67 Inner Fender Splash Shields

[Donald W.]

Need help in installing the splash shield staples. Anyone have any procedures to install them so they look factory correct.

Thanks for your help,

Don

[Stephen L.]

Re: 67 Inner Fender Splash Shields

Align your splash shield to the fender opening. Using a very small drill bit carefully drill thru the shield from under the fender using the existing holes as a template. Insert the new staples from the engine side and roll the ends like a staple using a small needle nose plier. The staples will have a raised hump on each staple "leg" when you are finished.

[Donald W.]

Thanks Steve *NM*

[John H.]

Re: 67 Inner Fender Splash Shields

Don't use the stainless staples that usually come with them - they're hard to work with, and are incorrect. Make your own from 16-ga. galvanized steel wire (blister-pack item at the hardware store).

[James W.]

Re: 67 Inner Fender Splash Shields

I'll vouch for the stainless steel staples being a b#$%* to work with. I installed new seals on my original shields and had a less than pleasant experience bending the staples. John, thanks for the tip regarding the 16-ga. galvanized wire.

Regards,

James West

[Donald W.]

Re: 67 Inner Fender Splash Shields

John,

Will use the galvanized wire type, do you know if Long Island Supply has these.

Thanks always,

Don

[Mike M.]

Re: 67 Inner Fender Splash Shields

I used LIC staples. I found them a little hard to bend but got the hang of after a few. It seems to me that they are SS but are magnetic. Mike

[Bryan L.]

Re: 67 Inner Fender Splash Shields

On the last set I did I found 16 ga. galvanized wire at Walmart in the hobby section. I bent the new ones up with duckbill pliers and they worked fine and are really easy to work with. I tried first with the ones from LICS but found them too hard to work easily.

BL