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Template for cutting Valence for rear hitch 200

Hi, Does anyone have a template for cutting the valence for installing a factory 240 hitch on my 1990 240? I seen there was an earlier post by "rhaire" in which the template photo is missing. I've seen many hackjobs and would like to do a very clean install. Let me know if you have any tips. If you have a template and would like to email me directly, my email is : staceyz@telus.net

Thanks in advance! Stacey








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Template for cutting Valence for rear hitch 200

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Template for cutting Valence for rear hitch 200

Thanks sooo much Robert!

Here are his photos, so everyone can see the proper cut...

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Can you please share with me, too? .... 200

Hi.

re the post, Template for Cutting Valence for Rear Hitch, can you please share this info with me, also? My email is Volvo164NJ at att.net (just replace the word "at" with the "at" symbol -- I did this just to foil "bot" software).
Thanks very much.
Ken








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Template for cutting Valence for rear hitch 200

Don't have the template, do have a hack job on the back of my 86 model with one of those hanging under the bumper. That hitch will also serve as a rear skid plate going up a steep transition on things like a driveway. I have learned to keep Inga on an angle to avoid that after one really solid hit coming down the cliff face they call driveway at my daughters house.

If I were to do it all over again (and that will happen soon) the entire rear valance would be removed from the car first. My plan right now is to remove the valance and then to hang the hitch back on the car. Then using my old hack job valance and some new measurements to create a more refined template. If someone does post a decent template, using that as the template would supersede that idea of course.

I can pass along that the cutter used can't be a high speed device, things like a cutting wheel cause too much heat and melt the plastic. You need a saw blade with fine teeth to make this look right. The first cuts I made were a melted ragged edge After the melted plastic solidified, that was also hard to remove. Changing over to a hand scroll with a fine tooth blade made the job go a lot better on the appearance side.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Paul








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Template for cutting Valence for rear hitch 200

Thanks for the response, does anyone have a photo of how the valence should be cut with the factory hitch? Is it 2 oval holes that the round hitch feeds through, or one long horizontal oval?







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