American Car Craft Corvette Stingray Mud Guards 4Pc Polished with Carbon Fiber Backing 2014+ C7 - Manual (Page 2)

Theses all new Stainless Steel Mud Guards have been designed specifically for the new 2014
C7 Corvette and are not a universal design. Skillfully conceived Mud Guard providing
protection for the corvettes body panels. Its sleek mirror design will allow the mud guard to
disappear into the body from most points of view.
Liner info: Your new mud guards come to you with a protective liner. Remove this liner from
each mud guard after hand forming has been completed.
1. The first step for this installation will be to remove all four factory wheel well stone
guards In order to do this you will need a ¼” ratchet and a 9/32 socket. Let’s start with
the passenger side front. Remove the 9/32” screw directly under the fender. With some
minor force pull the black plastic stone guard away for the wheel well and release it
completely from the car. (Tech note: although it isn’t completely necessary turning the
wheel slightly towards the passenger side will provide a little elbow room)
2. You will notice that there are two torque screws holding the factory wheel well pad in
place. Remove these two screws and set them aside. Your new stainless mud guards
come to you flat. These will need to be hand formed. Gently form the guard so that it
matches the curvature of the wheel well perfectly. Since the guards are made from a
22GA stainless this will be very easy to do with both hands and a little patience. Set the
new guard into its intended position and make note of the clip holes in the guard. They
should match up perfectly to the clip holes in the wheel well. Once you have successfully
shaped the guard bend the small triangular tap containing a small hole towards the back
of the car or panel. This will be the anchoring tab under the car.
3. Set the guard in position and secure it in place using the two factory torque screws
removed earlier. Do not over tighten these screws as this will tend to distort the guard.
Just snug will work perfectly.
4. Now that the guard is attached and the clip holes are aligned properly you can prepare
the factory stone shied for reinstallation. This next step is very important. Each of the
factory clips must be thoroughly seated onto the shield. You can do this by forcing each
clip down tightly by hand. Another thing that you will need to do will be to spread each
of the metal attachment clip legs so that the clips will have a stronger more positive
bind into the cars wheel well. This step is important in order to insure that the stone
shield will seat nice and snug to the new guard eliminating and gaps that might occur if
this step was not performed. You can do this very easily by spreading the legs with a
small screw driver. Once you have successfully installed the factory shield and all looks
good reinstall the 9/32” screw under the car to secure the guard and shield and finish
the installation. The driver side guard will install in exactly the same way.