[C2] Side pipe cover fasteners
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From: Snake handler
Side pipe cover fasteners
I can't seem to make out the AIM drawing on this.
I have a bag of small black screws and a bag of u nuts with screws.
Does the retainer strip just get screwed to the fiberglass? Then dril holes for u nuts? I don't see how the u nuts would go over the fiberglass and the retainer.
I have a bag of small black screws and a bag of u nuts with screws.
Does the retainer strip just get screwed to the fiberglass? Then dril holes for u nuts? I don't see how the u nuts would go over the fiberglass and the retainer.
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Do you have the retaining strips?
Anyone else? I'm in the hospital today and tomorrow so I don't have access to the car but want to get this figured out so I can attack it when I recover.
Had emergency surgery Wednesday night to get 6" of small bowel removed. Brutal!
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Well, hope you GET WELL soon!
Since you are adding these on a non sidepipe car you need to do some measuring to figure out where the holes and fiberglass removal needs to be to install the clips. As I recall, the black retainer, with the lip on the top, can be attached with two of the screws into the clips since there are two gaps in the sidepipe covers. Then screw down the cover over it with the remaining screws. The long trim piece will now hook into the lip. This PARAGON diagram might be clearer that the AIM picture:
https://www.paragoncorvette.com/corv...ons/15806K.pdf
Since you are adding these on a non sidepipe car you need to do some measuring to figure out where the holes and fiberglass removal needs to be to install the clips. As I recall, the black retainer, with the lip on the top, can be attached with two of the screws into the clips since there are two gaps in the sidepipe covers. Then screw down the cover over it with the remaining screws. The long trim piece will now hook into the lip. This PARAGON diagram might be clearer that the AIM picture:
https://www.paragoncorvette.com/corv...ons/15806K.pdf
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If there are supposed to be notches, that explains a lot. I wonder how many people are running without the retainer strip?
I'm hoping someone can post pics of their car with the covers removed.
There must be notches cut in the bird cage and in the fiberglass. No way will those clips reach without some kind of adaptation. I can see that it is possible to just screw them to the body but no way will that hold.
The retainer strip goes on first. Then the cover over that, then the trim strip.
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Not sure as I don't have my covers off but I do not remember any type of arc type grind to get the clips to slide on. I believe that they simply slip up onto the fiberglass and hold there. It just appears to me that someone has altered the car in the photos to get the clips to fit to the body.
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Not sure as I don't have my covers off but I do not remember any type of arc type grind to get the clips to slide on. I believe that they simply slip up onto the fiberglass and hold there. It just appears to me that someone has altered the car in the photos to get the clips to fit to the body.
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Mine is an original side pipe car. So I'll have to look the next time I have the covers off. Like I said, I didn't remember that particular adjustment but I am getting old and the memory is not as good as it used to be.
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