Date:         Mon, 8 Dec 1997 20:11:39 EST
Reply-To:     JordanVw <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
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From:         JordanVw <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
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Subject:      Got my Fender Lips....
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Hi, people - my fender lips, flares, whatever you want to call them, arrived
this eve via UPS..
First of all, I want to thank Helmut Zeidler, and Tom Forhan, for getting them
to my doorstep.
that said, a few observations about the fender lips...
first of all, they are fiberglass, not rubber as I thought, and are primed w/
a black primer, and will need to be refinished.
so, yes, they are fragile (you syncro 4 wheelers stay away from the trees, you
bust one, you're S.O.L....  ;<)
secondly, I'm not bitching, but they do not have ANY provisions for attaching
to the body.
So folks, break out the power drills, and start perforating your baby's wheel
wells....  :<O    ~~~cringe~~~
also, they are not "exact fit" as much as I'd like them to be.. there are
little tabs that are supposed to fit in the lower horizontal body groove, and
the dont really fit into this groove all that well, so most likely these
little tabs may have to be trimmed off.. (check yours against your van first
to see what i mean)
the lips w/ the slot cut out of the top, are for the fronts..

I'm guessing drilling holes, countersinking them (there's not really much lip
to countersink into since the lips are so thin) and using flat head screws???
extreme caution will need to be taken in order to minimize rust
development...(i.e. silicon all the holes and screws prior to screwing them in
the holes...)

sure woulda been nice if there was some provisions for attachment....
sure hate the thought of riddling my doglegs with holes....  :<P~
grumble... <-----  no, no, I'm not bitching.....  ;<)

but they do look neat tho..  set them on my '87 w/ the stock steel wheels
(makes the stock 14" steel wheels look really skinny!! LOL  ;<)  15" alloy
wheels or Carat alloys would definately look better w/ the lips..  ;<)

so, basically, no, it's not a "bolt on" deal...  you're gonna have to play w/
them a little bit to get them to fit, but between all of us who ordered them,
I hope we can arrive at a appropriate way of mounting them that will also keep
the rust at bay....

chris