Quoted from vid1900:Probably the best solution is to take a T-square and with a brand new razor, make a straight, clean cut through the decal, down the fault line.
That way, the cab joint can expand/contract with the seasons, nudging, or transporting the game - without a jagged tear through the decal.
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If you can deform an interior bracket with a pair of pliers, it's not going to keep the seams from moving - that's for sure.
If the screws don't EXACTLY fit the bracket holes, it's not going to keep the seams from moving - that's for sure (It could make it worse by pulling apart the seam).
It's going to take a lot of little #6 or #8 screws to hold against many hundreds of pounds of force applied to that corner.
Remember a little sheet metal bracket might say it's rated to failure @200 lbs, but were not worried about outright failure, were worried about how many pounds of pressure will allow the bracket to deform 1mm - which is plenty enough to crack that seam.
I would probably go the old school route for brackets.
Make up some triangle wedges, glue them with PVA and staple them into to corners.
Once that glue dries, the corners will never move.
Here's the inside of my KISS ... you can see the bottom of the cab has wedges (where the legs are) but there is nothing at the top. Running a wedge up as high as you can would make a big difference.
Paint em black and they'd look factory too.
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