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Thread: My new sunshade support

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    Senior Member Fluxat88MPH's Avatar
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    My new sunshade support

    Got a DMCC sunshade support last yr and finally installed it reciently. I had to do lots of modification to get it to fit propery. I was really suprised I had to do so much grinding to get it to line up right with the sunshade. I had an old sunshade support so I already had existing holes in the sunshade and of course they didn't line up at all with the new sunshades holes. So I had to drill new holes in the new sunshade and buy SS hardware for it. Another problem I ran into was that the existing struts were not long enough to allow the engine latch to lock into the D in the DMC cut out in the bracket. They needed to be atleast an inch longer. The only vendor that sold struts for the sunshade that were longer was Toby Petterson. Once I got those in everything came together and worked out great. I needed this set up due to having the SS engine vents that make the engine cover much more heaver, and put stress on the original support.
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    Senior Member fnzen's Avatar
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    Interesting about longer struts, I never replaced mine and installed the DMC brace and it fit hmmm,

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    DMC Midwest - 815.459.6439 DMCMW Dave's Avatar
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    I've done a few - some needed some modification to fit and most didn't. There may be some variation in sunshades.

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    Senior Member Chris 16409's Avatar
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    My car came with the louver support and I was never able to utilize it to prop up my engine compartment cover. Then when I bought a set of Toby's gas struts, the support bracket worked. I love how high it props up the engine compartment cover. I've since removed the original prop as never much cared for it.
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    Interesting. I'm going to have the support installed on my car as well and I'm going to have to take note of it when I get home.

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    I thought that support was plug&play.
    Anyway, your engine compartment looks really nice also!

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    Senior Member Fluxat88MPH's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord_Vadus View Post
    Interesting. I'm going to have the support installed on my car as well and I'm going to have to take note of it when I get home.
    When do you get back home Chad? Take pics and keep me posted on how yours worked out. Like Dave said it must be a variation of sunshades or something. I would have never thought that would have been the case. Regardless its a great improvement in looks, functionality, and support.

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    Senior Member Fluxat88MPH's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Domi View Post
    I thought that support was plug&play.
    Anyway, your engine compartment looks really nice also!
    Thanks, there are better pics on my cardomain site, link just below.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fluxat88MPH View Post
    When do you get back home Chad? Take pics and keep me posted on how yours worked out. Like Dave said it must be a variation of sunshades or something. I would have never thought that would have been the case. Regardless its a great improvement in looks, functionality, and support.
    Dave will be installing it for me prior to my return. I don't care for the fact that it thickens the center of the louvers, but since I couldn't get an early-style set of thin-rib louvers anyway, it becomes a moot point.

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    ah man, thats sick! looks sharp!

    danny

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