Wanted - short bonnet side trims

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Wanted - short bonnet side trims

Post by plastic_orange »

Hi folks,

Does anyone have a pair of side trims for an MM series (short bonnet) for sale?

Cheers

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Re: Wanted - short bonnet side trims

Post by motherofgod »

can you not shorten newer ones? sorry not much help!

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Re: Wanted - short bonnet side trims

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That was my first thought, but not sure if when cut that the cut end would be closed off like the originals.
Reason for needing one is that one fell off during a test drive :oops:

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Re: Wanted - short bonnet side trims

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Indeed, cutting a normal one down would leave an open end.

Repro ones are made from steel though, so you could cut one of them down and weld an end plate on?
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Re: Wanted - short bonnet side trims

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Hopefully someone will have one.

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Re: Wanted - short bonnet side trims

Post by TvdWerf »

Welding the aluminium one is not a big problem for the company's who are working on actual car's.
At the moment a lot of cars have aluminium parts, even in my street is someone working with aluminium welding tools on car's
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Re: Wanted - short bonnet side trims

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I've just received a pair from a kind MMO member in Canada :D

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