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I wonder if the originals are spin formed?

2.5mm, which would be about 12ga And they are steel.

Ideally, you would want standoffs that sit against the rim, so they take the forces, not your bolts. You can use that coupler nut to extend the rim bolt to retain the rim protector. (Coupler nut indicated by thin orange square in this drawing.)

You could put something like that on with standoffs.

Yes, and no. If you were trying to replicate them exactly, including the manufacturing method, it would require quite an expense. However, some clever design, and design for manufacturing, and you could probably make an extremely/acceptably similar product without needing a 1000-ton...

3-4 years ago these things were everywhere, and they could barely give them away. I think I bought mine back then for $20/ea, shipped! The last time I saw them around, I think they were like $100-150/ea. I haven't seen any in like a year or more. Somebody is probably going to have to design...

I'm curious how yours fit, and how you had to notch them.

Have pictures?

This is a serious question, but may sound stupid. My M1078 is a '97. Would I expect it to have "earlier LMTV wheels", or would/could those have been upgraded along the way? Are you saying these might be old rim protectors, and I have new wheels, or vice-versa? I'm confused.

It definitely leaks out the end of it, not at the joint.

Thanks. Interesting that some others had the same problem as me. It's still concerning to know why. Supposedly these were the right parts, so why do I need to cut a notch in them? Is that what joe would do in the motorpool too, or are these really the wrong parts? I had the same leaky valve...

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Rim protector issues I picked up a set of these rim protectors, cheap. We have a lot of rocks here in Colorado, so I figured, why not? Paper inside the box says it is P/N 57K1996, NSN 2540-01-489-5928 However, they don't seem to line up just right. The install diagram (which is hard to...