Front bumper splintering? + Wheel well destroyed itself

gnznroses

I notice that now the wheel well liner on the driver's side is coming loose too. The only thing holding these things in place are a single plastic push-on thing, which is now missing on both sides. The same crappy things used with the plastic around the engine that break so easily. Also it takes a lot of force for me to align the holes, so no wonder the things break - so much sheering force. If this isn't a really common problem I'm shocked. It's a bad design

Rusty

If you have to force the liner into place. Something is out of alignment.

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JARblue

The front fender liners are not held on by a single clip. There are a bunch of them that clip to the chassis, front bumper, and undershroud. The ones that clip to the undershroud are the most likely to break/come loose and they are the ones that generally prevent the liner from hitting the wheel at speed. Gotta make sure everything is aligned properly before you can expect a clip to hold.

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gnznroses

Ah yeah, that's what I meant to say is just that only one is holding the center portion there. There's definitely other clips elsewhere.

I'm wondering if the plastic kinda gets warped out of shape due to heat because with there being so many other points where it's held together, there's not much that can move out of alignment otherwise. I don't see any way I can shift something to get the hole to line up without force, since the other points of attachment are fixed in place.

I live in Texas so it gets hot here.... Plus engine/road heat.