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Because my LH Fiberglass Fan Block-off is quite old and brittle and the RH is still steel I ordered some Sheridans from PP. On the first view, they look quite ok, but when started to fit, they turned out as terrible...

RH needed lot of trimming, but that would be ok, even if I think (as the OEM part fit's really nice and is easy to copy) it could be better from beginning. There are no marks where the mounting holes should be. Also the measurements differ from OEM part, what I cannot understand, no variation needed there. All in all, it's ok, but far away from nice. The biggest issue is that there is way too much epoxy (or polyester) in the inner corners, especially at the lower mounting latch and the inner side of the top bar so you can't get close enough to the engine shroud. about 5mm away. When you tighten the bolts on top, you deform the bar (presses down), so there is alway tension on it (or you leave it loose...)

Will post pics, when both are fitted.

LH has same issues but more than that,the are several angle errors (guess they took out to early out of mold and it warped while harden. Also radius to fan housing is bad and the inner lower area to fan bas has a huge gap. Too much trimming here. Also the area for the bolt to fan housing at the side is to short, not possible to make a hole but only a slot.

Angle issue:






Comparison to old FG piece (which fit's 99%):



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