Brush guard upper mounting bracket

[jebia]

I just began the install of a used factory brush guard on my '04 H2. The install was pretty straight forward, I mounted the guard using the 4 lower braket mounting bolts (behind the plastic snap on cover). My question is: The brush guard also has two mounting struts that go into the plastic-chrome grill, do these need to be connected to the hood? Or are the four lower bracket bolt sufficient>

thanks in advance,

Jon
Albuquerque