Indestructible... That's pretty close. I could probably drop these off a building and the bags would hold!
That's 12g aluminum I had laying about. Cut a piece twice the size of the back so I'd have enough to wrap. Laid the back of the bag on the aluminum and traced the outline. Came in about an inch and re-drew the line and then cut the back profile. I then marked where the bottom came to and took the pieces to work as my brake would not handle this. Bent the bottoms, came home and test fit, and cut the excess off. Mounted the EZ Brackets to brackets and bags and then drilled and mounted the rest of the bolts (fender washers inside on all bolts). Dremeled off the excess bolt lengths. Took everything apart and used flat black crinkle spray paint.
One thing you can't see is smaller metal brackets I bent into an L shape that are attached from the inside of the bags on the top left and right bolts. I did this because I noticed the front and back edges on these bags seem to sag a bit and these keep those edges nice and flat. You can see how flat the front edge is in the top photo.
This mod added about 3 pounds to each bag (including the EZ Brackets) and I keep them full of tools and emergency type stuff. I did this last year and I see no degradation in the EZ Bracket posts/brackets or the mounting bolts. Of course, the backs are not cracking!
