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Old 12-14-2008   #8 (permalink)
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yes and a new opel friend has fashioned these 4 me

Originally Posted by trlmr View Post
I took a piece of metal and bent it to the same radius as the plastic lip.
I drilled some holes to match up to the studs where it would normally attach and attached the metal to the fuse box below the lip with some small bolts. I used a piece of aluminum behind the plastic (sandwiching the plastic fuse box) to keep the plastic from cracking and didn't overtorque the bolts. Painted it to match and you would never know it wasn't original - unless you know opels

Hope this helps, Tom
Thanks to Mr. Carl Herzog of San Diego I now have 4 beautifully crafted (machine shop quality) metal sleeves to go on the fuse box.
Also Namba mentioned a Radio Shack box can be used to replace the Opel one if need be.
I have a humpty dumpty box so I will check out the RS one too.
Thanks for all the support
Jim M
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