perpendicular to the direction of travel. The tabs -arrows- must lock into the subframe -2-.

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Fig 2: Identifying Subframe Brace

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-- Install the subframe brace -1-. Refer to SUBFRAME BRACE, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Install the right and left underbody trim panels. Refer to OVERVIEW - UNDERBODY TRIM PANELS .

-- Install the lower noise insulation. Refer to OVERVIEW - NOISE INSULATION .