Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
Yesterday I managed to finish transferring the bumper guards onto the bumper from the dually and got it on the 'Lil Red. I mounted the side steps on the bed and replaced the window felt in the tracks of the door.
The bumper guards were a pain in the butt to swap. They have nuts welded to the backside of them and one of the nuts had come off. It was impossible to get a welder to the spot I needed to in order to re-weld the nut so I epoxied it in place. The contour of the bumper was also slightly different so I had to use the impact to suck the guards up against the bumper properly.
If I had taken the glass out of the doors it might have made it easier to install that window felt. As it was it took me over three hours to install them. The old ones were cracked, hard and brittle. They broke up as I pulled them out. I used about a half bottle of dish soap to lubricate the new pieces. The new ones were flat and formed a channel as you force them into the the U shaped framework. Because they want to expand back flat they don't tend to slide in the door frame very easily. In the end I have to say they did fit very well.
