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    Senior Member SkyPirate's Avatar
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    Default Re: Wheel pants are on

    without eagle on pant
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    Default Re: Wheel pants are on

    thinking maybe I could get vinyl ones made and if it turns out to be too much,..could peal them off
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    Default Re: Wheel pants are on

    Thanks Chris,..
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    Looks awesome, Skypirate!
    I'm in the middle of this process, now my PH-FOX actually flies..;-))
    And I can't get an idea how to attach the pants to the Groves...like you did.
    Is there a drawing of your attach-plates available? The manual doesn't mention Groves, and the SS-manual gives a plate-idea, but that somehow doesn't fit. Perhaps my pants are different, dunno... I bought FOX as a project, and the pants are Spruce, I think.. I can't bend them out so far that one side is at the end of the axle and the other side is outside the Grove.. I miss some 15 mm.
    Your solution might not give me a perfect answer (although it sure looks that way) but might give me a different angle to look for...

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    The pant bracket goes between the axle and the spring, you have to cut your pant to fit around the brake caliper and there is a round spacer that goes between the axle ( nut end) and the inside of wheel pant, on mine its close to 1.25" or 1.25 / .03937=32 mm


    And awesome on getting your fox in the air!!

    My brackets actually go around the caliper as well, i should say over the caliper and i have grove brakes and wheels
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    Default Re: Wheel pants are on

    Hanslab here is a pic for your kitfox pant
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    Default Re: Wheel pants are on

    Thats cool N981MS
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    Default Re: Wheel pants are on

    I vote plain.
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    Default Re: Wheel pants are on

    I vote for "ON." It balances it out...
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    Default Re: Wheel pants are on

    I like with. But hey, vinyl is easy to make, install and remove as the mood dictates. They may not stay on at 200 knots though.


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