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    Came back up for air (back to schoolwork tomorrow). I didn't mess with the curvature of the guards themselves (no pipe bender avail-or anything besides simple power tools and sidewalk, which is like cowbell, you can never have too much) All I did was use a Dremel to shorten the tubing you see in the pic--figured it would be a useful spot to mount stuff later --the pic you had with the CB antenna mount (BINGO, I LOVE the antenna mount). I then had the weld shop take three pieces of flat steel and weld it at a 45degree angle on the inside of the guard. Then vise grips, crescent wrench and some educated guesswork and just bent them to fit. One reason I have them so far from the tail light is the mismatch same as the plastic ones on the angles, it doesn't look as odd when they are further out (and they match the distance on my Mercedes grilleguard anyway)
    Last edited by wekilled : 01/19/2012 at 10:12 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by wekilled View Post
    All I did was use a Dremel to shorten the tubing you see in the pic--figured it would be a useful spot to mount stuff later --the pic you had with the CB antenna mount (BINGO, I LOVE the antenna mount).


    I just ain't gettin' this...........
    What tubing did you Dremel and shorten?? The thin horizontal ones?

    Are the thin bars/tubing now disconnected from the thicker vertical tubing?

    Sorry, I'm being so dumb here...... Anybody...can you 'splain dis to me?
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    Also, these stainless ones on ebay don't seem to have the correct shape...I don't see any slope on the upper, outer edge that would follow the curve of the top half of our tail lens shape . They actually look quite square to me....I can't get the picture to show in this post though.
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/320778863088...49#ht_690wt_80


    These follow the contour: (They're made by MANIK, but discontinued).

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