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Installation Instruction
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Included with
the lens and cover is a piece of knotted string and tape.
Do not
throw these out. You will use these items as a measuring
device.
In order for the PNX device to be
effective it must be properly installed and this requires angling it
correctly. Every car is made with a slightly different angle in
the area where the license plate is attached. Using the
following simple installation technique will allow the PIC-NIX
privacy cover to work for you.
1) Attach the PNX cover, lens and
license plate to rear of vehicle. Attach using top 2 holes of cover
and plate only (to begin) and attach nuts, bolts or screws loosely
to allow for the PNX to be tilted or angled.
2) Hold the knotted end of the string to the ground
with your hand or foot and "measure" to the center of your license
plate. Loop the string around a finger and back down to the ground.
Tie a knot where the chord reaches the ground. (twice the height of
plate)
3) Tape the knotted END of the string to the center
of your license plate at the end knot.
4) "Measure" the distance from the license plate to
the knot you just tied (which will be twice the height of your
plate) and mark a spot (with anything handy, stone etc) on the
ground directly below the knot and directly behind your
car.
5) Detach the string from the plate and place the
end knot on the marked spot on the ground and step on it. (If your
license plate is positioned high on the back of your car or van you
may need a step ladder. If so place the string under a ladder leg to
keep it in place.)
6) While standing with toes at the marked spot, look
directly at your PNX covered plate while holding the knot at the top
of your head. It is at this angle that your license plate should
appear with the characters blacked out. If not dark, turn the
PIC-NIX lens up side down and check again. One of these positions
should be close to blacking out. You can tell by simply viewing from
a slightly higher and lower position than the knotted string
indicates.
7) Fine tune by adjusting bottom of PNX lens/cover
and plate, out and in until the plate appears "blacked out" from
this distance and head height. If the PNX has to be tilted you will
have to use the nylon bolts and nuts (see hint
below) or washers on the bottom holes to keep the correct angle
and then tighten nuts, bolts or screws in the top 2 holes to keep in
place.
When the PNX is ideally set you will see the lens
clear at about an equal distance as you move your head higher and
lower from the marked / knotted spot.
8) Make sure that the cover is well connected to
keep the plate, PNX and cover at the proper angle without movement
from wind, bumps etc. Double check.
Warning! Affix firmly but DO NOT OVER
TIGHTEN as this may crack the lens or cover.
Hint! If you need to utilize the PNX
only on a “Part Time” basis (to and from work?) use of “Butterfly”
nuts to attach the PIC-NIX to the top holes makes for easy removal
and replacement. Just make sure that you have some means of
replacing it at the same angle each time so remeasuring becomes
unnecessary. Using the nylon bolts as spacers, washers, nuts etc on
the bottom holes or posts will help to keep the angle
unchanged.
Hint! Nylon
bolts and metal nuts have been supplied to allow for the bottom of
the assembly to be angled properly. The nylon bolt has a nut
threaded on and is fed through the bottom holes of the plate, PNX
and cover from the INSIDE so that the NYLON bolt head touches the
car. The 2nd nut is threaded onto the outside of the
cover. Adjusting the inside nut will adjust the bottom of the
assembly closer or further from the car and decrease or increase the
tilt so you can fine tune the angle of the assembly to meet the
requirements of step 7 above. When the correct angle is achieved
tighten the outside nut to "lock" the bolt in place. Tighten
attachment hardware at top of cover / plate. See WARNING! above. The
nylon bolts are 1 1/4 x 5/16 inch. Carefully trim the bolt length if
needed.
Hint! You may find that buying new hardware for this task
will save you time and grief if the old is rusty.
Warning! The effectiveness and
life span of this product will be adversely affected by leaving the
PNX LENS device on your vehicle in DIRECT SUNLIGHT AND
HEAT.
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