As many folks know, adding C6 Z06 splash guards is a fairly common mod for the C5. They are particularly common with guys who have the L5 flared quarter panels because these guards provide a much more finished look to the L5s. These guards have been such a popular mod, they have even been mimicked by forum vendors who sell kits with no modifying needed.

Ever since the 2009 ZR1 was announced I have been wanting to put on a set of it's front-rear splash guards. These guards are exclusive to the ZR1 and not available on the C6 Z06 or any other model from the factory. The part numbers are 15891952 and 15891953 for left and right.

If it is unclear what "front-rear" guards are, they can be seen in this pic...in front of the rear wheels.



I have been inquiring about these parts for many months now that the ZR1 has been available, and I finally found a dealer who could provide me with the answers I was looking for.

Supporting Vendor RichieRichZ06 stepped up to the plate and shipped me a pair of the ZR1 guards for a great deal. I had never dealt with Rich, but now that I have, I will be ordering from him for my future part needs. He assured me that he could beat any price from any other GM parts vendor.

On to the install. First off, the guards are fairly small in size and are not a full fender liner which makes modifying them pretty easy.




The guards have two holes at the bottom. These holes are meant to secure into the ZR1 side skirt.




I found that the inner hole could be used to mount the guard to the car. However, being that I do not have side skirts, I knew I would have to figure out something to do with the outer hole once I had them mounted.

I had several types of factory and miscellaneous push pins available, so what I decided to do was to plug the outer hole from both sides. One side would get a full pin and the other side would get just a pin head cap.






The factory push pins went in the bottom locations, the longer generic pins went in the upper parts. Their extra length made it easier to secure the guard to the wheel well liner. The guards come with several counter sunk hole locations. I found that I only needed to use a few holes, not all of them. The top holes did need hogging out, as the longer generic pins were also larger in diameter. The generic pins are from Lowe’s and are much cheaper than the factory ones, albeit without looking as nice.





I also used some 3M double sided tape to help secure the top of the passenger liner. I found that I didn't need the tape on the driver side, I used an extra push pin.





Now that the guard was mounted, I needed to plug that hole. I grabbed my silicone gun and clamped the outer pin in place from both sides.




After letting the silicone dry over night, I took the clamp off and found that the resulting pin plug looks pretty good. The pin is made of the same color as the guards, so it blends in nicely from the front.




And finally some completed pics. I don't have any glamour shots yet with the car all prettied up, but here's how the ZR1 guards turned out.










I am VERY pleased how the installation looks. The guards give the flare from the L5s an even more "finished" look than the rear Z06 guards did by themselves alone.

For those of you who have the rear C6 Z06 guards and L5s, you might want to think about this mod as it really compliments the look of that big, bad wide rear end.

 

AWSOME

 

Those look really good

How bout some shots of the whole car.

 

Nice work

Chuck

 

Nice job - they look good on the car.

 

Very nice brudda.....I already have the ACI side skirts with my L5's & will try this on my car. You always have great ideas with quality craftsmanship to finish it off. I bet at least one CF vendor will start offering these in an aftermarket version

 

Need a full car pic

 

Nice write up!

 

Those look sweeeeeet

 

Those look great, I'm with others and wanna see pics of the whole car when you get her all cleaned up!

 

Excellent work, really looks great. I see you have your brake ducts CF coated. I think it would look awesome to have the splash guards coated to match like Mo did.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...bon-fibre.html

 

Very creative....excellent work and writeup.......Impressive finished product.....
Tom

 

Nice work, looks great!!!

 

They look great . Thanks for the business and let me know if you need anything else.

RICH

 

lookin good great job

 

Looks good, nice job with the step by step pics.

 

Seriously, I think you need to post bigger photos next time. I could barely see the details.

 

Very Nice!

 

Nice job, Bro. Did you think about covering the extra hole with the Jake chicklet? Might look cool...

 

very good write-up