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The original front fairings are visible here. The little black box is the vorad side proximity sensor. The cutout for
this is aftermarket. The material cuts easily with a dremel tool fiber cutter.
Dismantle Front Fairings
The fairings are held onto the truck by two rails. The upper rail has a lip that the fairing slides into. The rails are
bolted to the brackets that are mounted to the frame.
The step treads are bolted to the frame brackets and sandwich the fairings. The bracket supports the step, not the fairing.
Remove Rear Fairings
The two bolts at the front of the rear fairings are partially obscured by the front fuel tank farings. The rear
fairing's main attachment points are the eight bolts that secure the small stair treads to the support brackets. The rear
fairings support the outside edge of the mud flaps. Four bolts connect the mud flap to the fairing and two additional bolts
secure the mud flap to the chassis brackets.
Straighten Brackets
Once the front fairings were removed, the full extent of the damage to the fairing became visible. All three brackets
are bent. If the head of the bolt is not supported flush with the support rail, the support rail will eventually crack and
fail.
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| Front Bracket |
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| Middle Bracket |
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| Rear Bracket |
The bracket on the fuel tank is bent and there is a dent in the tank. To straighten this out may require that bracket
to be removed from the tank. (On Edit: The bracket had to be replaced.)
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| Bent Bracket |
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| Tank Dent |
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| Bad Patch |
Attach Rear Fairings
The rear fairings are attached to support rails on the fuel tank straps and the rear Vovlo mud flap. Attach to the mud
flap first, then to the tank straps and finally install the stair treads.
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| Rear Mounts (Brass Color) |
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| Rear Skirt In Place |
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| Stair and Flap Detail |
Attach New Support Rails
The top support rail is mounted to the top of the three forward brackets (there are a total of 5). The bottom support
rail is only bolted to the third bracket (front brack of the fuel tank. The front is supported by the fairing which is
mounted to the stair treads.
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| Front of Upper Railing |
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| Upper Railing Rear |
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| Both Fairings Mounted |
Attach Front Fairings
The front fairings slide into a channel on the top railing and then are bolted to the bottom railing using seven bolts.
Final attachment is done by bolting on the stair treads. I had difficulty with the alignment. The bottom railing has a slotted
mount about 1" in length. This had to align the bolt holes up such that the stair treads can be mounted and aligned with the
holes. I gave up trying to align the fairing with the front fender well.
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