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Old Jul 21, 2018 | 03:30 PM
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Front Wheel Well Liners

I need a little help. I got rears in without any issues. The fronts are another story. The outer edge appears to be about 1/2" out of alignment with the existing screws. It seems like I need to move the liner 1/2" counterclockwise but it won't go any further.
Does anyone have a suggestion before I cut that 1/2" off the trailing edge?
 
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Old Jul 21, 2018 | 04:03 PM
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I did not have that problem. Have you reinstalled the large machine screw that was in the inner liner? That should help get everything lined up.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2018 | 04:05 PM
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I did not have that problem. Have you reinstalled the large machine screw that was in the inner liner? That should help get everything lined up.
That is also off, 1/2" below where it needs to be.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2018 | 04:36 PM
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Are you absolutely sure you have the correct fronts?
 
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Old Jul 21, 2018 | 04:42 PM
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Are you having the same issue in booth sides?
 
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Old Jul 21, 2018 | 04:50 PM
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Got too hot for my old body. I'll try the other side in the morning.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2018 | 06:37 PM
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I think we’d need a picture to under stand. Mine were cut to small in parts but didn’t want to take back and reorder because the probably are all off due to looking like had cutting after coming off line.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2018 | 11:22 PM
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Mine were a ring tail bitch to install as well. I ended up using longer screws but they still aren't the way I'd like them but they aren't going anywhere so I'll live with it.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2018 | 11:33 AM
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I finally got back to them this morning. I quit screwing around and just cut 3/4" off the trailing edge. Took less than 15 minutes to do both sides once I made the cut.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2018 | 05:24 AM
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Not that this helps, but mine were pretty easy to install. My biggest issue is I had installed the OEM front mud guards earlier and I had to remove some stuff for the liner install. I wonder if the supplier is having mold issues.
 
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This doesn't really have anything to do with the fitment but I have a question regarding front liners. I ordered my truck with rears only thinking that front would not be necessary in the thought that all my previous trucks HAD plastic front inner liners already. And to my surprise my 17' came with fiber inners. So my question is if I order front liners do they just slip in over the fiber looking ones that are already there or do they need to be removed? That's for the help. By the way this is my first post go easy on me!
 
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Originally Posted by spadoc
I need a little help. I got rears in without any issues. The fronts are another story. The outer edge appears to be about 1/2" out of alignment with the existing screws. It seems like I need to move the liner 1/2" counterclockwise but it won't go any further.
Does anyone have a suggestion before I cut that 1/2" off the trailing edge?
i ordered fronts and rears from my local ford dealer. backs when in a just a few minutes. Fronts were kind of not fitting right and had the directions for the rear. Took them back and the parts dept. switched out the fronts for another set with the front directions. Popped right in no problem. Part #s were off on the suffix by one charecter. Can't recall which, but it was a letter at the very end.

So, thinking I got the wrong ones. This should be really easy and they should not take cutting or anything else.
 
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Originally Posted by Boilermaker169
This doesn't really have anything to do with the fitment but I have a question regarding front liners. I ordered my truck with rears only thinking that front would not be necessary in the thought that all my previous trucks HAD plastic front inner liners already. And to my surprise my 17' came with fiber inners. So my question is if I order front liners do they just slip in over the fiber looking ones that are already there or do they need to be removed? That's for the help. By the way this is my first post go easy on me!
slip over top the fiber liners. Should be very easy.
 
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