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Old 04-12-2015, 01:43 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Mount the Kamback to the rear doors and leave its rear end open. When the doors swing open, the KB swings too.
I'd thought about suggesting that, but the hinge line in that picture you posted looks to be 4-6" in from the corner. Wouldn't it need overlapping plates or some other solution? My thought was to make a clamshell that replaced the doors with shelving inside each half, but then you'd have to seal an edge that's twice as long as the doors, so there wouldn't be a lot of dust and exhaust infiltrating.

How about a hinge-line from the bumper ends to a bracket on the drip-rail?

There's whole threads on rear-view mirrors. I like these:

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