At the risk of stating the obvious to those with greater skills than I have in these matters (ie quite a lot of people on here), the technique when drilling into fragile materials such as tiles, glass or, as in this case, painted metal, is as follows:
1) Cover the target area with masking tape. 2) Carefully mark the drilling point with a pencil. 3) Start with a smaller drill bit than the hole you will finally make. 4) Set the drill to its lowest speed (and check that the hammer option is off!). 5) Proceed carefully. 6) Enlarge hole to final size. 7) Remove masking tape. 8) Finish job. 9) Have a glass of Aberlour.
Thanks Peter, I will now know how to do it properly when fitting my 2nd Brooklands screen, I think the first one was more luck than judgement! After that I'll think about fitting those two sprung clips to the front of the cowl, they look so neat on your car, that I'm committed to thinking about them.
Ah, well, I'm a Tinker and you're a Pikey. For me it's Aberlour, Balvenie and Glenfarclas, though they sound like a dodgy firm of estate agents. Oh and Knockando.
I have just reread my post here and its sounds all wrong - I dont mean to araldite the bonnet clips on ( how bad would that be ! )
I mean the roundheaded unslotted stainless bolts. Cut the heads off and stick them on over the leftover Dzus holes as a quick fix. Even then , if happy with the job I would probably get rid of the Dzus fastener completely and take the bolts straight through and retain on the inside - at this stage why not ?
Nice one Q8. I have recently sent off for a set of chrome latches as described in previous posts, apart from they look great I fancy the challenge of fitting them. Confidence builder for fitting aero screens.
Based on the various ideas in this thread I used a slightly different variation on mine....I use a small compression spring to hold the fixing outboard, retaining the plastic washer between spring and outside of the bonnet and I stop it coming adrift using a rubber grommet cut in half on the inside of the bonnet. Took minutes to do and all that's needed is 4 small compression springs and 2 suitable rubber grommets cut in half. Bonnet fit is now pretty straightforward, all 4 fixings are held out to just the right amount by the compression springs, the snug fitting half grommet allowing the fixing to come almost right out without coming adrift.. Works for me. I've attached a couple of photos which hopefully explain
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