I just straightened and re-bent mine over with a screwdriver

I used black weather stripping glue on mine last time to hold before putting in staples and worked like charm.
Just a few dabs here and there plus black doesn't show up badly.
As for bending over just pushed over with screw drive as mentioned above and to get really flat used a body
dolley edge on front side and hammer on back side and touched up were need with model (fine) brush and paint

I used 1/16 aluminum tig rod on my 57 dust sheild worked great and still havent rusted 20 yrs later(gota luv non ferrous metals )could also use copper depending on what color you want.Problem is you have to make the yourself ,but at my .25$ hr no brainer.

-- Edited by hawkeye5766 on Saturday 28th of December 2013 03:16:54 AM

I borrowed some stainless wire that a friend had,cut it and made it look like a staple and pushed it through the two holes in the inner fender.

When it's cut,bent and tapped with a hammer inside the well well,it looks good enough for most.

Thanks,

i got it solved,  the POS staples that came in the kit were hard and impossible to bend, also so brittle that once they bent, they snapped off.

I had some stainless 3/8 staples for my staplegun,  worked perfect, easy to bend, easy to punch thru the rubber, and they are full stainless,  they are flat instead of round,  but almost nobody will notice.

Take the staples and put them thru the exsisting holes,the ones that come with guards. Have youre beer buddy hold his beer in one hand and one staple at a time position and push the staple thru the flap,then get buddy to put his beer down and use a flat surface like a hammer or a body dolly and I use a big flat blade and a hammer and at the base where the staple pops thru just bend in over,and just keep moving along,the hardest part is getting the frickin staples thru the old staple holes I found,it's easy.Don't use bailing wire because then you will get the nickname "hamburger" and you don't want that.Use the stock staple,it's a bit of a bitch,but it looks the best just the way GM intended it to be.

 

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but almost nobody will notice

 

I stopped at Dave's the other day and looked at this, trust me Dave, NOBODY will notice! It looks perfect.

Sometimes it's the simplest little things...

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          Glad to hear that Carl    I'm sure it would be perfect for most of us      I do know some dudes in U.S. who would notice   lol  

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Details are what makes a car,I hate the saying "you'll never see it anyway" Do it right...........Do it pink!

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427carl wrote:

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trucker wrote:

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Details are what makes a car,I hate the saying "you'll never see it anyway" Do it right...........Do it pink!

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         Happy New Year   Trucker     hows tricks?  

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 Happy New Year,god I hope I never see another year like my last,tricks? not sure what you mean,if she's a girl we split up along time ago

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