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I'm sitting here scratching my head.."wheel base cover protector"..???

You talking about those little plastic dillies holding the plastice part of the wheel well in..?? I'm guessing you got that Manik HD guard too huh..?? Those clips are two part.. Pull the top part out and the inside part will slide right out.. They are some boogers.. Best tool I found was two small flat head screwdrivers to wedge between the two halves and pry the center part out... I spent three times longer mounting those side support bars than I did getting the rest of the thing mounted..

On the 2 bolts in the grill.. Get out the metrics.. I think it was a 10mm and a 2ft extension..