Taking the tie downs off might be your only option in this case.
My advice is: not to follow my advice.
Clunk (9th April 2017)
After you clean up the rust and paint it, you might want to use fish oil or another anti rust product on the whole area. I used fish oil between the winch cradle, chassis and alloy bar to make sure no rust could start.
Last edited by mudnut; 9th April 2017 at 05:00 PM.
My advice is: not to follow my advice.
On my other 4x4 with an ARB commercial bar I remember when it slid over the chassis rails
other than the side bolts it also had one that went top to bottom.
Good news its on ,,,,tick
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
Covo71 (9th April 2017)