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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Dougzilla
Thanks again everyone. Yes Mike I have been a little busy here. RTSVET these are chrome pieces. I have a few pieces of stainless, but I prefer the chrome. Chrome is much easy to keep clean and doesn't scratch as easy.
Where did you get your chrome peices from?

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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by LMH4C5
Just curious Doug, how much of a PITA was the radiator fan S/S to put on? Been thinking about them but so many pieces to install in such a tight area.

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The worst parts of the install was the drivers side, due to the tight areas. The best way i came up with was to clean the fan shroud with some paint thinner to get the dirt and solvents off. Remove the air bridge to give a lot more room to work with. Next apply a liberal amount of epoxy adhesive to the back side and install the piece. Start from the right side and work from the center of the fan out. The left side I started installing from the right working may way left and finished the others by twisting my left hand into the tight spaces. I wasn't bleeding when I finished so I will give this a 2 for difficulty.
Difficulty scale 1= low, 10=high.
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by RTSVET
Where did you get your chrome pieces from?

Thanks Randy
The radiator pieces I purchased from Ecklers.
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Dougzilla
The radiator pieces I purchased from Ecklers.
Doug....Ecklers sells two kits for the radiator. One kit covers the tops of the two fan shrouds and the other covers the verticle face that surrounds the two fans. Did you get both or just the fan surrounds.
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by LMH4C5
Doug....Ecklers sells two kits for the radiator. One kit covers the tops of the two fan shrouds and the other covers the verticle face that surrounds the two fans. Did you get both or just the fan surrounds.
I put both sets on.
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