So I've been thinking...
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You could use a gallon of WD, and a cheap garden sprayer and really spray quite an area. WD was made for protection of metal that had to be stored, not just tinkering with stuck hood latches. You can also put vaseline or dielectric grease or Desitin on bulb bases. Desitin is very waterproof. At my office they mix chili powder and Desitin or vaseline, and goop up metal instruments that have to be left submerged in salt water - keeps the barnacles off of it for a long time (like months). So gooping a bulb base before onset of snow removal might be a plus.
I used dielectric grease on the bulb sockets, but they still rotted out, got to the point that I bought the bulb sockets in pairs.
So I figured a couple of mudflaps might solve this problem.
The bulb sockets are only $4 each but after awhile changing them out gets old.
Worth a shot huh?
Mudflap was free, but a new one can be bought at a truck stop for $20, one mudflap will do all four wheels, a hell of alot cheaper than what Rover wants for mudflaps.
8" wide, 12' long, 3 holes drilled and then bolts and nuts, washers on each side.
So I figured a couple of mudflaps might solve this problem.
The bulb sockets are only $4 each but after awhile changing them out gets old.
Worth a shot huh?
Mudflap was free, but a new one can be bought at a truck stop for $20, one mudflap will do all four wheels, a hell of alot cheaper than what Rover wants for mudflaps.
8" wide, 12' long, 3 holes drilled and then bolts and nuts, washers on each side.
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I used dielectric grease on the bulb sockets, but they still rotted out, got to the point that I bought the bulb sockets in pairs.
So I figured a couple of mudflaps might solve this problem.
The bulb sockets are only $4 each but after awhile changing them out gets old.
Worth a shot huh?
Mudflap was free, but a new one can be bought at a truck stop for $20, one mudflap will do all four wheels, a hell of alot cheaper than what Rover wants for mudflaps.
8" wide, 12' long, 3 holes drilled and then bolts and nuts, washers on each side.
So I figured a couple of mudflaps might solve this problem.
The bulb sockets are only $4 each but after awhile changing them out gets old.
Worth a shot huh?
Mudflap was free, but a new one can be bought at a truck stop for $20, one mudflap will do all four wheels, a hell of alot cheaper than what Rover wants for mudflaps.
8" wide, 12' long, 3 holes drilled and then bolts and nuts, washers on each side.
I switched the bolts around tonight after work so they poke through on the back side, I figure they will be easier to remove later if the threads are not all full of crap. lol
I just used a washer on each end, I dont think they will rip, but if they do so what? They are cheap to replace.
You can see the rivets for the old mudflaps, I was going to cut those off and reuse those holes, but that was more work than I wanted to invest, if you have a Dremel with a cut off wheel it would be a piece of cake.
Instead I just drilled 3 new holes, drilled matching holes in the mudflaps and then bolted them in place.
30 min to do both sides on the rear, still need to do the fronts.
I just used a washer on each end, I dont think they will rip, but if they do so what? They are cheap to replace.
You can see the rivets for the old mudflaps, I was going to cut those off and reuse those holes, but that was more work than I wanted to invest, if you have a Dremel with a cut off wheel it would be a piece of cake.
Instead I just drilled 3 new holes, drilled matching holes in the mudflaps and then bolted them in place.
30 min to do both sides on the rear, still need to do the fronts.