D-Ring tie downs in the garage

[donzinger]

Originally Posted by Pirate

Moose,

I made long cuts, but unlike my electric valve installs, I did not cut out "pieces" of the belly skin. Just long cuts.

At Home Depot I can get "white plastic cardboard", which are my words for the black belly skin.

So, I cut a piece 4" wide and as long as the sheet of plastic cardboard, I think the sheets I can just go in and buy are 24" x 36" so I cut a strip 4" x 36".

I use strips of blue masking tape to lay out 2" from each side of the cut. Then I have a location for my strip of plastic cardboard.

I use 1/2" sheet metals screws that have a "washer like" head. So a phillips screw pan head that extends 1/16" out from the pan head, so close to 1/2" in diameter. I can post a pic later on if need be.

Since this is a cut in the belly skin I never plan on opening again, unlike the electric valve locations. I got a small squeeze tube of clear liquid nails at my local Ace Hardware.

I start my cuts in the belly skin at a place where I can use clamps to get it back in place, so at the location of a cross member.

So cut ends clamped back up in place with Irwin squeeze clamps, blue masking tape in place, screws and cordless drill handy, squeeze tube of liquid nails open and ready....I put a nice bead of the liquid nails all the way around the strip about 3/4" in from the edges.

With help from "she who must be obeyed" we put the strip up in place and start putting screws about 1/2" in from the edges of the strip, every two inches.

Since I began using this process for closing up holes or slits I've made in the belly skin...haven't had one come loose yet.

Make sense?

Pirate

Gents - not to hijack, but the material is called cloroplast.

[Pirate]

Moose,

Yup, the "plastic cardboard strips" go on the underside of the belly skin and the screws go up through the strips and into the original belly skin.

Yup, the masking tape strips help me make sure the cardboard strips are centered over the slit in the belly skin.

Think you got it!

Pirate

[calewjohnson]

Ha, brilliant. I have spent a lot of hours cussing by removing those dang fastened used by the factory to drop the belly, then body washers and self tapping screws to reinstall. I have always been leery of slicing the belly because I could never find tape good enough to put it back. Now I can go make incisions where I want for access and cover up for future use. What section are the sheets located at the hardware store? On second thought, I could use election signs, there are a crap ton of them around, then Plastidip black.

Cale

[wahoonc]

Originally Posted by calewjohnson

Ha, brilliant. I have spent a lot of hours cussing by removing those dang fastened used by the factory to drop the belly, then body washers and self tapping screws to reinstall. I have always been leery of slicing the belly because I could never find tape good enough to put it back. Now I can go make incisions where I want for access and cover up for future use. What section are the sheets located at the hardware store? On second thought, I could use election signs, there are a crap ton of them around, then Plastidip black.

Cale

The only good thing to come out of an election is the supply of coroplast. I use it for a wide variety of things. I have made saddle bags for bicycles and motorcycles, carry boxes for ATV's and tractors. Fenders extensions, etc, etc. It typically lasts a couple of years or longer in some cases. Love using the political signs for fenders, cover their faces in mud.

Aaron

[hddecker]

Originally Posted by wahoonc

cover their faces in mud.

Aaron

Wouldn't be mud, where we ride our ATVs.

[snakebitten]

Genius! You guys are amazing