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Tailgate Wiper Woes V70-XC70 1998

posted by  jadnhm on  Tue Jul 14 01:39 CST 2009
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I have already done the struts (OEM from FCP) and was very happy with that job.

My tailgate interior panel was flopping all over the place. I had to pull it off because the linkage for the opener-handle had come apart inside and after I fixed that all up I couldn't get it back on.

I actually took all the plastic fasteners out completely and drilled small holes to match up with the mount points for the plastic studs, and used black zip ties to hold the interior panel on. There is now a black zip tie where each stud used to be. I am actually quite happy with this arrangement, as it makes it easy to get off again, and is a very strong mechanical fastening. Admittedly it doesn't look as good as the underneath-the-panel plastic studs, but you don't seem them unless you really go looking for them. And they do hold well.

I'm working on getting my wife to close the doors more gently, but she doesn't seem to grasp the concept for the tailgate....


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1998 V70 AWD Turbo 195k+






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