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Jethro:
Brad,
Reminds me of when I went to fit some new torpedo rod holders to my new boat....... Mrs come into the shed and seen me just standing there with the drill in my hands boat was all marked out and ready for drilling a pilot hole said what are you doing Jethro?????
I just couldn't bring myself to drilling the fooken new thing :tears: :tears: never did fit those rod holders to the bow of our boat :laugh: :laugh:
wabco40:
--- Quote from: Jethro on October 11, 2014, 10:20:57 AM ---Brad,
Reminds me of when I went to fit some new torpedo rod holders to my new boat....... Mrs come into the shed and seen me just standing there with the drill in my hands boat was all marked out and ready for drilling a pilot hole said what are you doing Jethro?????
I just couldn't bring myself to drilling the fooken new thing :tears: :tears: never did fit those rod holders to the bow of our boat :laugh: :laugh:
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That first cut is a bit daunting Jethro :omg:, after that its ok.
Started to cut the right panel out this arvo. I didn't want to damage the bonding strips and if possible save the original fenders.
A bit of gentle heat with a heat gun along the seam and then heat up the blade of a flexible paint scraper and it cuts through the factory adhesive quite easily.
I have separated the fender up to where I am going to cut it off in front of the side marker light.
Once the fender is off then the excess bonding adhesive will be cleaned up off the bonding strips and the new fender trimmed to fit.
craigh:
Your a brave man Brad. !!
wabco40:
--- Quote from: craigh on October 11, 2014, 11:00:52 PM ---Your a brave man Brad. !!
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Its not that drastic Craig, this is only minor surgery compared to what I have done previously to this car.
The right fender is removed. I still need to clean up the old adhesive off the bonding areas and make up a bonding strip where I am going to splice the new fender onto the existing section in front of the side light.
When CIC made up the moulds for these flairs they made the wheel opening more round and centralised the wheel in the arch.
The original rear fenders always looks like the wheel is to far forward in the opening. It seems to be more noticeable when the car is lowered.
Back to work for another week. I'll remove the left fender when I return and start trimming the new fenders to fit.
wabco40:
Rough fit to see how it looks. Fender still needs to be centred and trimmed.
I stuffed up on the backspace for the new rims :grr:. I previously had 5.25" BS but had these made up with 4.75".
I should have stayed with 5.25". Looks like I am gona have two rims for sale.
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