Read this before you start:
These are fiberglass fenders. Anything made in fiberglass is going to have an issue somewhere. All parts are never the same for fitment. Some parts need a little more shaving off of fiberglass to allow bolts to fit right and to allow for adjustments later on. As stated on the site “The owner of the company offers a famous warranty on all Sarona products: if are unable to fit the product to your vehicle, he will personally fly out and install the product for you! It’s a wildly bold claim, and to date we have not once had to call him out on that promise. It’s obvious that Sarona is a company that makes a great product, and they know it.” Do not abuse this warranty. Fiberglass never fits the way you want it to. Best thing is have a professional install it but you can use this guide to do it yourself.

ANDYSAUTOSPORTS.COM AND I ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR PROBLEMS THAT MAY TURN UP FROM INSTALLING THE PARTS YOURSELF. THIS IS TO HELP YOU IF YOU WISH TO TAKE THE CHALLENGE.

Installation:
1. Check your parts for any damage to the fiberglass. Look at where all the holes are for bolting the fender to. This will help you figure out where to look for a bolt that is holding down your OEM fender. This guide is the same for each side other than the antenna.
2. First, use your pliers and pull all the tabs on the bottom of your side skirt. There are a total of 8 on the bottom. The picture shows where they will be; the picture already has them pulled out

3. Then on the front side of the side skirt, use a flat head screw driver to pop the tabs completely out. Now you can pull the side skirt off. All that is holding it now is a couple of white tabs and 1 big black tab. If some stay on the car, just remove them and reattach them to the skirts


4. With the skirt pulled off and set aside, jack up the car and remove the tire to make the removal and installation of the fender much easier.

5. Using your Phillips head screw driver, remove the 3 screws in the wheel well at the front on the bottom holding the wheel well covers to the bumper. Also use the screw driver to remove the other large looking tabs holding the wheel well covers in place(just unscrew it until the piece pulls out a bit on its own and then pull the rest with your hands). Remove the 2 sections wheel well covers from the car and set aside.

6. Open your hood and prop it open. Now using the 10mm socket and ratchet, remove the black painted bolts inside of the engine bay and set them aside.

7. Using the ratchet, remove the 2 bolts on the bottom of the fender where it was covered up by the side skirt. After the bolts are removed, use a flat head screw driver to pry the fender from the car. See picture for details

8. At the front of the car where you removed the 3 screws holding the wheel well cover to the bumper, unscrew the 3 nuts in the bumper. This is attached to a metal bracket. Remove the bracket and pull the bumper down and to the side to expose an extra bolt. Remove that bolt


9. Now here comes the tricky part. The final nut holding the fender is located near the door hinges as shown in the picture. You could try to use an open ended wrench but I found it more accessible with the door open and using the socket and ratchet with an extension from the inside of the car. You are not given much room to take it out but it worked. Be careful about not scuffing your door.

10. With the passenger side fender, the antenna is the final piece keeping the fender from leaving the car. To remove the antenna, unscrew the base of the whip of the antenna from the base. Then, using a very flat and sturdy screw driver, pop off the top of the black base by prying it upwards. You should be left with what’s in the picture.

11. Use the #20 torx screw to remove the 3 bolts you see in the picture. Then pull the entire piece up and use pliers to remove the orange antenna wire from the silver tube it is connected to. This might be difficult but eventually it will come apart, allowing you to finally remove the fender from the car.

Working Backwards:
1. Make sure all the holes are drilled open and the bracket that goes in the door jam is cut for the “J” notch to allow the bolt to go in. Take your time, do not rush anything.
2. Now that your fender has been removed, it’s all about working backwards. Put the antenna back together on the passenger side(make sure you screw it down with new sheet metal screws and nuts or however you wish to have it held), add the metal bracket you pulled out to the fiberglass fenders(which may need some shaving off of the bracket to fit), re-bolt everything together. Also remove your OEM rubber hood bumpers from the OEM fenders and add them to your fenders to keep the hood at a proper level.
MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT CLOSE YOUR DOOR TOO FAST, YOUR FITMENT COULD BE OFF AND YOU COULD CHIP YOUR FENDER AND SCRATCH YOUR DOOR IF IT’S NOT RIGHT. GO SLOW AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED
3. Once all the bolts are together, the door can shut fine, the hood can come down without rubbing the fenders, and everything looks good, you can reattach the side skirt. If you so choose to, you can keep the wheel well covers off of the car or you can put them back in. I personally kept the front side in so the fender vent can allow the tire heat to escape.
4. After everything is fitted the way you want, take them off and bring them to your local painter and get them looking even nicer with a smooth coat of paint!

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