Mud Flaps
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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Ordered them on Oct 11th and they were delivered on Oct 31st, so 20 days total.
They were on eBay for $18.99 and free shipping.
After getting under the car yesterday evening and looking, I may not need the supplied screws at all. It looks like they use the factory screws that hold the fender liners in place. Now I just need to find my Torx driver bit set and a 1/4" ratchet for the bit so I can get the screws out of the fender liner in the small space between it and the tire. I do not have a stubby screw driver to fit.
TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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I could take the wheels off if I drive out to my parent's house (about an hour away) where my jack & jack stands are in the shed. However, since I located the necessary tools (Torx bits and 1/4" ratchet), I can install them in the parking lot of my apartment this evening after work.
TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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A 1/4" ratcheting box wrench with a screw driver bit in it is short enough to not need to lift the car and can get to all the screws.
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Or a right angle ratcheting screw driver kit:
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Or a right angle ratcheting screw driver kit:
$ub$onic
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A 1/4" ratcheting box wrench with a screw driver bit in it is short enough to not need to lift the car and can get to all the screws.
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Or a right angle ratcheting screw driver kit:
I used a stubby ratchet with the torques worked good
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SonicChris
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@TheGreatAndPowerfulOz I ordered the same splash guards last week. It would be great if you could post a pic after the install.
TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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I will, as soon as I have a spare few minutes to actually install them. I've gone outside 3 different times, but something has come up and I've had to postpone it. Maybe Saturday morning before I leave for the anime convention (nekocon.com) .... If I get them installed, I will post pics.
TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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The back ones installed easily and fit perfectly using the existing factory screws.
The front ones had to be modified quite a bit with a sharp knife.
The screw hole openings in the front ones had to be elongated to where the screws could actually fit back into their holes on the car.
The bottoms of the front ones had to be cut away on the inner corners to make room for the existing fender well lining and metal of the car body.
In the photo, the left is cut/modified and the right is uncut.
Also, the tabs sticking out had to be cut off, too, as they were unneeded.
The fronts do not fit 100% around the bottom, but it is so little that I doubt anyone will notice unless they are down low specifically inspecting them.
The rears fit perfectly.
An extra screw was needed on the fronts to make them fit correctly, or the inside would have been sticking out at an angle.
I know this is off topic, but I also added blind spot mirrors on each side.
The front ones had to be modified quite a bit with a sharp knife.
The screw hole openings in the front ones had to be elongated to where the screws could actually fit back into their holes on the car.
The bottoms of the front ones had to be cut away on the inner corners to make room for the existing fender well lining and metal of the car body.
In the photo, the left is cut/modified and the right is uncut.
Also, the tabs sticking out had to be cut off, too, as they were unneeded.
The fronts do not fit 100% around the bottom, but it is so little that I doubt anyone will notice unless they are down low specifically inspecting them.
The rears fit perfectly.
An extra screw was needed on the fronts to make them fit correctly, or the inside would have been sticking out at an angle.
I know this is off topic, but I also added blind spot mirrors on each side.
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nocoolnames
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Thanks for the pics, you did same thing to yours I had to do. The Chinese ones arnt bad for the price once ya modify them to fit.
nocoolnames
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Interesting what did ya have to do to them, I would have thought OEM would have fit right on.
TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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Foxbox - those look good ... but, shouldn't you have gone for the Yosemite Sam BACK OFF mudflaps? hehe
But seriously, those do look good and are larger than the OEM ones to give more protection. If/when my Chinese ones get broken from speed bumps and other things I may or may not do to damage them, I will consider those as replacements.
But seriously, those do look good and are larger than the OEM ones to give more protection. If/when my Chinese ones get broken from speed bumps and other things I may or may not do to damage them, I will consider those as replacements.
TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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GM OEM probbly ordered theirs from eBay, too. (joking) :banana:
Foxbox
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Foxbox - those look good ... but, shouldn't you have gone for the Yosemite Sam BACK OFF mudflaps? hehe
But seriously, those do look good and are larger than the OEM ones to give more protection. If/when my Chinese ones get broken from speed bumps and other things I may or may not do to damage them, I will consider those as replacements.
Haha.
They're nice little cheap flaps at 16.99 for the set. I wanted these for a trial run cuz it took a lot of positioning to get them how I wanted them. I will prolly purchase the $100 set from Rally Armor soon.
