try a dab of clear silicone on the tabs.that way if you have to remove them
you don't beak the tabs off.
Gary Kendall
----- Original Message -----
From: John Hunt <johnhunt@ece.ogi.edu>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 3:09 PM
Subject: "Padded speednuts" for holding MG badge on trunk?
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> I removed the MG badge from the trunk lid on my '68B to prepare
> for painting. In the process several of the clips that held the
> badge got destroyed.
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> The best that Moss offers for replacements is the ordinary
> sort of speednut that you buy at a hardware store. The
> original clips are a speednut of sorts embedded in a plastic
> washer. The plastic provides some sealing so water doesn't
> leak through the hole and also keeps the speednut from cutting
> into the paint.
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> Does anyone know of another source for "padded clips"?
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> If not I suppose I could find some small rubber washers and
> use speednuts.
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> John Hunt
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> Portland, Or.
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