Here's the photos of todays effort:
1"x1"x6.5" aluminum angle
tape for a leveling spot (1.75" up from the bottom of the fender):
Drilled holes for a AN3 metal locknut tinnerman nut (these are aircraft grade):
bolted the brackets to the fenders:
Bent the summit dzus weld plates roughly 95-100* and drilled the holes for Three 3/16" pop rivets:
I then mocked up the plates to the brackets. I used a calibrated guess and a ruler flush to the fender to determine how far inset the bracket needed to be from the outer surface of the fender. Then drilled Only the center pop rivet hole in the fender bracket:
Here is what it looks like from up front:
Then a dzus fastener was put inti the bracket and wide masking tape put onto the fender and stretched tight over the gap and stuck the the dzus. The dzus rivet holes were then marked onto the tape:
The tape was then folded up onto the fender (not removed from the fender), the dzus removed and the bumper put into place. The tape was then pulled tight along the bumper.
The tape was then removed from the fender (leave it in place in the bumper) and the bumper removed. The 1/8" holes for the pop rivets were then drilled in the locations marked on the masking tape:
The large hole for the actual dzus was then drilled:
The bumper was then put into place and the dzus fastened.
the bumper was then removed, the remaining rear bracket rivet holes drilled and then pop riveted. Then the fender brackets are tapered along the front for the second set of dzus fastener brackets:
A ruler is then used along the rear bracket to ensure the forward bracket is colinear to the rear bracket (im still working on getting the front bracket sorted, so it may end up no being colinear)
That is all i got done today. I'll continue off tomorrow with (hopefully) the remaining fasteners