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Figure 5
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Figure 12
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Figure 14
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Figure 16
Figure 17
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2.1
Before performing steps 2.2 & 2.3, check the
back of your bra for mounting tabs (vinyl- or cloth-covered
ABS plastic that keep the bra snug against the vehicle
and are usually found at the bra's major seams or
at its edges.) Mounting tabs will align with spaces
above, below, or at the sides of the grille, the
head-lights, the turn signals, or the driving lights.
Do not Install them yet!
2.2 Fit license
plate opening behind license plate, license plate
bracket. The plate usually slips through the plate
opening like a button slips through a button hole.
If the plate is surrounded by the bra on only 3
sides, the opening slips around the plate like a
yoke and is held in place using two straps/hooks
that stretch in the direction they are sewn. The
hooks most often attach to the grille of the air
intake but will on rare occasions attach to each
other.
2.3 If step
2.1 revealed the presence of mounting tabs, insert
them into the appropriate spaces. See figures 5
& 6 for examples. If yours is a one-piece bra,
skip to step 2.5.
2.4 Engine
compartment connection components are used to keep
the body section of multi-piece applications snug
and secure. These components are usually some combination
of the following: fender corner pocket ormounting
tab, elastic strapls-hook or chassis clip or elastic
loop. Determine which of these is applicable to
your installation.
2.5 Fender
corner pockets slide around the forward point of
the fender like a hand slides into a mitten as shown
in figures 7 & 8.
2.6 Fender
corner and engine compartment mounting tabs usually
insert (in a downward and slightly outboard direction)
into an opening in the engine compartment at or
just behind the forward point of the fender as shown
in figure 9.
2.7 Elastic
strap-hooks will attach to an opening in the engine
compartment sheet-metal or to the hood's height
adjustment post as shown in figures 10 & 11,
or to the rolled edge of the sheetmetal crossmember
that traverses the distance between the fenders.
2.8 Elastic
loops always attach to the hood's height adjustment
post as shown in figure 11.
2.9 Chassis
clips attach to the sheetmetal of the fender at
the junction of the fender and engine compartment
sheetmetal or on a diagonal of the sheetmetal crossmember
that traverses the distance between the fenders
as shown in figure 12.
2.10 Felt covered
hooks must be bent into the correct shape to maximize
their grip at various attachment points. Use pliers
to achieve a sharp, straight crease across the body
of the hook so that the creases are parallel to-and
tightly hug-the edges of the attachment point. These
hooks must be bent into one of the following shapes
as determined below: the flat-bottomed U shape,
the right-angled L shape, and (less commonly) the
tight-radiused V shape.
2.11 Attach
the wheel well hooks. Begin with the uppermost hook
in each wheel well and bend to the appropriate shape
as determined in the following steps. If you have
a one-piece unit. attach the rubber-coated top strap
hook by grasping the bra material and the hook and
stretching both to the wheel well on each side.
The hook must pinch the material against the fender
as shown in figure 13.
2,12 Look to
see if your vehicle has an uncountoured wheel well
liner that overlaps the fender's sheetmetal as shown
in figure 14. if so, the felt covered hooks that
attach into your vehicle's wheel well must be bent
into an L shape and inserted between the fender
sheet-metal and the liner so that the hook's crease
rests against the sheetmetal of the fender/wheel
well (figure 14). During the first installation
you may need the included black plastic shim/slat
to create enough space to get the hook started as
it slides into position.
2.13 In most
cases the wheel well hooks must be bent into the
flat-bottomed TJ shape as shown in figure 15, with
the distance between creases determined by the depth
of the rolled edge of your vehicle's fender.
2.14 Once the
uppermost hook is secured, attach the next highest
hook on each side, alternating sides and working
down until all wheel well hooks are bent and attached.
2.15 Bend and
attach the hooks across the bottom of the valance
panel.
2.16 Secure
all s-hooks and/or bend and attach felt covered
hooks into lower air intake as appropriate.These
usually attach to either the rear edge of the molding
that forms the air intake or to the vertical intake
grille supports as they meet the air intake's edge.
2.17 Secure
the screen over the radiator grille by attaching
the s-hook to the opening in the sheetmetal crossmember
that traverses the space between the fenders as
shown in figure 16, or loop the elastic loop over
the hood's height adjustment post as shown in figure
17.
2.18 Double
Check to ensure that all hooks, elastic loops, felt
covered hooks and mounting tabs are securely attached
to the vehicle. Failure to secure all connection
components will void your warranty and may result
in damage to your vehicle.
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