installing f.g. ducktail question

[jmz]

I will be installing a duck from MaShaw next week and I noticed there is no provision for the rubber bump stop that goes on the stock decklid.

Those of you who use a f.glass duck, How did you install the rubber bump stop/adjusters?

[rsr808]

When I has a fiberglass tail, I had to drill a small hole and twist the rubber stops in. Personally, I think they're completely neccessary because if you don't have them the fiberglass tail will wear away while it rubs against the steel frame.

Good Luck!

[tryan]

you might look at air filter housing mounts for older mb diesels. they have a stud on each side of a cylinder of rubber. you might be able to slice one down the middle. i have have never done it, but it sounds like a good solution.

[Joe Bob]

Take the old tail, measure the hole....take a like size drill and make one....screw the rubbers in.......

[911pcars]

You should drill holes in the same position as the factory lid and use the factory rubber bumpers. Once installed, you can twist them to adjust the height of the deck lid corner relative to the adjacent body surface.

Sherwood Lee
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[tronman]

Dear god!!! I had heard that you 911 guys were a little twisted...but drilling holes in a ducks tail??? Someone should alert PETA!!!

[tryan]

drill holes. ask questions later.

[jmz]

I was considering drilling a hole in the tail and filing the grooves in the bumper stop a bit bigger. F.G. is thicker than the sheetmetal. I can drill a hole in the tail no problem it seems the sheet metal has a chamfer on it to help the bump stop stay in place. I think I am going to drill a small hole and tread in a rubber foot w/ a small screw attached and file it to the right size. If it doensn't work, I'll drill a bigger hole and put on the factory bump stop.

[tryan]

you should check out the air filter mounting bushings at you local mb dealer.

[Wavey]

Originally posted by jmz
I was considering drilling a hole in the tail and filing the grooves in the bumper stop a bit bigger. F.G. is thicker than the sheetmetal. I can drill a hole in the tail no problem it seems the sheet metal has a chamfer on it to help the bump stop stay in place. I think I am going to drill a small hole and tread in a rubber foot w/ a small screw attached and file it to the right size. If it doensn't work, I'll drill a bigger hole and put on the factory bump stop.

You might try drilling the same size hole, then use a counter-sink bit (which is a short little bit, about 1/2" diameter with a 45-degree point), which would provide the chamfer AND leave the f/g thinner at that point where the rubber screws in.

Quack!

[911pcars]

"I was considering drilling a hole in the tail and filing the grooves in the bumper stop a bit bigger. F.G. is thicker than the sheetmetal. I can drill a hole in the tail no problem it seems the sheet metal has a chamfer on it to help the bump stop stay in place. I think I am going to drill a small hole and tread in a rubber foot w/ a small screw attached and file it to the right size. If it doensn't work, I'll drill a bigger hole and put on the factory bump stop."

All this is not necessary unless the FG is too thick (if it is, remove some FG w/a sander). Chamfer to keep in place? The rubber stop threads into the hole. Friction between rubber and FG will keep it in place. Fussing here is not necessary.

Sherwood

[Wavey]

All this is not necessary unless the FG is too thick (if it is, remove some FG w/a sander). Chamfer to keep in place? The rubber stop threads into the hole. Friction between rubber and FG will keep it in place. Fussing here is not necessary.

Sherwood [/B]

Hey - it's a P-Car - fussing is REQUIRED! :>