All,
Has anyone adapted their existing roll bar covers to accommodate the brackets for a wind deflector. I’m thinking about making a template for where the holes need to be and then making a generous hole to give myself some room for error when I’m lining up the screw holes in the inner housing exposed when you take the silver plastic panel off.
Any help tips and tricks videos photos - most welcome.
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Drilling for a wind deflector
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Drilling for a wind deflector
I measured mine for selling my wind deflector incase anyone wanted to fit drilling their existing hoops.Crandog wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:00 pm All,
Has anyone adapted their existing roll bar covers to accommodate the brackets for a wind deflector. I’m thinking about making a template for where the holes need to be and then making a generous hole to give myself some room for error when I’m lining up the screw holes in the inner housing exposed when you take the silver plastic panel off.
Any help tips and tricks videos photos - most welcome.
Hopefully these will help
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Drilling for a wind deflector
When you open the hoops up you will be able to see where the holes should go. I just did as you said, drilled a hole slightly larger than the screw hole but not bigger than the width of the brackets.
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Drilling for a wind deflector
Awesome thanks. I’ll give this a try
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How far from the centre of the bottom hole to the bottom of the cover?
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Drilling for a wind deflector
This is the other side, they look a couple of mil out but these are factory ones, not ones I drilled myself. The tape looks flatter on this one and in line with the hole.
If not follow Silverstar’s suggestion and take them off and drill from the inside?
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G29 M40i Thundernight with Ivory interior, all option packs (here for a while, hopefully )
G29 M40i Misano Blue all option packs (Gone 26k of fun)
E89 35iS, Valencia Orange, Design Pure Traction pack (Gone)
E89 23i sDrive, Silver (Gone)