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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 11:26 PM
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I have a 1997 f250, 5.8L 4x4. The old body style. From the cab up the body is perfect. Almost no rust on fenders. However, the bed is very rusty and the wheel wells have been eaten away by rust (I live in michigan)
I am going to get a new bed eventually, however in the mean time I would like to cover up the rust with some fender flares to make it look better. However I do not want to ruin my front fenders by drilling holes in them, because once the body is rust free I want to show it off!!
So I found some "no drill" fender flares on lmc and wondered how they work? Does anyone know? It doesn't really specify. thanks
http://www.lmctruck.com/features/fd/FDCF3.htm
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Old Sep 16, 2012 | 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Cardifan5
I have a 1997 f250, 5.8L 4x4. The old body style. From the cab up the body is perfect. Almost no rust on fenders. However, the bed is very rusty and the wheel wells have been eaten away by rust (I live in michigan)
I am going to get a new bed eventually, however in the mean time I would like to cover up the rust with some fender flares to make it look better. However I do not want to ruin my front fenders by drilling holes in them, because once the body is rust free I want to show it off!!
So I found some "no drill" fender flares on lmc and wondered how they work? Does anyone know? It doesn't really specify. thanks
http://www.lmctruck.com/features/fd/FDCF3.htm
What do you mean how they work? Like stay on? My guess would be the heavy duty 3m double sided foam tape. http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3...Tape/?MDR=true
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Old Sep 16, 2012 | 01:17 AM
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Yeah I was just curious how they were able to stay on. I didn't realize they made adhesive tape strong enough. Thanks for the link
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Old Sep 16, 2012 | 01:24 AM
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Yeah I was just curious how they were able to stay on. I didn't realize they made adhesive tape strong enough. Thanks for the link
No problem. I've used the tape before. The emblems on my truck are held on with it.
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Old Sep 16, 2012 | 07:51 AM
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If anything the tape holds on better then the screws, and good luck getting them off lol
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Old Sep 16, 2012 | 08:44 AM
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3m double sided tape is great stuff. it held the eyelines on my cars headlight and the only way i got it off when i sold them was fishing line back and forth, and a lot of time rubbing to get the residue off.
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