Another quick hour job - that worked out to be agro.
THQ Black side rails. . .
The van started like this . . . with no rails.
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i was doing this on the drive, so ramps at the front.
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this was the kit . . .l
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some basic brackets and nuts and bolts. . . there seemed to be two long brackets and two shorter brackets.
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and some plastic paint protectors. . . which i tapped on to stop them failling off.
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taking the under body covers off. . . . you can find the bungs in the chassis rails.
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it looked like these cam style tabs pop into the hols, then rotate and lock in place when you tighten the bolts up. . .
and the plastic tabs protect the paint work. .
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looks simple right?
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well at this point it all went to wrong.. . . . with loads of agro, and more more pics taken at this point.
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things i learned, that may help others:
the side bars are handed, so there is a left and right side, (longer section to the front, and trap`zd angle points down)
the brackets are 2*short and 2*long,
the long brackets seemed to be the front of the van
the short brackets seemed to be the rear of the van,
what i didn't realise at the time, is the the brackets have a very slight difference in the arm length, and can be fitted either way.
so either bracket can be fitted front or rear, and that each can then be fitted in each orientation.
GRRR . . . . .
after loads of shouting and cursing, . . . i had one bar fitted.
it looked to far back. . . but i measure the factory OEM rails on my other van, and they were 10cm back from the front arch.
so left it as that for now.
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TBC . . . . . .
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