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964 viewsnew u joint mounting clips and bolts (came with driveshaft from IRO) and some assorted locktite. (blue for u-joint screws and red for yoke nuts)
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964 viewsBadly rusted front tower
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963 viewsremoved one piece of tape and cut slits all the way down the piece so it could be folded over to make a nice edge. Not only to eliminate the sharp thin edge but, to make it stronger and to have something to mount the trim piece back to once I cut it down to size.
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963 viewscleaned the panel
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962 viewsTrim cut to fit and ready to mount
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962 viewsCut the slits
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961 viewsBumper cover removed as I begin the trimming of the front
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961 viewshorn wires in the way
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961 viewsAnother view of the slits I cut in it.
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961 viewsFront after trimming
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960 viewsAgain, saving the plastic inner fender I wrapped it around the reservoir and screwed it to the metal bumper
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959 viewsremoving old isolator
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958 viewssecondly I trimmed a bit off the back edge of the side of it. I did end up taking a wee bit more than pictured here.
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958 viewsHad to drill the slot out so the plastic mounting tab on the trim would fit back in
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957 viewsDriver side inner fender remounted
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956 viewsAFTER trimming bumper and fender
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955 viewsCut the first section out
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954 viewsTo prevent death wobble I installed a new high perf offroad steering damper shock, out with old and in with new.
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953 viewsNow moving to the rear
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952 viewsHere you can see how close the front ones are to front bumper
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952 viewsFirst piece cut out.
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951 viewsGrinding the pinch weld back on driver side
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950 viewsOther side all done, not much prying needed there either.
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950 viewsTaping it up to paint the trim black
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