Please help me install a Lund Interceptor bug shield

[jerbroni]

Please help me before I scratch my hood even worse!!!

I spent a couple of months debating which model bug shield would look the nicest on my majestic blue Titan and wouldn't require drilling, and ultimately decided on the stainless Lund Interceptor. I attempted to install the damn thing this weekend - I reviewed the (really not helpful) installation guide and am doing great right up to installing the 'E' clips that hold the edges of the bug guard to the hood. I have managed to scratch the **** out of my hood in trying to get this damn thing installed and no matter what I try I cannot figure out how to make these 'E' clips work. I understand how they're supposed to go on there according to the install guide, but it's like the clips aren't long enough to meet up with the holes on the edge of the bug shield. If any of you have this model, could you please take a pic of how they are installed? I'm feeling pretty retarded at not being able to make this work, and the fact that I'm probably going to have to have the paint repaired on the hood is really making me sick.

Thanks in advance for the help.

[Blackbeauty]

Hey jerbroni! Gee, I feel like a Goodfella from Joisey! LOL!! Anyway, I have the Lund and yes, the E-clips can be a pain to get right. I've had mine off the truck twice now, so I'm getting pretty good at it. The steel shield has quite a bit of spring to it, so it tries to pull away from the hood out near the edges. DON'T try to bend it to conform. It WILL kink!

I have found that the best method is to attach the E-clips to the hood in the right spot after you have the wellnuts and machine screws in place in the holes on the underside of the hood. If you have someone to help you, have them push the shield down to the level of the hood that should be the final position. Align the E-clips and attach them to the hood. Then while holding the shield as you did to align the E-clips, push the plastic plug & keeper into the E-clip through the hole in the shield as far as you can. I used a philips head screwdriver to do this.

The second time I did it, the plastic keeper didn't fit as tightly, but by then, the spring of the steel had relaxed a bit so it wasn't a problem. I took some close-up pics of my E-clips and how they are attached to the hood. As you can see from the pics, the fit is not perfect and the clips don't "fully" seat in the E-clips. But they are tight and have not posed any difficulties as yet.

Hope this helps.