250 Prado Flare & Mud Flap Kit

250 Prado Flare & Mud Flap Kit | Instructions

Hey guys, it's Will from Overland Tours Australia. Today we're just going to run you through the installation of our OTA 250 Prado flare kit.

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Hey guys, it's Will from Overland Tours Australia. Today we're just going to run you through the installation of our OTA 250 Prado flare kit.

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First step is to gather all the parts out of the box. This will include all your flares, your mud flaps, your rubber and any hardware or fitting components.

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Second step is to gather all your tools. So for this you're going to need a trim clip tool, a 10mm socket and a T25 Torx socket with a socket wrench, as well as a pick, some scissors, a flat head screwdriver and a three quarter inch socket with a socket wrench as well.

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It's also ideal if you have a torch and some alcohol and a wipe to clean the car.

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The third step, we're going to remove the front mud flap and flare.

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For this step you're going to need your trim tool along with a 10mm socket and the socket wrench.

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I've also turned the front wheel to allow some clearance so that I can get into the mud flap.

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This makes it a lot easier if you've got any large tyres. So to remove the mud flap we're going to use a 10mm socket to remove three screws, two on the front end and then there's one underneath as well.

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So we'll start with that.

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So next we're going to remove the front flare. To remove this we need to remove seven of your push clips as well as one screw before we can then pull the whole flare off the guard.

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So to remove the flare we're just going to need the same tools from before, so a 10mm socket and a wrench along with your trim tool.

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so now I've got all the clips and screws off and the fender flare is ready to come off.

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To do this we'll start from the rear and work our way around the top edge, just being careful that you're not going to break the flare if you do ever want to put the OE component back on.

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It's worth noting when removing your flares and mud flaps to keep the OE screws.

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You'll need these for the next few steps when reinstalling our OTA flares.

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So after you've removed the front fender flare we recommend pulling out the OE clips and refitting them to the fender panel but leaving these top three holes out.

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So we'll start from the front and refit these.

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Just work your way around until you've fitted them all.

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Now you're good to go. Once you've completed one side repeat the same steps on the other side and get the mud flap and flare removed.

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So next up is the door flare. For this one you're just going to need a small trim tool remover or I recommend using a pick.

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It makes it a little bit easier because these smaller clips can be quite fiddly.

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So to remove the door flare you've just got to remove the two clips on the inside.

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Using the pick can be quite easy, just pull them out.

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Once the two clips are removed the door flare is then ready to be pulled off.

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I recommend starting from the bottom, it makes it a lot easier.

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Next we're going to remove the OE rear mud flap.

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To do this you're going to need your 10mm socket and the socket wrench along with your trim tool again.

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So next we're going to remove the OE rear flare.

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To do this you're going to need your pick to remove the small clips, your trim tool to remove the larger clips and then your 10mm socket with the wrench to remove some screws.

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Alright so next once you've removed the screws and the clips from the rear flare we can now pull it off.

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I recommend starting from the top side near the door and working your way around to the bottom.

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At the bottom you'll have some little arrow clips on the inside where you're going to need a flat head screwdriver to get inside the guard and pop them out.

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So these are the clips that you'll need the flat head screwdriver to remove on the rear flare.

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It can be a bit fiddly but it makes it easier. After you've removed your rear flare we recommend that you pull out three of the OE clips and refit them to the body of the car.

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This will stop dust getting into the cabin of the car. So for the rear we'll fit them to these three holes leaving these two empty.

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Next we're going to fit the OTA front fender flare to the car but before this we need to cut our rubber to size.

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So in the kit you'll have a big roll of rubber, none of these are cut to size so we're going to have to fit them first and cut them.

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So simply you just fit the rubber over the edge that's going to meet the car.

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This will be the top edge of the flare. It's quite easy to put on, you just guide it on, run your finger along being careful not to stretch the rubber too much because in the colder months it will contract and you'll lose your rubber.

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Now once you get to the end just use some scissors to snip them to size.

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So now I've gathered all the parts to fit the front flares and mud flaps. This includes the mounting hardware, any bracketry and all the other clips as well.

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So next we're going to mount the mounting bracket for the flare and the mud flap.

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For this you'll need the supplied bolt along with a three quarter inch socket and we'll mount this to the underside of the car.

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So to mount the bracket we're going to place it on the chassis.

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One tag will go on the innermost hole and then the bolt will go through this hole on the bracket and into the chassis.

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Next once we've installed the bracket we'll install all these speed clips to the fender panel as well as one to the bracket.

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So five will go onto these locations on the inner guard as well as one on the bracket that we've just fit.

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Alright so to fit the speed clip to the inner guard you want this side facing down towards the wheel and you want to get in on the inside of the guard there and push it over the hole.

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So we want to repeat this another four times for the inner guard. Same way, make sure they're all facing the correct way down.

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Line them up over the hole.

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Sweet.

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To fit the rest of the front flare we want to fit these four metal brackets. Three are labelled B and one is labelled A which in the next video I'll show you where to put them.

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So starting with bracket labelled A we want to insert that at the very front where we just put our speed clip.

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So you want to lay it on the outside of the inner guard and using one of the Torx bit screws that we supplied in our kit we want to loosely fit this bracket to that inside guard.

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Now after you've fit bracket A we'll fit the three bracket B's and they'll go into the other three locations where we just put our speed clips.

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So, we're going to finger tighten all of these brackets or loosely fit them with your T25 Torx bit on the socket wrench.

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The reason that we're loosely fitting these is because we want room for adjustment when we fit our front flare back up.

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That looks good.

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So when I mean loose, just reasonably tight but not enough that we can still move these brackets around once we fit the front flare back on.

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Next step is to fit four speed clips to the four metal brackets that we've just fit to the car.

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Same deal as before, we want that face to the speed clip to face out.

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There we go.

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So next once you've fitted all the metal brackets on as well as the supplied speed nuts we'll re-fit, I mean we'll fit the OTA front fender flare onto the vehicle using three white clips supplied in the kit.

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To fit these to the internal, to the inside of the flare flare first with your rubber fitted to that outside edge.

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To then fit the front flare you want to line it to the guard just gently and then guide these clips into their holes and clip them in place.

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Now these front flares, some of them can take a little bit of force to get that clip back in but once they're in they're on.

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To fit this front flare you're going to need four of the supplied Torx bit screws.

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You want to fit them through the slotted holes on the inside of the flare to the brackets where the speed nuts are.

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The reason that these brackets are loose is with the supplied Torx bit screw we want to fit them through the slotted hole on the flare to the speed nut on the metal bracket.

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Same deal, we want to just loosely fit them to the other three brackets as well.

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Alright so after we've loosely fitted all of our Torx bit screws to the metal brackets we want to go around and use our T25 Torx bit on the socket wrench to tighten them to the vehicle.

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I recommend starting from the front to align it with this line on the bumper guard as well as while you're fixing it to the car pushing the flare against the car and tightening it right up.

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Help me out of the right way.

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Sweet and then actually I'll have to speak on that. You can speak on the nail.

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So after we've tightened this screw right up now is a good time to push the flare in and then fully tighten that inside screw that we fitted earlier.

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This will make sure that bracket's in the right location if we ever take it off and then it's nice and secure to the vehicle.

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After doing that, fully tighten that other screw on the outside. Sweet.

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So after you've done that front one just repeat the same process with the next three brackets.

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So tightening this outside screw first, then tightening the inside one as much as we can and then repairing on that outside one.

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So next we're going to fit the front bumper flare. For this you're going to need two push clips, one of the OE screws that we took off at the start and one of the white large clips as well.

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To start with we'll fit the white clip to the inside and then using one of these push clips we'll place the flare into the guard lining up with the clip that's still in there.

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So next to fit the front bumper flare we're going to use two of the large black push clips, one of the OE screws that we took out earlier and then one of the white large clips as well that we'll insert to the inside mount and then we'll fit it to this hole ensuring this hole no longer has a plug in it.

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So to push this flare in you're going to need to push it in and guide it into that hole.

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It will clip in place and then we'll add one of these push clips to secure that and then use one of the OE screws and refit that at the top here and refit this clip down the bottom and we'll just fit this clip here and this one at the bottom on this little guard lining up with the hole and clipping it back in place.

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And then finally to fit off the front bumper flare we'll use the 10mm socket on the socket wrench to fully fit this screw back in place.

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So next we're going to fit the OTA front mud flap. To do this you're going to need one of the large push clips supplied, one of the OE screws we took out earlier as well as a Torx bit screw along with your 10mm socket, the socket wrench and then your T25 socket as well.

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So starting with the OE screw we'll line that with the flare on the inner guard, fit that screw and then align it to the inside guard at the bracket that we fit earlier and fit that screw.

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And then we'll fit this plug.

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So after following the previous steps the front flares and your front mud flap should now be fit.

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Repeat this on the other side and all those parts will be fit up. So next we're going to do the rear door flares.

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For this you're just going to need the supplied small white clips and the small black clips as well as some rubber that we've pre-trimmed to suit this flare.

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To start with the installation for the rear door flare we're going to start by inserting five of the supplied small white clips to the inside part of the flare.

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You want to guide the bottom clip in place and this will help guide the rest of the clips in place and then clip it to the car.

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So after you've fully clipped on the door flare you just want to use the two small black clips to align it with the inside holes and clip it in place.

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So before we install the rear fender flare we want to install the bracket to mount it.

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This bracket mounts on the inside underneath here and to do this we're going to need one of the large push clips as well as the OE screw that we took out to start and I'll show you how to do that.

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So to start with fitting this bracket we want to make sure we've got the correct labeled bracket for the right side.

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We want to start off with the large black push clip and ensure that the OE one has been removed.

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So we'll line up this hole with that hole and ensure that guard is now fit back in place and refit that plug.

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Then we'll refit this screw.

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And to tighten this screw off we can use the 10mm socket on our socket wrench, keep that back in place and then we want to fit one of the supplied speed nuts to this part as well.

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Alright so after we've fitted that rear bracket in place next is to clip our rear flare in place.

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So to do this you're going to need two of the small white clips supplied in our kit.

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Fit them to the inside of the flare and then ensure that you've got the rubber fitted and cut to size as well and then we'll guide it onto the car gently as well ensuring that we're under that bracket that we've just fit, guide these two clips in place and clip them back to the car.

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So with our flares the inside clip is slotted. This gives you room for adjustment to ensure that this gap between your door jam is correct.

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Once you've got the flare fitted up we can now fit our speed clips in place over the holes that have been cut out in the flare.

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To finish off the rear flare you're going to need the OE screw that we took out at the start, one of the black supplied push clips and one of the small push clips as well.

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Starting with the smaller push clip we'll insert it up the front here.

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Then the large black push clip and then the OE black screw.

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One last screw to put in on this rear flare should be one of the supplied torque screws that will then fit to the speed clip we fit on the bracket earlier.

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Then using our T25 Torx bit we'll fix it to the underside of the car.

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So to finish off our kit we'll install the OTA rear mud flap. To do this you're going to need three of the supplied Torx bit screws and then one of the large black plugs.

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