Plastic plugs for nose-cone badge

If these clips are so hard to get, has anyone come up with any good ideas to replace them? Ie does a little bit of sikaflex or silicon do the job? I also thought maybe the putty you use for radiator/petrol tank repairs might work? A little dob on the back should hold the pins in, but might be a pain if you want to take them out again...? Anyone got any recomendations? Maybe some heat shrink around them?

No conclusion as far as I'm aware.  None of the ones Les sent me worked.

Les sent me a stack also. None fitted straight up, but I carefully ran a drill bit through the centre of one particular size and it worked a treat. The outter diameter fitted the nose cone no worries and once I drilled the inner out a smidge. The badge fitted in also. Shit I can't remember which type it was.... Hmmmm.

Edited by hanra, 04 November 2013 - 10:12 PM.

This number is for a pack of 6 NS0024

Mmm, can cross check my pack if you want.

chrome yella, thank you for the feedback. We understand your issue and we have removed this kit from sale whilst it is being investigated.

I'll look into where we are at on these on Monday.

Highly unlikely they were plastic from factory on the early models considering these are from 78 UC

unless they upgraded to metal for that model?

bit of a fancy looking thing,was not meant to come out going on the "lock wings" ?

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Highly unlikely they were plastic from factory on the early models considering these are from 78 UC
unless they upgraded to metal for that model?
bit of a fancy looking thing,was not meant to come out going on the "lock wings" ?
plg.JPG

This is the sample we have for development, we do not have any other update at this stage as to time etc. I should have further information within the next month on this project.

This is the sample we have for development, we do not have any other update at this stage as to time etc. I should have further information within the next month on this project.

Edited by Edan, 18 February 2015 - 03:58 PM.

this is a issue we are now coming across also we have tried the metal clips but they do not fit in the original holes of our hatch lid

I prefer to use plastic retainers as they don't chip the paint and cause rust issues

what is the current use to get around this problem

Thanks

Adolf

Cheers Dave. Nah mate, no one is interested in it. I was thinking I could strip it and part it out on eBay to get rid of it. Took it off carsales as I'm sick of it being scammed on other sites.

Had a hunt through my 5500 pics of he build......

Found a pic of this little bag of plugs. Not sure if this part number matches anything on Rares website or not? But yeah as I said I ran a drill bit rough the centre quickly to avoid deforming the plastic. The outer diameter fitted perfect.






Here we go.

http://www.rsp.net.a...MM-HOLE-7MM-LTH

This is the sample we have for development, we do not have any other update at this stage as to time etc. I should have further information within the next month on this project.

The short answer they aren't available. I went thru this exercise a couple of months ago
A guy at work had a model lathe and made them very easy , so ask around you might find someone with a lathe who can make the
Mine were 2mm ID 3mm OD a 1mm flange with flange OD of 5mm and 8mm line, I cut them with a razor blade, and bobs your uncle

It's ok Brad. I will knock up a few sets when I retire. It's only about ten years away.

I wonder what material was used to make them on a model lathe? It would have to be pretty soft wouldn't it?