[urq] Front bumper plugs; Scene 1, take 1

[Mike Del Tergo]

Anybody has a better idea to simplify the process ?

While nowhere near as poetic and elegant as you have laid out, you did say 
"simplify"!

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Mike


From: "Louis-Alain Richard" <laraa at sympatico.ca>
Subject: [urq] Front bumper plugs;  Scene 1, take 1

It's me again...

Regarding these NLA plugs, we still try to find a solution.

My proposal was to start from a round bar of any hard material (aluminum,
nylon, plastic), a bar the size of the bigger diameter of the plug, and
remove excess material to shape it like the OEM plug. For attachment, my
solution was to create a groove (instead of the 3 little prongs) in which I
will slip an o-ring of the appropriate size. Push in place with a dab of
soap, and voil?, a new plug !

The real problem is the visible face; because it has an angled bottom, we
cannot mill it like a plain cylinder, and then cut the angle. We may have to
do it in 2 steps:
- a small cylinder with a groove at one end and an angled notch at the other
end (could be Aluminum, hard plastic, nylon, even hardwood !)
- a bigger "plate" that we bend at the bottom (could be aluminum or another
soft metal)
- glue them together.
- coat them with a good primer, to be ready-to-paint.

So, for this one too, we'll have to find a creative solution before
producing a prototype.

Anybody has a better idea to simplify the process ?

Louis-Alain