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    Default Wheel pants mods

    Here is how I modified my pants
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    Front pants, I put tape only on rear half of pants so epoxy will not stick. Then I put clear shipping tape over the blue tape and waxed only the tape area with Johnson's paste wax.
    This photos after I cut it apart. But you can see where I made the line
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    Last edited by gizmos; 07-12-2013 at 02:38 PM.

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    I put 3 layers of 4 oz glass cloth. I put a little carbon black in the epoxy so I can see how deep my cut is when I separated the halfs. I used a dremel with a diamond blade to cut.
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    Here you can see it installed before I glass in the fork . I over cut the hole to allow for clearance during turns
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    I used nut plates with solid rivets to hold them in place
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    I made reinforcement plates with hinges to allow checking tire pressure .
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    Here is the outside of the access doors
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