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MG MGF Technical - MS Boxer Hoops - great!

Last night I fitted some lovely Mike Satur Boxer hoops.
Drilled the T-bar myself, chipped everything out.., worked out what the instructions, etc..

I was so please with myself until I went to screw the seat belt escutcheons back it and noticed the screws rotate forever!!

OK. So I've basically left off those metal bracket things that I found on the floor..
Where do they go? Which way round?
Neil H

They go behind the Tbar, the screws are self tappers, the bottom of the U goes against the Tbar (and the screws go thru the holes ;-p)
Will Munns

D'oh...
so to get to that I have to undo the three t-bar screws, remove the carpet and insulation, un-bolt the four angle-bracket to hoop screws, remove the m8 and m6 hoop screws, remove the hoops, lift the t-bar, put the brackets in place and reverse the process...
D'OH!!!
Neil H

Yep, you could have worked out yourself exactly how to do it by simply working out which would be the place most lightly to have you taking the whole thing apart !

You might just get away with undoing the screws, levering the tbar off the studs and sliding it up the roll hoops, but I haven't looked at the setup in detail
Will Munns

I can't swear on here.. so I won't..
I tell you, those things aren't easy to fit.., especially under a street lamp!
Neil H

Neil - instruction on fitting that trim piece: http://www.mgf.ultimatemg.com/mgescut.jpg

I can imagine that you felt moderately annoyed to find that the backing piece was missing...
Rob Bell

"Moderately annoyed"...
Something like that, yeah!!

Hmmm! I see.. that's exactly the metal piece I found on the floor last night!

At the time I was just plain old angry and not worth talking to.. Now.., well, I can't get over how the MGF's were made to have roll-hoops.., they look great!
Neil H

This thread was discussed on 05/09/2003

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