Side Fender Grilles....HELP PLEASE
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Side Fender Grilles....HELP PLEASE
Yesterday I installed the side fender grilles on my Vette. Today one side is already loose and the other side has already fallen. A while back I saw a member posted on how they rigged it by sticking it with some type of velcro tape and posted pictures. Can someone please help me with an idea on how to stick them better. Thank you.
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Sounds like you didn't clean the area off with alcohol or some sort of adhesive remover. My grills came with double sided tape and have been permanently affixed for almost 4 years.
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Sorry to hear about the luck you are having. I have had mine on for about a year with little problem, one came loose while I was washing it. What type of grills are they, mine are the metal ones from west coast corvette. The tape they sent with them worked awsome.
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Originally Posted by Pewtavert
Sounds like you didn't clean the area off with alcohol or some sort of adhesive remover. My grills came with double sided tape and have been permanently affixed for almost 4 years.
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Originally Posted by Mike04
Sorry to hear about the luck you are having. I have had mine on for about a year with little problem, one came loose while I was washing it. What type of grills are they, mine are the metal ones from west coast corvette. The tape they sent with them worked awsome.
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Originally Posted by chriscostas
Yesterday I installed the side fender grilles on my Vette. Today one side is already loose and the other side has already fallen. A while back I saw a member posted on how they rigged it by sticking it with some type of velcro tape and posted pictures. Can someone please help me with an idea on how to stick them better. Thank you.
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Originally Posted by jay'szo6
I got my set from the vetteshop. Good stuff, but the tape wasn't that strong. So i re-installed them with industrial strength velcro from Home Depot. They're stuck on real good now.
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CHRIS>>>>>>> While at Home Depot get some denatured alcohol to clean with. Rubbing alcohol isn't good enough, guess how I know... I now use the denatured for cleaning when doing these sorts of mods that use d.f. tape etc.
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Side Fender Screens
I installed the side screens (I cleaned the surface extremely well) 
and they both fell out after several months. I reinstalled them using an all purpose glue that I applied to the tape pads. They are solidly in place with no problems now.
and they both fell out after several months. I reinstalled them using an all purpose glue that I applied to the tape pads. They are solidly in place with no problems now.
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Easy fix, I just did mine because of the same thing...
Go get some contact cement and stick them babies up there... They will not come off!!!
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Willfulone
Go get some contact cement and stick them babies up there... They will not come off!!!
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Originally Posted by Willfulone
Easy fix, I just did mine because of the same thing...
Go get some contact cement and stick them babies up there... They will not come off!!!
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Willfulone
Go get some contact cement and stick them babies up there... They will not come off!!!
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Willfulone
Try liquid nails...
