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Old Jun 28, 2008 | 08:17 PM
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How do you pull off your fuel rail covers? Putting painted Kewl Smoothies on and don't want to torque and break something in the process.

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They are friction fit.
I pull up on the edges closest to the fenders and then pull up on the edges closest to the air intake. They carefully flex the cover on the drivers side (either side of the slit for the fuel hose) one edge up the other down...
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I was interested as well, should be fun taking them off.
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rws nailed it
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They are friction fit.
I pull up on the edges closest to the fenders and then pull up on the edges closest to the air intake. They carefully flex the cover on the drivers side (either side of the slit for the fuel hose) one edge up the other down...
That's it. Just take your time with flexing the cover near the braided fuel line - don't want to scratch up the FRCs.
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Originally Posted by rws.1
They are friction fit.
I pull up on the edges closest to the fenders and then pull up on the edges closest to the air intake. They carefully flex the cover on the drivers side (either side of the slit for the fuel hose) one edge up the other down...
That's a great walk-thru,nice write-up.
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Old Jun 28, 2008 | 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by rws.1
They are friction fit.
I pull up on the edges closest to the fenders and then pull up on the edges closest to the air intake. They carefully flex the cover on the drivers side (either side of the slit for the fuel hose) one edge up the other down...
If you want to make sure you don't scratch the drivers side one you can apply some masking tape on the opening for the fuel line opening...
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If you want to make sure you don't scratch the drivers side one you can apply some masking tape on the opening for the fuel line opening...
Great advice Wayne.
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some good advise from a couple of posters...good luck !
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Thx guys..great advice. Nothing worse than scratching up new bling when doing a hasty install.
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