Video Transcript for 2023 Ford F-150 WeatherTech Mud Flaps: Complete Installation

Hi, everyone. Aiden here with etrailer. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install these WeatherTech no-drill mud flaps for the front of our 2023 Ford F-150. The fronts are gonna help with kicking rock up onto your paint, keeping dirt and debris clear of that painted surface, and the material is going to be a thermoplastic resin. It's a bit more of a rigid material, but still has some flex to it and it's gonna match all the black plastics on your vehicle really well. And on the back we can see how it's a no-drill installation.

On our F-150 today, it's using factory mounting locations at the bottom on the inside edge. But speaking of the no-drill installation, you're probably wondering what that looks like. The fronts are gonna be pretty straightforward here and mostly use factory hardware, so let's check it out. That factory hardware will be two hex head screws that we can loosen up and fully remove with a seven millimeter socket or wrench. Hang onto these because they will get reused later.

Now, this is pretty loose right now, but there's still one push pin fastener underneath. It's pretty far recessed, but you might just find better luck pulling straight out (fastener clicks) and releasing both the push pin fastener and this plastic clip. This whole piece is actually not gonna get reused, so if you mangle it in the process, that's fine. Just toss it in the trash. Now, there's gonna be one more factory screw that we can remove with a 10 millimeter socket.

Now, if yours is anything like ours, it's gonna have some paint on it. This side's actually fine. The 10 millimeter socket is fitting. The driver's side, we did notice that the paint was gooped up quite a bit, so just watch out for that. You might have to break some of that paint away, but you wanna fully remove that screw.

(drill whirs) And once we get that removed, set it in a safe place because this will also get reused. Now, your kit's gonna come with some paint protection film, and that's just gonna overlay on the paint right about here where the mud flap will end up sitting, making sure that the plastic doesn't rub directly against the paint. I'll go back through with some soapy water and just clean off that surface a bit, make sure it's all dry so that we get good adhesion. Now, we don't need to be super precise about this, but I will try to get it all the way up to the edge and press firmly down on it to get a good strong seal and keep out any of those air bubbles that we might find. We're gonna start with attaching the mud flap and securing it with that quarter turn lever up top. Now, our front wheel well does have a wheel well liner, so as you're tightening this down, you do wanna make sure that you feel it kind of grab in between the fender and the wheel well liner. If you can let go after tightening it down and it stays up, then you're probably pretty good. Then all we have to do is reattach our factory hardware. I'll start with that 10 millimeter screw at the bottom and do the two seven millimeter screws last, being sure to just get them all loosely installed before finally tighten them all down. (wrench whirs) But that'll do it for a look at and installation of the WeatherTech front no-drill mud flaps on our 2023 Ford F-150. Thanks for watching.