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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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I got tired of the dry rotted foam breaking off in tiny pieces and ending up in my eye as I'm going down the road. I looked into the Panoptx site and they wanted $25.00 for the foam and $7.50 for shipping. I said to hell with that, and found some packing material, super glue, x-acto knife and some sand paper and made my own. I peeled/cut off the old, sanded to get the rest off and to give the plastic some tooth for the glue, traced out the frame and glued the new one on. Badda bing badda boom new foam for free. I only wish I could have found black, but you can't see it once you put them on anyway.



 
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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 07:38 PM
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Nice Work... You should sell them for half the price
 
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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 01:55 PM
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No doubt, stickn' it to the man.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 11:12 PM
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what kind of glue did you use?
 
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 02:37 PM
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permatex super glue, did about 1/2 to 3/4 inch at a time and let set up after each application
 
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