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nose cone grill/mesh
whitstella - 31/10/11 at 07:23 PM

hi

and still more questions well 1 more for today cheers

how do i fix the mesh/grill stuff in the nose cone????

cheers steve

jacko - 31/10/11 at 07:47 PM

Bend it round the back and sikaflex

Slater - 31/10/11 at 07:49 PM

I glued 4 bits of wood with sikaflex to the back of the nose cone, then used 4 screws and penny washers to fix the grill.





[Edited on 31/10/11 by Slater]

Greenie - 31/10/11 at 08:23 PM

The stikaflex approach worked for, nice a neat to......................

whitstella - 31/10/11 at 08:29 PM

thanks for the info.

is there nothing that stikaflex will not stick.

jacko - 31/10/11 at 08:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Slater
I glued 4 bits of wood with sikaflex to the back of the nose cone, then used 4 screws and penny washers to fix the grill.





[Edited on 31/10/11 by Slater]


Is your car on the road ? if so do you have over heating problems ?
The reason i ask is i know 2 people that had problems with over heating they had mesh / grills like yours and as soon as they removed it the problem went away
Jacko

jacko - 31/10/11 at 08:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by whitstella
thanks for the info.

is there nothing that stikaflex will not stick.

Not a lot and it takes ages to wear iy of your hands

[Edited on 31/10/11 by jacko]

David Jenkins - 31/10/11 at 10:05 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jacko
The reason i ask is i know 2 people that had problems with over heating they had mesh / grills like yours and as soon as they removed it the problem went away


+1

I had an expanded aluminium mesh (smaller mesh than shown in the picture) and my car would overheat in traffic queues. I now have a very open-weave mesh (woven stainless wire) and the problem's mostly gone away.

RK - 1/11/11 at 02:42 AM

zip ties hold mine on. my grille is black and so is the nosecone and zips, so doesn't show.

whitstella - 1/11/11 at 04:31 PM

not the car is not yet a runner but it should not be long i will keep that in mind if it over heats thanks.

steve

rusty nuts - 1/11/11 at 08:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by whitstella
thanks for the info.

is there nothing that stikaflex will not stick.



It didn't stick my carbonfibre wings on too well!!

mark chandler - 1/11/11 at 08:42 PM

I cut mine so it fitted in front, then wrapped the outside with U section rubber and cable tied in place.