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suspectnumber961 · 09-29-2011, 04:25 AM

At the back you can see the 2 5/16" 18 bolts...the xmember was drilled and tapped for these. The front sits on the air dam lip...but also has two screws holding it just in case.

I used some old paneling to make a pattern. Cardboard was used to shape the wheel well areas...mostly following the plastic liners. Once the back was shaped...I just bolted it up and then traced a line around the front dam...cut it there. Had to trim the bottom of the plastic serpentine belt shield also.

The stiffeners should have been placed a little farther to the front....or even better...should have used the other side and had it warp DOWN. Due to the shape of the lip...the plywood won't sit perfectly on the lip.

The 1/8" paneling fit much better...but the indoor glue would have delaminated fairly quick?

09-29-2011, 04:25 AM	#10 (permalink)
suspectnumber961 EcoModding Alien Observer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: I flitter here and there Posts: 547 highcountryexplorer - '86 Nissan 720 KC 4x4 ST with fiberglass cap 90 day: 21.78 mpg (US) Elroy - '03 Ford Focus ZX3 w/Zetec DOHC engine 90 day: 32.89 mpg (US) Thanks: 6 Thanked 78 Times in 65 Posts	At the back you can see the 2 5/16" 18 bolts...the xmember was drilled and tapped for these. The front sits on the air dam lip...but also has two screws holding it just in case. I used some old paneling to make a pattern. Cardboard was used to shape the wheel well areas...mostly following the plastic liners. Once the back was shaped...I just bolted it up and then traced a line around the front dam...cut it there. Had to trim the bottom of the plastic serpentine belt shield also. The stiffeners should have been placed a little farther to the front....or even better...should have used the other side and had it warp DOWN. Due to the shape of the lip...the plywood won't sit perfectly on the lip. The 1/8" paneling fit much better...but the indoor glue would have delaminated fairly quick? __________________ *Carry on humans...we are extremely proud of you.* .................. Forty-six percent of Americans believe in the creationist view that God created humans in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years. GALLUP POLL