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Old 01-29-2015, 03:21 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I used 2 zip-ties on the panel to attach to the fuel tank aerobar thing (?) and one zip-tie to attach to the bumper exhaust hole. I had the suspension at full extension when zip-tieing to the bumper and when compressed, the panel just moves in and out where ever it can because everything else is only tucked under other panels.

Specific to the swing arms (I think that's what they are, but they are tied to each other like a torsion beam), I cut away the chloroplast in rectangles that only removed the top surface and the corrugations (imagine I beams turned to shallow c channel) leaving the bottom surface to be quite flexible and allow the panel to be higher than if it wasn't relieved. THAT was a pain to do and I'm not sure it was worth it.
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