David Jenkins
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| posted on 10/3/04 at 08:52 PM |
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Radiator Grille (part 2)
Just a simple question - I'm now ready to fix my ali mesh radiator grille into my nosecone. How have people fixed theirs in?
As far as I can see, I have 2 choices:
1. Fix it in permanently - glue it in with sikaflex equivalent. Certainly permanent, but total destruction if I ever want to take it out again.
2. Devise some way of bolting or screwing it in - a lot of faffing about, maybe for no purpose. On the other hand, removal will be a doddle.
Any good ideas?
rgds,
David
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batfasturd
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| posted on 10/3/04 at 08:54 PM |
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glue bolts inside.
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alister667
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| posted on 10/3/04 at 09:12 PM |
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Cable ties seem to be the best bet. They are semi permanent, you'll need some new cable ties if you remove them! Not exactly gonna break the
bank however! I used 4, some folks have used 6. I drilled 4 small holes in the lip on the inside of my nosecone and 4 corresponding holes in the
grill material. Seems to be a good job.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/alister667/
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Hellfire
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 posted on 10/3/04 at 09:13 PM |
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Dave...
we 'spot PU'd ours... just incase!
Bropped a drollock though - we thought it was ally, but it's not it's steel. Untreated... now some masking and spraying involved.
Bu**er...
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Hellfire
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| posted on 10/3/04 at 09:14 PM |
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Website Update
Our's is just going on-site...
about 1 hr
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Alan B
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| posted on 10/3/04 at 10:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by batfasturd
glue bolts inside.
Or, use bighead fasteners....exactly made for that kind of job...
big head
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Alan B
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| posted on 10/3/04 at 10:12 PM |
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Actually, Im quite amazed I've never seen bigheads mentioned on here before (if they have I missed it).......basically they are a bolt (or a
nut) with big perforated base that you bond or laminate into your mouldings for fastening stuff too....very handy indeed....
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phil m
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| posted on 10/3/04 at 10:13 PM |
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I put some plastic edging on the inner lip---bent the edge of the grill material around the the edge and then drilled throughedging and popped some
rivets through. Works with small mesh ---which looks best and is rad protective. You may need to put a washer on the bottom of the rivet to hold iti n
place
I' ll put a pic on my pic page
Hope this helps , phil
ps bought the grill from bandq and sprayed it chrome + £5-00
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 11/3/04 at 08:37 AM |
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Thanks for all the suggestions!
I had completely forgotten about cable ties - worth considering, although I have an ali mesh on a yellow nosecone, so they may be a bit prominent.
Not ruling them out, though.
Anyone know of a source of bighead fasteners? Particularly some place that will sell me about 10?
An issue for me is that the mesh has very big holes - I didn't want to obstruct the air flow much - which makes fastening a bit more of a
problem.
cheers,
David
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Mix
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| posted on 11/3/04 at 08:43 AM |
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How about attaching nuts with filler to the nosecone where it curves back on itself and then attaching the grill with screws and washers from inside
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Mick
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MK9R
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| posted on 11/3/04 at 08:45 AM |
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if the mesh is too large it fail the radius test at sva. Can't remember where i read abou a car failing for that
How about riveting it to an aluminium ring and fixing the ring to teh noses cone. What a poo description of what i mean!!
[Edited on 11/3/04 by MK9R]
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 11/3/04 at 09:53 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MK9R
if the mesh is too large it fail the radius test at sva. Can't remember where i read abou a car failing for that
First, the tester's 'artificial head' has to reach the mesh! I'm taking steps to deal with that issue.
rgds,
David
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timf
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| posted on 11/3/04 at 10:00 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I had completely forgotten about cable ties - worth considering, although I have an ali mesh on a yellow nosecone, so they may be a bit prominent.
what about the boy racer colout matched yellow cable ties available in halfrauds for lots of wonga
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 11/3/04 at 10:05 AM |
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It's very rare when I go into Halfrauds and find exactly what I want...
It seems to be paint, polish, push-bikes and boy-racers...
Good thought about the yellow ties, tho - but I may look somewhere else for them!
David
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MK9R
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| posted on 11/3/04 at 10:08 AM |
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B&Q do a big box of assorted size and colour cable ties, some of which are yellow. Reasonably priced aswell!! Very usefull box of things to have,
my entire house is held together with them now I think cable ties are the new bailing string!!
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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A Badger
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| posted on 11/3/04 at 10:35 AM |
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Too right!!
If it does move and it shouldn't - use cable ties.
If it doesn't move and it should - use WD40 (or a hammer).
Andrew
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Alan B
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| posted on 11/3/04 at 02:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
.....Anyone know of a source of bighead fasteners? Particularly some place that will sell me about 10?.........
Yep....direct from the factory.....no mimimum order I believe, although 10 may fall into the free test sample range..
Worth a call....good people...
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 11/3/04 at 02:16 PM |
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I've sent them an e-mail - with a nice subtle hint that I'm 'experimenting'.
David
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Alan B
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| posted on 11/3/04 at 04:04 PM |
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David....cool..let us know how you get on..
They were very responsive with me....
For them the samples are a good idea...even you never buy any, if they work you'll tell others and the word will spread....I first learned of
them 20 years ago through my TVR connections.
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OX
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| posted on 11/3/04 at 10:54 PM |
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i bent the ali around the lip of the nose cone and then used a glue gun to fix it on,,if i need to replace it i could just cut the glue with a knife
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 13/3/04 at 10:06 PM |
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I made my mind up!
I went for ties in the end - I used the smallest translucent whitish ones and they're almost invisible.
Thanks everyone!
David
P.S. I'm still making enquiries about the bighead fasteners - I have a use for them elsewhere.
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givemethebighammer
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| posted on 14/3/04 at 08:12 PM |
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I did what MK9R said, I fibreglassed an aluminium ring inside the nose cone, the grill is attached from the inside of the nose cone to the alu ring
using self tapping screws. You can't see the ring from the outside.
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Lightning
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| posted on 14/3/04 at 09:00 PM |
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Thats what I had planned to do.
Bought my grill today....
Black fire guard.... £8. Fine interwoven mesh but little restriction to the airflow.
Steve
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Peteff
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| posted on 14/3/04 at 11:14 PM |
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My grille is a fine stainless mesh and I bent it back round the edge of the aperture in the front of the nosecone and glued it in place with
bodyfiller because I had a lot of it handy and it's cheap. I don't think I will need to remove it as the nosecone comes off without much
effort to get to stuff inside it.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Lightning
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| posted on 15/3/04 at 08:01 PM |
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Pete, thats what I'm going to do.
I agree I dont know why you should want to take it off. On my last 7 I never had need to.
Steve
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