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

[Brandon Rogers]

probelm is on the urq the hole is right on the crease.....

of course maybe the bumperplugs guys can handle that ...

Brandon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Del Tergo" <mdeltergo at hotmail.com>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Front bumper plugs; Scene 1, take 1


> 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"!
>
> WWW.BUMPERPLUGS.COM  704 841 0911
>
> 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
>
>
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