I believe we had to cut 4" out of the center. So we had to take it apart, cut the tubes down, then re-weld in the mounting bolts into the center tube.
The biggest issue was mounting. On the top we created a couple of mounts that go to the center of the front bumper and drilled a set of mounting holes. On one side there was an opening in the back of the bumper I could stick a box end wrench through with a nut on it, on the other we had to cut a new hole in the back of the bumper. To facilitate this we pulled the grill off. On the bottom I had to weld on some new mounts on the bottom arm. It hangs down a bit more then I like, and I have seen the mounts go through the bumper instead. I have access to a factory skid pan, I plan on modifying the lower mounts to mount directly to it.
All told it took a solid day working in the garage to finish the work.