02-08-2017, 03:51 PM
I've installed Bushwacker fender flares on many of my customer's Jeep Wranglers, and discovered a use for the flare to body "gimp" molding left over from the install. It's a self adhesive, triangle cross section rubber molding with a "wiper" sealing lip which I applied to the inside of the headlight opening on my Road Comet. This perfectly seals the gap around the chrome headlight ring, but it makes the cowling alignment a bit more difficult.
Install the kit headlight bolts being careful not to dislodge the captive nuts inside the headlight shell. Leave them loose at this time. Install the cowling and button head Allen screws, but leave them loose also.
Wiggle the lower cowling mount into position on the "L" shaped bracket you are instructed to install on the horn mount, and leave the single cowling screw loose at this time. Tighten the headlight bolts when the headlight vertical aim is satisfactory, then all three cowling mounting screws. Note: Use the open end of a combination wrench to sneak between the mounted cowling and headlight brackets to tighten the headlight bolts once position is correct.
No light leakage, perfect seal around headlight, and any wind or road vibration is effectively dampened as the seal becomes a fourth mounting point.
Molding: http://www.4wheelparts.com/Fender-Flares...oC08Xw_wcB
Install the kit headlight bolts being careful not to dislodge the captive nuts inside the headlight shell. Leave them loose at this time. Install the cowling and button head Allen screws, but leave them loose also.
Wiggle the lower cowling mount into position on the "L" shaped bracket you are instructed to install on the horn mount, and leave the single cowling screw loose at this time. Tighten the headlight bolts when the headlight vertical aim is satisfactory, then all three cowling mounting screws. Note: Use the open end of a combination wrench to sneak between the mounted cowling and headlight brackets to tighten the headlight bolts once position is correct.
No light leakage, perfect seal around headlight, and any wind or road vibration is effectively dampened as the seal becomes a fourth mounting point.
Molding: http://www.4wheelparts.com/Fender-Flares...oC08Xw_wcB