[beamonk]

I got mine a couple of weeks ago and installed it last weekend, the front anyway. It went pretty easy and the fit is good. I was disconcerted also about the lip. Pie and I have the same thought about the garden edging. One could slit the round part on the top and slip it over the lip. This would possibly give something on the top and bottom to drill and bolt through.
Brad tried to tell me something to try. I got this roll of industrial rubber from the rubber place that would have been perfect had we had a lip. Brad suggested getting some thick rubber and using some kick butt adhesive inside the bottom lip and attaching a thick strip of rubber to the inner lip. Then using the adhesive and some screws to glue, bind the quarter inch lip to the rubber. I like the idea and might go to the rubber place and see if they have some thick stuff. This might work better than screwing the edging to the bottom which, in an off road excursion, might damage the glas.
The rear bumper I had picked up cheaply, had the vents cut out, by the black marks on it it obviously had the duel out sport muffler. I am going to do that and if too loud, add some Harley baffles inside the outlets to quiet it down some.
Mu painting was acceptable, but the new hood I got will have to be painted for the third time. If any of you remember, I had vandals take a flying leap on it one night parked outside the theatre. Bummed me out considerbly. The first go around, I got the runs, the second was ok, but I had it hanging from the ceiling and the cotton pickin phone kept ringing while I was fitting the front, I stood up quickly and banged the hood which sent it tumbling into my neck and to the chair and then floor. It put a small dent on the front edge, (I was lucky). The painting experience was not that good, after I finished the painting, I went outside to throw some stuff away, and ran into a limb of a pine tree and scratched me eye pretty good. Then three nights later I had the hood peg me in the neck! I am getting clumsy, but plan to be more careful. Just a note, don't paint a hood hanging down, gravity is not good, in retrospect, it had too much orangepeel from the gravity. next time it will be on the sawhorses!