Date:         Sat, 29 May 1999 09:37:09 -0700
Reply-To:     Nathaniel Merrill <nmerrill@PARAMETRIX.COM>
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From:         Nathaniel Merrill <nmerrill@PARAMETRIX.COM>
Subject:      Re: The Bus Depot Mudflaps
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I'll add another note on my installation of these flaps.   I did not like the clips which are supplied with the fronts.  for what ever reason they did not seat far enough and stuck up/out to far.  Maybe my fender edges are shorter then others? (91 syncro )  Anyway I  opted to utilize the existing lower two holes which held on the original plastic fender flare.  I just screwed sheet metal type screws right trough these holes and into the mudflaps.   The upper screw needs to be rather short, like 1/4 inch I thin, but  It worked great.  
Nat Seattle

 
>>> George Chapman <landmark@THEGRID.NET> 05/29 7:32 AM >>>
Alain & Volks:

I've installed the OEM mudflaps (from the Bus Depot).

The small bolt and numerous nuts (8mm, I think) are designed
to be used to hold the interior portion of the FRONT
mudflaps stable/secure. (The product I received had a brief
instruction drawing enclosed in the package.)

There is drilling that needs to be done to install this
stabilizing bolt & nut system.  The installation on my 91 Gl
required some carefully planning & drilling, because
location of the drilled hole is into the steel cross-member
that is the jack insertion point. By angling the new bolt
hole slightly inward (toward the interior of the car) I was
able to avoid placing the bolt in a relatively inaccessible
spot (inside the jack insertion point tube).  What I did to
determine the location of the drilled hole was install the
front mudflaps with just the clips. Then, sliding under the
car, I used the existing bolt hole in the mudflap as a guide
while drilling.  Once you've placed the mudflaps with just
the clips the location of the hole that needs to be drilled
will be quite apparent.  Adjust its location to give
yourself room for the nut/washer or bolt head (depending on
which way you decide to install the bolt).

Again, look for the single sheet installation graphic in one
of the packages.  It will become clear how the bolt and
nut/washers are to be installed on the mudflap when you do.

Hope this helps,

- - George Chapman, 91 GL
    Lake Almanor, CA