Bonnet support pole pivot / grommet upgrade

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:17 am

I hadn't noticed whether these have gone on either of our ludes

but I'll worry about them now...

I'm going to have to go and check them both, to be sure

Post by **Merlin** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:29 am

You would know if the clip is broken or missing. The bonnet stay wants to fall out at every opportunity when the clip is broken.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:41 am

Neither of them do that

Post by **Pushki** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:38 am

I've just bought one of these for my 4G.
I'll let you know whether it's an improvement when it's fitted.

Post by **SPYDOR** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:46 pm

Mine is on its way too. I've lost count of the number of sleepless nights I've had because of this...

Post by **Pushki** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:26 pm

Pushki wrote:I've just bought one of these for my 4G.

I finally got this fitted today. It was one of those jobs you wish you'd never started.

Here's the old style 4G grommet.

This hole seems a bit too small.

Brute force got the results.

As you can see, it's a bit beaten up but it's in. The hole definitely needed some filing.

+Rep to Carrisma for discovering this upgrade (when my fingers heal).

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:32 pm

You can definitely see you had some 'fun' there!

Well done for being the 4th gen guinea pig on this mod, though

Post by **Pushki** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:45 pm

The biggest problem was a damn immovable pipe right in the way.

CARRisma · Post by **CARRisma** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 5:31 pm

Pushki wrote:

The 5G pole doesn't have that flat bit at the end.