Section : Bodywork and Interior

Bonnet letter fasteners

Posted By : Graham Cowan, 27-Apr-2006, 08:53am

• Bonnet letter fasteners

  Posted By : Colin Lindsay, 27-Apr-2006, 09:15am

  If they're the metal clips, prise them off gently with a small screwdriver. If the plastic type, you can either slide them off from behind, or carefully slice them with a sharp knife then replace them with new ones. Unless of course some bright spark has pushed them through the holes and forced the tabs into them - they're only meant to be pushed onto the tabs once they have been pushed through the mounting holes to hold the letters against the bonnet. If there's leverage necessary spread the load with a block of wood and gently prize the letters off with a broad bladed screwdriver or the like.
  I've never managed to mask them off satisfactorily using tape and to be honest there are too many recesses in the letters to do a good job.
  Colin

  • Bonnet letter fasteners

    Posted By : Dan Owen, 27-Apr-2006, 10:42am

    One way to mask small chrome bits like this for spraying is to put a smear of vaseline on them-careful not to get ANY on the panel! When the paint has gone off it can be simply wiped off the chrome.
    
    I used epoxy to fix my letters as some little scrotes kept nicking them!

    • Bonnet letter fasteners

      Posted By : Colin Lindsay, 28-Apr-2006, 10:51am

      Further to the above, Bill Davies has reminded me that in later bonnets the mounting holes were enlarged to allow the plastic letter mounts to be put onto the letter tabs then pushed through the mounting holes. In my experience many of the holes have had so many coats of paint that they close up again...lol!! Dipping the letters in waxoyl before fitting will ensure that any paint damage is protected against rust.
      Colin