Jack B
07-09-2017, 11:32 PM
I have had a a few PM's asking if I had changed the design of the Boomerang front stone guard. Nothing has changed, another vendor has come out with a competing design, that design has a much larger design in the vertical direction.
I have not really discussed this, but, here was the basis of the Boomerang design:
1.My first thought was that no stone guard was the best approach, I thought adding any stone guard would detract from the beauty of the vipers lines, then, i saw the damage being done and decided to address the problem.
2. Whether you call it lucky or not, my car already had been damaged and it had a very readable perimeter of damage, therefore, it was very easy to come up with a design because I already knew what area had to be protected.
3. i found early on that larger was not necessarily better - the driving factor in the design was to make the Boomerang stone guard as small as possible and still protect that defined area of damage. The result is the smallest product for the G5 viper that protects against the majority of the damage.
4. Why not use the two oem screws to hold the front Boomerang stone guard? I tried using the two oem screws for mounting, but, in my opinion the stone guard grew too large and started to look like the mud flaps on my jeep. i looked for another mounting scheme and came up with the nylon rivet, it does take ten minutes per side longer to install, but, you have full protection and the stone guard seems much smaller and disappears into the lines of the viper.
Here are some final pictures of the rear stone guards. Note, the rear Boomerang stone guard follows the lines of the car just as the front stone guard and does not have that mud flap looking flat bottom:
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Taken At Eye Level , note how it blends into the lines of the car
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Taken at eye level, again. the stone guard blends into the line and is hard to detect.
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Rear Boomerang stone guard can be mounted with out removing the rear tire!
27005
The tool can be purchased at Lowes
27006
I have not really discussed this, but, here was the basis of the Boomerang design:
1.My first thought was that no stone guard was the best approach, I thought adding any stone guard would detract from the beauty of the vipers lines, then, i saw the damage being done and decided to address the problem.
2. Whether you call it lucky or not, my car already had been damaged and it had a very readable perimeter of damage, therefore, it was very easy to come up with a design because I already knew what area had to be protected.
3. i found early on that larger was not necessarily better - the driving factor in the design was to make the Boomerang stone guard as small as possible and still protect that defined area of damage. The result is the smallest product for the G5 viper that protects against the majority of the damage.
4. Why not use the two oem screws to hold the front Boomerang stone guard? I tried using the two oem screws for mounting, but, in my opinion the stone guard grew too large and started to look like the mud flaps on my jeep. i looked for another mounting scheme and came up with the nylon rivet, it does take ten minutes per side longer to install, but, you have full protection and the stone guard seems much smaller and disappears into the lines of the viper.
Here are some final pictures of the rear stone guards. Note, the rear Boomerang stone guard follows the lines of the car just as the front stone guard and does not have that mud flap looking flat bottom:
27002
Taken At Eye Level , note how it blends into the lines of the car
27003
Taken at eye level, again. the stone guard blends into the line and is hard to detect.
27004
Rear Boomerang stone guard can be mounted with out removing the rear tire!
27005
The tool can be purchased at Lowes
27006