I picked the perfect day for an install, it's about 35 degrees with 20MPH wind. Once the sun came out I could stay out for more than a few minutes. Couldn't pull into the garage today, so it's in the driveway.
Here's the payoff for freezing my butt off today
Back to the start of the day. If you're lucky all you need is 18mm socket and 15mm socket. But, I also needed a breaker bar, small pry bar, a couple small blocks of wood, hammer, and a 10mmx1.5 tap.
On the drivers side I had more problems than the passenger. To get the thing to slide in on the drivers side I had to pry it down and slide it in from the side. There is a big plastic cover that gets in the way of it sliding in any other way. It took some effort, but I wound up being able to wedge my prybar in to get it done.
The rear bolts fought me. Either Ford didn't actually thread these holes, or they were very corroded. The metal shavings coming out when I tapped it indicated that they were not threaded, but the passenger side had no such problems. Whatever the case, verify you can thread the bolts into the rear holes before you get the rail into place. It's a 10mmx1.5 tap if you need to chase the threads in the hole.
On the drivers side, I had assumed I'd have to drop the Boss exhaust. But, the jack rail uses holes well forward of the exhaust. No problems there.
Here it is installed, you can see the back of the rail and can't even see the Boss exhaust behind it in this pic.
You have to look under the car to see it. It sticks down about 1/4" lower than the pinch weld.