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Offline bobv7

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Side panel badge fixing
« on: April 21, 2020, 09:56:27 AM »
Being a cheapskate I've used these. Pushed a hot wire through the middle then followed up with a 3.2mm drill bit. The adhesive sticks to the inside of the side panel and friction holds onto the badge pins.

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Re: Side panel badge fixing
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2020, 10:09:32 AM »
I assume they stick to the inside of the panel a lot better than they stick to my cupboard doors.


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Re: Side panel badge fixing
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2020, 10:13:48 AM »
You found that too! :D

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Re: Side panel badge fixing
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2020, 10:16:18 AM »
There’s a reason there’s an aftermarket for these.

49 would probably last me a couple of years.


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Re: Side panel badge fixing
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2020, 10:38:26 AM »
So are you saying there's maybe a market opportunity there.... I could get 8 sets of 6 from a pack and flog them at a quid a set. Cheaper than DS init! 8)

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Re: Side panel badge fixing
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2020, 04:45:13 PM »
I just buy packs of speednuts by the 100

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Re: Side panel badge fixing
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2020, 04:57:41 PM »
I thought they were a type of slide on screw fitting for self tappers?

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Re: Side panel badge fixing
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2020, 05:00:59 PM »
They are exactly the same thin as those that slide down a plastic pin.
Removal is best with sidecutters and use new and the correct pin size has a smaller OD but i havent found that a problem

 

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