Yes, you do have to have holes for the posts. A little speed nut sort of
deal is pressed on from behind & holds the badges on by compression. I
used a bit of silicon on the back side of the badge on mine "just in
case".
Andy H.
1971 MK IV
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998 16:52:03 PDT "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>
writes:
>Hello all. I just got my shipment from Rimmer Bros. (one week free
>carriage arrived by UPS today) Among other things that I really needed
>
>(like a new Lucas master cylinder) I went and got some new Spitfire IV
>
>badges for my bonnet and rear quarter panel.
>
>As is I have no badge on my bonnet and my rear one is quite faded.
>The
>replacements look very nice but they have these two posts coming out
>the
>back on each end. I didn't expect these posts. I figured they were
>applied with that thick two sided tape stuff. Sooo how are these
>things
>applied? Do I drill some holes in my panels?
>
>This weekend I 'plan' on getting the spit back on the road. Its been
>couped up in the garage with no brakes for the last two weeks during
>the
>most wonderful weather here in Southern VA. Tom. I'll sandblast and
>powdercoat my MC mounting bracket and get that back on the car. With
>working brakes I can drive over to my friends place where we can lift
>the car and swap the differentials. Then the real fun begins!
>
>Ryan Smith
>72 Emerald Green Spitfire (waiting to be let out of its cell)
>
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