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  1. 08-25-2010, 06:51 PM #1
    joeblow
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    Hole in fender, what to do??

    So the body shop messed up, I got them a clean fender to repair some crash damage and told them DO NOT INSTALL AN ANTENNAE...well you guessed it....

    This car is a vintage racer and needs the antennae gone, so I have this hole that sure I could have welded and resprayed but the color I chose is a complicated metalic silver that will NOT look right resprayed.

    One thought I had was to place a vintage battery cut-off sticker there and then run the BOSCH vintage cut off in the standard location in front of the drivers wiper.

    Does anybody reproduce those vintage decals?
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  2. 08-25-2010, 07:06 PM #2
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    Find as inconspicuous a plastic plug as you can, and have the body shop paint it in body color. I've seen it done, and it didn't look bad.
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  3. 08-25-2010, 07:50 PM #3
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    Hmmm, I thought just a rubber plug but that just made me think I would see it every time I got in the car. Body color might work...
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  4. 08-25-2010, 08:49 PM #4
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    I've never checked but wonder if you could run the battery cut-off thru that hole? I'd swear I've seen it done somewhere.
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  5. 08-26-2010, 02:57 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by joeblow View Post
    Hmmm, I thought just a rubber plug but that just made me think I would see it every time I got in the car. Body color might work...
    I did that on my race car and never notice it...especially when I have a handful of opposite lock
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    Or use the hole to mount a bullet type mirror.

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  7. 08-26-2010, 05:48 AM #7
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    You need a spot to mount the race radio antenna, why not there? (That's where mine is)

    How about a bullet camera there?

    GT racing makes the decal.

    Or how about something for when the race is over?
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  8. 08-26-2010, 07:34 PM #8
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    The shop screwed it up....let them get the fender and paint right...I owned a shop for years. They may have to reshoot the whole side of the vehicle. It can be done, just time and materials. If you don't trust them, take to someone who will do it right and present them the bill. If they are reputable they should/will take resonsibility.................
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  9. 08-26-2010, 09:13 PM #9
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    That is where I have the external kill switch on my 69E race car. If you use the base of an old antenna as a fitting for the hole it looks pretty neat.
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