knee panels

[stephen grant]

 

I've got a couple of these 'ere knee panels which i'd like to fit to my car. It's a pre-2003 car, so the knee panels extend up to cover up the triangles below the dashboard (my car used to have a cage, so it's got big holes in the triangles where the cage used to fit).

 

Fitting underneath looks pretty straight forward, but what do people do to fit the panel tight to the triangle? Do you shove a rivet straight through, or would double-sided tape hold it in place or is there something altogether cleverer that would do the job?

 

thanks in advance

 

stephen

 

[Gambo]

Mine are screwed on with a black pan head self tapping screw ( same as the ones that hold the side inner panels on under the dash). Although you could use a rivet if you wanted, but it would make removal a little more tricky.

 

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[stephen grant]

 

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Thank you

 

stephen

 

[Richard Price]

I'd second self tapers.

I take my LHS knee trim panel in and out quite often as I swap to and from my JPE style aeroscreen (unlike some, I prefer a full screen and doors on the road, but always use an aero whilst sprinting).

I have the normal row of self tapers along the bottom edge, and a single one in the centre of the top edge.

 

[Myles]

My knee-trims were riveted (ex-caged car) - but I have had cause to remove them. Mine actually just about stick in place (with a bit of cheating) - but self-tappers would be a better solution. Just one I've never got around to doing...

 

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[MartinWoodham]

mine were rivetted, but after fitting an aeroscreen I've put rivnuts into the first and last holes, rivetted the underlying side panel in all of the other holes, and the knee trim now just bolts in through the rivnuts.

 

Martin

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[caterhamnut]

Highly recommend getting the brackets that hold the scuttle down, with windscreen nuts welded to them, from Caterham - about £35 ISTR - means we never have to remove the knee panles again when we swap between brooklands and full screen, as the nuts are captured.

 

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[stephen grant]

 

I didn't understand a word of that Angus, but it sounds like a great upgrade 😬

 

stephen

 

[Gambo]

yes Angus, that is a very useful mod. Stephen, instead of having to put a nut an dbolt through the scuttle to hold your screen/ aero on. the scuttle clamps have the bolts welded to them so you just bolt through the scuttle into them and away you go 😬

 

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[stephen grant]

 

oh yes, sorry - i was being a bit thick. that would be useful, but so far I have resisted the temptation to start playing around with aeroscreens....probably only a matter of time before i give in though.

 

stephen

 

[caterhamnut]

😬 - 'scuttle clamps' thats the phrase I was looking for that would have helped you Stephen!

 

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