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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 11:31 PM
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OK, well, lets not take it THAT far! But I DID make my own hollow bolt!

Ive been trying to find the right size hollow bolt to re-mount my turn sigs directly to the fender, re-wiring them thru the bolt (so I dont have to drill an extra hole in the fender. Well, apparently you cant readily find one.

So! I took the old, looong, mounting bolts, drilled a partial thru-hole on the lathe, cut em off and tapped new threads on em.

Gonna gloat a while, then mount the sigs...
 
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 11:40 PM
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Get them mounted and post some pics! Pretty cool what you can do when you need to isn't it?
 
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 11:44 PM
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next thing you'll be buildin em from the ground up and gettin $40k+ to do it!

btw...pretty much all good fastener stores have hollow bolts. I know McFadden-Dale near me does. Maybe you don't have something like that near you.
 
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 11:48 PM
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PIX??? You do know that without em it didn't happen right?
 
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 11:58 PM
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Nice!! Just make sure you ream the sharp edges so the vibs don,t cut into the wires..

+1 on the pictures
 
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Old Dec 11, 2009 | 07:36 AM
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Great deal. Can't imagine what a stealership would had charged for fabbing up your handywork.
 
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PIX??? You do know that without em it didn't happen right?
 
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Here ya go. Started with the long bolt (cuz thats what I had at midnight when I got home form work and found out the bolts I ordered were wrong) and ended up with the short one.
 
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LMFAO you just posted a VERY NICE picture of BOLTS!

hahahhaha!

nice job, btw...when I drilled some they came out nowhere near as nice
 
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HOLY... bolts!?!?

good work.
 
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