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914Rubber fender liner installation |
raynekat |
Jan 31 2021, 05:48 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,159 Joined: 30-December 14 From: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Member No.: 18,263 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Installing the 914Rubber fender liners....
They come with rivets for fastening the plastic liners to the mounting brackets. It quickly became apparent that installation was going to be difficult if I used the rivets. The rivets fasten the liner to the mounting brackets and then the brackets use your rocker panel and valance sheet metal bolts to hold the liner in place. So I opted to use speed nuts that sit on the mounting brackets so that hex headed metric screws could be used instead of the rivets. Here was the hardware and bracket ready to bolt into the car. The reason I went this will become apparent pretty quickly. Here's the leading edge (front) that utilizes the valance mounting bolt. In theory you could have put this in as a unit (bracket and liner) as you actually have access to the bolt that mounts the valence. The real problem with the rivet method is mounting the trailing edge (rear) bracket that uses the rocker cover bolt. You can't access the bolt to secure the bracket to the rocker cover as it's behind the liner. So with my method you mount the bare bracket first and then fasten the liner to the bracket. Here's a better view of the finished product. No way you're getting your hand in behind the liner to tighten or loosen the bracket with the liner in place. With the speed nut and hex head screws I used, you can easily take the liner off in a matter of minutes without removing the brackets at the valance and rocker panel. Inspection and cleaning is still an easy thing to accomplish. |
raynekat |
Feb 2 2021, 09:45 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,159 Joined: 30-December 14 From: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Member No.: 18,263 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
View of the front part of the liner bolted into the bracket.
View of the rear part of the liner bolted into the bracket. View showing how nicely the liner does shield/protect the fender undersides from dirt, debris, water, mud, etc. I think overall a pretty good product. They are not inexpensive at $245. But I think they will help keep trash out of the rocker panels and also the hidden recesses back in the far corners of the fender undersides. So that's a good thing to keep our cars from rusting from the undersides out. Yes it is! The brackets needed modding....but not too time intensive. Trimming and painting. The rivets were worthless to me as the hex head screws I used come off in a minute max allowing you to keep the brackets in place. Also there was a bit of trimming on the liners themselves to get a better fit. Each car will be different so that is to expected. |
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