fitting bonnet pins!

[merlincancan]

ok i wana fit bonnet pins on my clio! ne1 else done it n knows how to do it??

 

[Andyman]

Its a bit 80s dont you think ?

 

[BenR]

drill holes, line up and mount pins...done

 

[merlincancan]

got may new bumper on n cant open da bonnet wit it still on! fink itll look ok! has ne1 else done it!?? i know its that simple benR but i wana know where abouts is the best place to drill da holes n if ne more mounts need to be added to make the pins tall enough! does that make sense??

 

[Essex_Lad]

wot bumper did u end up with?

y do u want bonnet pins may i ask?

 

[merlincancan]

i gotta DnM front bumper, had it fitted two weeks ago! had it on wen i came down sunny sarffend last saturday nite!!(shocked that i saw no1 with ne cliosport stickers!or even many clios) then on da way home at about 4.30am managed to write it off! decided to play chicken with a traffic cone up da a12 doing about 70mph! ouch! so im getting another one made! with da bumper i cant open my bonnet! so want da pins so i get ditch da reverse openin of da french beast!

 

[Essex_Lad]

oh i get ya, yea good idea actually!

u reckon ur car will be ready for next saturday for the southend meet?

 

[merlincancan]

nope! its off da road til i got it all fitted n kitted! wings arches bumpers etc! gonna get it all sorted for da fcs! so do you know how to fit these poxy pins?? sorry jus kinda need ta no! wot bumper u got on urs?? wot colour u settled on??

 

[Essex_Lad]

i got a prosport jap style bumper, aint seen it on no other car!

yea decided on a colour but wont be revealed until southend

as for the pins as Ben said jus a case of boltin em down then drillin holes in the bonnet, make sure there symetric!

 

[merlincancan]

FAIR ENOUGH! ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT HEY?? U HAVING NE OTHER BODY WORK DONE?? JUS OUTTA INTEREST.. WOT IS IT COSTIN YA TO HAVE A FULL RESPRAY??

 

[Essex_Lad]

wots bein done:

Kombat rear bumper fitted
De-stripped doors
De-locked
Rear Archs sorted (rust and fcuked due to 17s)
Put vent in bonnet
De-badge Bonnet
16v Front Wings
PH2 Grille

and full respray in a yummy colour(s) with metal flake

its costin for jus the respray alone around £1000/£1200

 

[merlincancan]

you got deep pockets blood! 16v wings a b**ch to fit?? jus fitted my rear bumper today! sweet as!

 

[Essex_Lad]

nah straight swap but coz my front bumper woz quite heavy he cut up my old wings and used the metal brackets to give it more support

well we cut a deal so aint too bad

 

[merlincancan]

yeah?? deals r good aint they?? i gotta deal wit da fibreglass company who modded my front end for me! so they are real easy to fit then?? cos i gotta pair on da way for mine!

 

[Essex_Lad]

yea jus a case of undoin a few bolts on the top of the arch and one or two down the bottom

when u reckon urs will be done?

 

[merlincancan]

im aiming to have the kit (bumpers skirts arches wings spoiler bonnet vents etc done for end of march! but if that happens wo knows! i had most of the kit for over six months! jus a case of everything falling into place now! like i say still gotta couple of things to purchase!

 

[Essex_Lad]

wot skirts & bumpers u got?

ive finished the outside ready for car show session jus need some sound now

 

[merlincancan]

i can help u out with sound if u interested! i got saxo dnm front adjusted to fit clio! dnm skirts! n terminator1 rear off a valver! looks good so far then got my r5 arches o go on then pi sdpoiler n r19 bonnet vent

 

[BenR]

its very ghetto in here.....

aint dat da ting do me qrew!

 

[merlincancan]

yeah blood! prob wi dat?? lol!@!!