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Old 10-11-2015, 10:52 PM   #205
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Re: 48 5 Window air ride driver

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Originally Posted by oldnslow View Post
I mounted the rectangular tips directly to the U shaped tunnel that I welded into the running board. I added a 10"-12" section of stainless "flex" to allow some movement so nothing cracks. There is about a 3/16" gap between the tip and the notch in the running board to allow some air movement for cooling, it didn't discolor the primer, hopefully won't hurt the paint either. I am going to Locktite the four 1/4 -20 bolts that hold the tips on as they loosened a couple times last year.
Good idea about adding the flex piece. I learned the hard way after a cracked tailpipe mount, I went back and added a couple of flex joints.

Looks great
Marc
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