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Old 01-09-2009, 10:34 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Have photos?

I'm thinking back to the 84 VW Golf/Rabbit GTI. They added plastic cladding around the GTI wheel arches because it had wider 14 inch tires than the stock 13's the base car came with.

If that's the case you're facing, I'd be more inclined to keep my eyes open for a set of rims I could use the narrower tires on, and remove the frontal area-aggravating cladding! (And then put skirts on)

If that's not likely, seems to me that plastic is an ideal material to drill into and either fasten brackets, or screw directly through the skirt, since it's not going to have rust problems the way going through sheet metal might.
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