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Hi Folks,
Instead of taking to the dealer, I gave this a try and it took about 15-20 minutes total for 4 sides.
Here are the tools you need:
- Medium-small Philip screw driver
- Medium-small flat screw driver
- Towel (wet) to wipe things down
- Wax (optional)
Here is the part you need (from OSH):
- Nylon Flat washers 1/4 size QTY 5 (9086802) x 2 (0.49 each)
Here are a few tips:
- Go take a look at how much gap spacel you have. Mine is so tight I can hardly put a hair through. I only have 600 miles on mine; no paint peel yet but I can definitely see it coming with literally NO space in between.
- Do the back side first. The back side has no holding screw to remove for the wheel well.
- Use 2 washers for each side
- Wipe down (or wax for those who are extra picky/caring about that car) the gap. There are tons of dirt trapped in my white one.
- For the front, after removing the wheel well holding screw (just use the flat to pop it out), you can actually move the bumper out laterally so it is unlatched. You will hear a big pop. Don't worry, you can pop it back. There are latches between the screw hole to the front light.
- With the bumper moved out, you have plenty of room to slide the washer in. Use 2 on each side also.
- Check the gap afterwards: I tried one wash first and the gap is still too small. Using 2 washers forms the gap line smoothly on mine (Mine was mad 8/2007).
Good luck!
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