What are these things and should they be installed

Bob54 · 10-07-2016, 06:37 PM

Found these in the trunk of my 2016? A couple are strut covers and I am not sure on the other pieces. What are they and should they be installed? Should the strut covers be installed?

SSDan · 10-07-2016, 06:46 PM

The tow hook mounts through a pop out panel on the front grille if you need your car towed up onto a rollback flat bed wrecker (the only kind of wrecker you should accept and make sure the tow hook is used). The other two long and narrow black plastic parts look like the air deflectors that mount below the front bumper in front of each front tire. All the parts except the tow hook should have been installed by your dealer as part of the delivery prep.

KLR ZL1 · 10-07-2016, 06:51 PM

Are those the deflectors and brake ducts for track use?

Bob54 · 10-07-2016, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by SSDan

The tow hook mounts through a pop out panel on the front grille if you need your car towed up onto a rollback flat bed wrecker (the only kind of wrecker you should accept and make sure the tow hook is used). The other two long and narrow black plastic parts look like the air deflectors that mount below the front bumper in front of each front tire. All the parts except the tow hook should have been installed by your dealer as part of the delivery prep.

Guess I best put the tow hook back in the car. Thanks!

mt3130 · 10-07-2016, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SSDan

All the parts except the tow hook should have been installed by your dealer as part of the delivery prep.

This is incorrect. None of the parts should have been installed. The air deflectors are for track use only, and not meant to be installed for daily driving. The air deflectors replace the ones installed from the factory. The track ones hang down low very close to the ground, and would be scraped up/broken off during daily driving.

The tow hook screws in to the front bumper, as has already been explained.

Hyper16 · 10-07-2016, 07:39 PM

I do believe those should have been installed by the dealer (not the tow hook). They were on mine. There are other parts (track deflectors) that should only be installed if you are going to track the car. See these threads:

http://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=439557

http://www.camaro6.com/forums/showth...ack+deflectors

This is from a search - whole $hitload of info.

http://www.camaro6.com/forums/search...rchid=36176264

SSDan · 10-07-2016, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mt3130

This is incorrect. None of the parts should have been installed. The air deflectors are for track use only, and not meant to be installed for daily driving. The air deflectors replace the ones installed from the factory. The track ones hang down low very close to the ground, and would be scraped up/broken off during daily driving.

The tow hook screws in to the front bumper, as has already been explained.

And you know this how? Do you own a gen 6? I do and all those parts belong on the car except the tow hook which stays in its spot in the trunk until you need it. Those plastic parts are not the track parts.

I'm always amazed about people who give you advice on cars they have not or do not own.

Moc96 · 10-07-2016, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SSDan

And you know this how? Do you own a gen 6? I do and all those parts belong on the car except the tow hook which stays in its spot in the trunk until you need it. Those plastic parts are not the track parts.

I'm always amazed about people who give you advice on cars they have not or do not own.

This.

jwober · 10-07-2016, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob54

Found these in the trunk of my 2016? A couple are strut covers and I am not sure on the other pieces. What are they and should they be installed? Should the strut covers be installed?

Did you have a splitter installed? If so, those parts had to be removed from the bottom of the front bumper cover for the splitter to fit properly

bigd1276 · 10-07-2016, 09:05 PM

Seems like a lot of us found surprises in the trunk when we got home. Looks like our dealers could've been a bit more helpful.

http://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=468942

Hyper16 · 10-07-2016, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jwober

Did you have a splitter installed? If so, those parts had to be removed from the bottom of the front bumper cover for the splitter to fit properly

Wrong. I have the factory splitter installed and the deflectors were NOT removed. Jeez people. Make sure you know what the hell you are talking about.

gippy87 · 10-08-2016, 04:46 AM

also had these parts in my trunk with installation instructions.

iPODFAN11 · 10-08-2016, 07:45 AM

THIS GUY has it RIGHT.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SSDan

The tow hook mounts through a pop out panel on the front grille if you need your car towed up onto a rollback flat bed wrecker (the only kind of wrecker you should accept and make sure the tow hook is used). The other two long and narrow black plastic parts look like the air deflectors that mount below the front bumper in front of each front tire. All the parts except the tow hook should have been installed by your dealer as part of the delivery prep.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SSDan

And you know this how? Do you own a gen 6? I do and all those parts belong on the car except the tow hook which stays in its spot in the trunk until you need it. Those plastic parts are not the track parts.

I'm always amazed about people who give you advice on cars they have not or do not own.

TSloper · 10-08-2016, 08:25 AM

The items in the first pic should be on your car whether you track it or not.

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Bob54 Drives: 2016 1LT RS Convertible Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Boston Posts: 85	What are these things and should they be installed Found these in the trunk of my 2016? A couple are strut covers and I am not sure on the other pieces. What are they and should they be installed? Should the strut covers be installed? Attached Images

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SSDan Drives: 2016 1SS 6MT NPP Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Lake Murray, SC Posts: 2,246 View My Garage	The tow hook mounts through a pop out panel on the front grille if you need your car towed up onto a rollback flat bed wrecker (the only kind of wrecker you should accept and make sure the tow hook is used). The other two long and narrow black plastic parts look like the air deflectors that mount below the front bumper in front of each front tire. All the parts except the tow hook should have been installed by your dealer as part of the delivery prep. __________________ 2016 Camaro 1SS Hyper Blue 6MT NPP 2010 Camaro 2SS Cam/Headers/CAI/3.91 gears 476 rwhp/440 rwtq (sold)

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KLR ZL1 H-Town Camaro Club Member Drives: 17 Hyper Blue Metallic KLR-ZL1 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Pearland Tx. Posts: 2,035 View My Garage	Are those the deflectors and brake ducts for track use? __________________

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Hyper16 A Heartbeat Away......... Drives: Not As Fast As I Would Like To Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,379	I do believe those should have been installed by the dealer (not the tow hook). They were on mine. There are other parts (track deflectors) that should only be installed if you are going to track the car. See these threads: http://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=439557 http://www.camaro6.com/forums/showth...ack+deflectors This is from a search - whole $hitload of info. http://www.camaro6.com/forums/search...rchid=36176264 __________________ ,,,,,,, 2016 Hyper Blue Metallic 2SS \| A8 \| MRC \| Sunroof \| Nav \| Mishimoto Catch Can \| GM CAI \| Hurst Shifter \| Borla S-Type Exhaust \| Body Color Splash Guards \| 1LE Splitter \| GM Dark Tail Lights \| ZL1 Third Brake Light \| Custom Fuel Door, Badges & Bowties \| Oracle Side Markers \| Blacked Out Stuff \| Opti-Coat Pro+ The problem with this world is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be penalties for stupidity, but why don't we just take the warning labels off everything and let the problem solve itself.

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bigd1276 2017 HyperBlue 2SS Drives: 2017 HyperBlue Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: PA Posts: 2,137 View My Garage	Seems like a lot of us found surprises in the trunk when we got home. Looks like our dealers could've been a bit more helpful. http://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=468942 __________________ ] http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30755 2010 IBM 2LT RS......Traded for..... 2012 IBM 2SS RS......Traded for..... 2017 HBM 2SS

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gippy87 Drives: 2016 2ss Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: RI Posts: 179	also had these parts in my trunk with installation instructions.

10-08-2016, 08:25 AM	#14
TSloper Drives: 2016 Camaro SS Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Mount Dora, FL Posts: 779	The items in the first pic should be on your car whether you track it or not.

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