Z06 screen install
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Z06 screen install
I just got my screens, found this thread http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...screen+install
but Patches great pictures don't show. Is there another link I'm not finding?
but Patches great pictures don't show. Is there another link I'm not finding?
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For anyone else's benefit . . .
If you are replacing a factory installed screen, there are 3 screws holding it on the inside a wire harness attached on the bottom. You can access them by taking off the air dam, the access panel and the screws holding the bottom of the front fascia then reaching in towards the back of the screen bezel from underneath. Here's what the bezel looks like taken out.
I have mine attached to my coupe with Velcro to retain access to the VaraRam tunnels and the fog lights from outside the fascia. Below are a few pics of the velcro strips. I attach the soft, "fuzzy" loop part of the velcro to the screen bezel and the harder hook strips to the front fascia to avoid scratching the paint with the hooks. Use a pice of cardboard over each of the strips of velcro to place the screens and then pull the cardboard out once they are positioned. Use the reverse method to extract them.
Top of fog light recess
Bottom of fog light recess
Top of screen
Bottom of screen
The finished look
I have mine attached to my coupe with Velcro to retain access to the VaraRam tunnels and the fog lights from outside the fascia. Below are a few pics of the velcro strips. I attach the soft, "fuzzy" loop part of the velcro to the screen bezel and the harder hook strips to the front fascia to avoid scratching the paint with the hooks. Use a pice of cardboard over each of the strips of velcro to place the screens and then pull the cardboard out once they are positioned. Use the reverse method to extract them.
Top of fog light recess
Bottom of fog light recess
Top of screen
Bottom of screen
The finished look
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Looking at the pieces last night and comparing to the pics, it seems to me that the Velcro on the bottom of the screen would be too far back (close tot he fog surround) to match up with the Velcro on the bottom of the recess. Is this just my eyes playing tricks on me?
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Mine match up perfectly. The edge of the bezel reaches the inside edge of the fascia recess. I've been running these for over three years like this with no problems. They are on very securely. It takes some signifcant force to take them off.
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Originally Posted by Patches
Mine match up perfectly. The edge of the bezel reaches the inside edge of the fascia recess. I've been running these for over three years like this with no problems. They are on very securely. It takes some signifcant force to take them off.
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It's easy to check. Place your screens in place without velcro and look in through the screen with a flashlight to see where the edge falls. Also, you can measure from where the front of the bezel is to the rear edge of the recess to get an idea of where the velcro will land. I have Velcro on the full length of the bezel, top and bottom, so even if only half of it caught, it would still easily hold the bezel in. 
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Patches, do you have an easier way of putting in the brake duct
screens. Apparently someone walked off with my left side one and I had to buy a new set. Any new Ideas so that they don't walk away again?
screens. Apparently someone walked off with my left side one and I had to buy a new set. Any new Ideas so that they don't walk away again?
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Originally Posted by bogiemanjoe
Patches, do you have an easier way of putting in the brake duct
screens. Apparently someone walked off with my left side one and I had to buy a new set. Any new Ideas so that they don't walk away again?
screens. Apparently someone walked off with my left side one and I had to buy a new set. Any new Ideas so that they don't walk away again?
The screens really make the car look 
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Got mine installed with some velcro along the bottom of the screens. I left the top free of the velcro so I can easily remove the screens to clean out the area behind them.
