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Old 02-01-2014, 10:39 AM
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I need the whole assembly of plastic from front wheels to rear - sail panels I guess. Not a great offroader....maybe I just need a lift kit.
Old 02-01-2014, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ShakeNBake
I need the whole assembly of plastic from front wheels to rear - sail panels I guess. Not a great offroader....maybe I just need a lift kit.
Tim has a whole stack at Drivers Source. They cannot all be bad.
Old 02-01-2014, 01:13 PM
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What kosmo said. The idea is to create a low pressure area at the rear wheel to help pull air out from under the car and through the wheel well which helps cool the brakes (among other things).

I do not recall every losing one of the rear ones on either of my cars but the front ones go away from wear/tear and road debris. I always whenever I notice or the techs notice one is gone to replace both of them. Ditto the small rubber "scoops" that hang down from the engine belly pan under the car.

Additionally I would like to install rubber flaps that hang down just ahead of the rear tires to deflect whatever the front tires kick up. This can cut down on the frequency of flat tires which occur most often at the rear tires. The front tire kicks up the nail or scrw and the rear tire picks it up. A flap ahead of the rear tire and hanging down low enough would deflect the nail or screw. We used to put a flap just ahead of the rear tire of a motorcycle for this very reason.
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Originally Posted by powderzone
can anybody tell me the actual part number for these?
Old 11-08-2014, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by paver
can anybody tell me the actual part number for these?
try 997.504.394.90

I think it has an additional suffix for left or right. the suffix I show is 01c, but I do not know which side that is.
Old 11-08-2014, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by surlynkid
try 997.504.394.90

I think it has an additional suffix for left or right. the suffix I show is 01c, but I do not know which side that is.
that's it. I finally found it on my third time through the pet. 394 is the right and 393 is the left. 01c denotes the color but it's not like there is a choice. sonnen's price checker/order tool won't take it w/o the suffix though.

For those who don't know, Sonnen is about 10% cheaper than suncoast on most everything I order.
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any advice from any one that has replaced these things. having trouble getting them into the slots. any tricks?
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pull the side sill off, it's easy then.
Old 12-19-2015, 04:32 AM
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There's a screw in front of the rear. Wheel in the wheel well. You may destroy a plastic screw or metal clip while removing. I found a last minutes substitute plastic screw at autozone as I'm not entering concourse show. If all else fails 2 plastic screws can hold it in, by pulling one from the other side. promise



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