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Old May 16, 2010 | 06:25 PM
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ftp lense busted

hey guys, my drivers side ftp lense fell out a while back and i bought some new ones off a guy on the board and it was busted, the plastic studs that connect for the screw was cracked and broken.. i'm tired of looking at my car with only one ftp lense, what have you guys done to get it to stay in without the stock mounting? i've considered double sided tape but that feels too perminant to me
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Old May 16, 2010 | 06:45 PM
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Stuff it in there and shim the edges so it stays. Neither of mine are actually bolted in.
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Old May 16, 2010 | 07:41 PM
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JB Weld a bolt or threaded rod or another stud in the area where the stock stud used to mount.
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Old May 16, 2010 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by MadScience_7
Stuff it in there and shim the edges so it stays. Neither of mine are actually bolted in.
exactly what do you mean?
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Old May 16, 2010 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by need RX7
JB Weld a bolt or threaded rod or another stud in the area where the stock stud used to mount.
i tried this with some hardcore cement/superglue good for all climates, hot, cold, wet and it fell off in a days time
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Old May 17, 2010 | 07:47 AM
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JB Weld is a little better than superglue. When the charge pipe out of my turbo blew a hole out of the nipple that goes to the stock BOV, I repaired it with JB Weld. Five years later, I still have that same charge pipe repaired with JB Weld.
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