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Jan 4, 2013 | 11:41 AM

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Jake17HD

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Can anyone help me with the name of the part? I am just going to replace it but I am having a helluva time finding it.

Jan 4, 2013 | 12:37 PM

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glide2meetu

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It appears to be the fender support
59950-89 for the left one and
59951-89 for the right one.
Item 28 HERE

Jan 4, 2013 | 01:19 PM

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Jake17HD

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You my friend, are awesome. Thanks!

Jan 4, 2013 | 09:26 PM

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zeus33

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From: Calgary eh

I haven't got the patients for that. If it bothered me I'd put the 40 grit sanding disk on the angle grinder and polish it up.

Jan 5, 2013 | 04:08 PM

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Ragtop

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Quote:

Originally Posted by uncle larry

yep ... What you're seeing is "patches" where the factory clear coat has been worn through ... The best way to fix it is to take off the affected part ( strut ) and use a stripper or "easy off oven cleaner" to remove the clear coat ... Then starting with a 600 grit wet or dry sandpaper ( using water also ) sand out the entire surface ... Then use 800 grit, then 1200 grit ... Followed by a polishing with something like simichrome http://www.simichrome-polish.com/ or mothers aluminum polish http://www.mothers.com/02_products/05100-05101.html and polish to a "brilliant" shine ... Then if you want you can apply a clear coat over the part or leave it uncoated keeping in mind that you will need to "touch it up" once in a while

^^^this is the correct answer^^^^