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Old 06-22-2008, 08:00 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Pics, pics, pics:

First of all, here's the back of the skirt with the coroplast attached (contact/rubber cement) to stiffen it more for those hot summer days (when the black plastic was getting pretty soft & wobbly):



Next, on to the new non-drilling-the-car attachment method. A crummy shot of the DIY bracket. It's made from flattened copper pipe, stainless nut, bolt & washers:




Next, the same bracket, shown installed. Another crummy shot - sorry:



I made 6 of those special brackets in total, 3 per side. Once tightened, they're well clamped down and very solid.

The other two brackets per side attach to the lip of the plastic bumper, so I just made simple 90 degree bends in the copper pipe, drilled & bolted them on:



And here's the skirt installed. I'll probably paint the screw heads black:

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