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Originally Posted by BamZipPow
The concern I have with flat metal strips (if they aren't thick enough) is that they could oscillate/vibrate and contact the tires as the air flows over the support. The shelving brackets seems to be working perfectly as the "U" channel simulates the thickness of a thicker strip without the mass/bulk/cost of one. The 35" strips I bought yesterday was about $3 each. I'll probably pick up a pair of 48" strips (be it the shelf bracket rails or the punched hole strips) fer the lower panel support so I can git rid of the wire support.  |
Sorry, I should have clarified my post. True, the flat straps flop around. Found that out with one of the engine bay belly panel brackets--so i bolted a 90* bracket to it. (Replacing the whole strap would mean another front end alignment)
I've almost exclusively used the 90* metal pieces for brackets, and that stuff holds its form quite well. They cost more, and are heavier but I like the fact they stay put. I now wonder if I could have used the flat ones for the rear wheel fairing brackets as I had to twist them to fit, but the 90* pieces work fine. The only spot I see myself using the flat ones now for is under the fuel tank, with some cushion between. I had considered trying to bend about a 1/4" lip the length of the flat straps, but that I found extremely difficult to do with a vice and pair of channel locks or vice grips and only mildly easier with the vice and a hammer.
Nice mpg numbers!