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... at least in climates that experience winter + salt:
1) the clip that attaches it to the fender (and solves the problem you describe) corrodes, fills with crud, and comes loose (or rusts away completely).
2) the screws that hold this on at the lower fender rust as do the clips they screw into such that they all come loose (I replace them with bolts, washers, + locknuts).
3) The screws that hold the metal slide track onto the bumper extensions rust + let go.
4) The bumpers warp from who knows what (heat, snow, whatever) causing them to pull away and the rubber sealing strip that rests on top falls off, letting snow + salt in behind into the track etc...
5) 3) and 4) exacerbate each other.
6) vibration + driving through snow rattles whatever is left loose.
7) reinstalling them over and over seems to bend the aluminum track "catches", at least on the ones on the car.
8) warping (see 4) causes the "chrome" trim to come loose, letting salt + slush into the screws hidden by the "chrome"...
I recently fixed all them up on our winter beater + should last another year... but I almost just decided to keep them all off + run the car "nakeed" for winter... all the crud cleans off more easily that way...
Zig: I got used bumper extensions from a pick + pull. So I was able to remove the most dodgy ones before they acquired a Jaws-like persona that yours has! (I'm waiting for vvackomatic to come up some sick MS Paint editing of your photo)
btw, it is a good idea to remove the extensions periodically to check for rust as they are good at hiding that! I had to fix a couple small holes behind the rear fenders + a bunch of other minor hidden fender bubbles on the winter beater this year...
these cars are awesome in snow, especially with hakkas. you're lucky! wish we could run studs! but they're banned here... though, we've had virtually no snow so far also... rain + warm temperatures...
James...
posted by 67.158.72...
, Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:15:10, Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:01:57, Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:39:45
, Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:54:13
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