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posted on May 4th, 2011 at 08:12 PM
removeable rear apron


what is the best way to do this.
simple and effective hopefully
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posted on May 5th, 2011 at 09:48 AM



I've done it with mine, piece of piss, just drill out all the spot welds, grind off the couple of tack welds and remove.

You can make up some sort of fastening system but I left mine as is, the guard bolts clamp it in place nice and firmly once they are done up.
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posted on May 5th, 2011 at 01:04 PM



Does this make the rear weaker? Ive seen some people put bars across horozontally... is this to retain strength?



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posted on May 5th, 2011 at 01:18 PM



Only if you don't run bumpers, but even then it doesn't make a huge difference, my black beetle had a removable fibreglass apron same as my Lbug has now with no bumpers for nearly 20 years with no problems.

You could make a bolt in bar but it's abit overkill
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info.gif posted on May 5th, 2011 at 02:11 PM



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Originally posted by airhead
what is the best way to do this.
simple and effective hopefully


I used the fibreglass rear valance- rear apron from Juhn Shermans in Queensland...
they are thick enough to give support

I always thought of putting a bur behind it but its not needed..

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posted on May 5th, 2011 at 07:20 PM



have not enough posts to reply to you lee if you are there.
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