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26th March 2014, 10:47
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Securing a Carbon boot lid
Hi Guys
Wondering what you all use to secure your boot lids in place?
I've got a carbon boot lid to go on my BRM, I've been looking at a set of these:
https://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p...ings-pair-1608
But I'm not convinced they would be upto the job. The boot weighs under 10KG all in, Would these allow the boot to move/bounce around?
How tough are the springs? Difficult to open and close?
Also, Where would you stick these? Of course the lower down the better, but given the rear lights on a 200 and the bumper sticks out a fair bit, they would need to go about 1ft above the bottom of the boot lid, both sides.
Having a lock on them would be preferable, but not essential as its stored in a secure garage and will be used mostly for track days and the occasional weekend round the lakes.
Just trying to get some 'real' progress on this before I go ahead and update my progress thread 
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26th March 2014, 11:08
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Aerocatches dude!
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26th March 2014, 11:09
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26th March 2014, 11:16
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Only picture I could find.
Can't see it being a problem using them just above the light.
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26th March 2014, 11:38
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Originally Posted by MuZiZZle
Aerocatches dude!
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For the boot lid? I dont think i'd have anywhere to put them, although they would look better!
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Originally Posted by Alex
Only picture I could find.
Can't see it being a problem using them just above the light. |
Thats exactly what I was thinking in my head. Thanks Alex.
That Pug looks the dogs though.
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26th March 2014, 11:42
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Originally Posted by jasonmayall
For the boot lid? I dont think i'd have anywhere to put them, although they would look better!
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Anywhere!
then lash some welded bits inside for the sticky out bitz
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26th March 2014, 11:50
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my brother uses these sparco springs on the boot of his mk2 escort only done side is you have to use some thick sticky material to protect your paint if they are even slightly curved!
they are pretty stiff but we also use the standard boot and boot latch
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26th March 2014, 11:54
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I'm not sure there will be anywhere to put them on the BRM though... Its a completely different shape lol.
Ignore the picture, its an old one - But the shape is still the same.
The sprung ones I think will suffice
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26th March 2014, 11:56
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AlexFocusST
my brother uses these sparco springs on the boot of his mk2 escort only done side is you have to use some thick sticky material to protect your paint if they are even slightly curved!
they are pretty stiff but we also use the standard boot and boot latch
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Thankyou. I'll keep that in mind and put something to stop it rubbing the paint! Unfortunately I dont have the option of using the standard boot latch unless I have the boot lid completely redesigned, I imagine that will cost a lot!
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26th March 2014, 11:56
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just weld to bits of metal onto the inside of the boot, it's the route I'm going, to put the pins through, there's loads of room for them!
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26th March 2014, 11:59
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Originally Posted by MuZiZZle
just weld to bits of metal onto the inside of the boot, it's the route I'm going, to put the pins through, there's loads of room for them!
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When are you planning on doing this? Its going to be a couple of months until the car sees the road again - So I might wait until I've seen yours
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26th March 2014, 12:03
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next week or the week after, my pal is lashing my cage mounts in so I'll make him do that at the same time.
Basically the pins need to be straight into the car, as you can see where the catches are, so a bit of metal on the inside should do the job, like a 6" ruler kind of deal.
I hope it works
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26th March 2014, 12:04
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Originally Posted by jasonmayall
When are you planning on doing this? Its going to be a couple of months until the car sees the road again - So I might wait until I've seen yours |
It took us 3 weeks to change a clutch and 2 months to take the rear beam off and put it back on again.
Don't hold your breath.
We're good.
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26th March 2014, 12:07
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Originally Posted by D4MJT
It took us 3 weeks to change a clutch and 2 months to take the rear beam off and put it back on again.
Don't hold your breath.
We're good.
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I'm getting someone else to do it man!
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26th March 2014, 12:22
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You guys sound about as efficient as me!
Its taking me this long because I start something and move onto the next, Which in hindsight has left me with a LOT more work to do.
Ooops.
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26th March 2014, 13:30
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here use these for reference 
my brother used some kind of sticker that came from the back of brake pads for insulation
and the usual sparco pin lock fitted to a 205 boot
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26th March 2014, 13:36
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Ouch, They do look to have damaged the paint somewhat!
The catches on the 205 look neat though, Thanks
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26th March 2014, 13:55
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just offer the boot up and see what space you have to mount catches where, pins or springs are basically your options mixture of both or depending on space and mounting points go for whats best, and the springs are perfectly fine on mine, they need to be taught and spaced from the body then there is no paint damage
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28th March 2014, 12:05
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I should really sort mine soon, don't fancy drilling the CF to fit the areo catches though 
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28th March 2014, 12:08
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Quote:
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I should really sort mine soon, don't fancy drilling the CF to fit the areo catches though |
mark twice, check twice and cut once... it seems sacrilige to cut into carbon but itll look the nuts when its done
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