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      10-24-2021, 01:44 AM   #243
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Just completed this upgrade the other week. Absolutely thrilled with the outcome. When the brass fittings are flush, it looks sweet!
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      11-12-2021, 04:32 AM   #244
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I had one stripped hole by the windshield, and this cheap fix worked:

Injected loctite epoxy with oral syringe,
squeegied off excess with card,
let cure >24h,
drilled with 7/64" bit (masked for screw depth),
vaccumed dust,
ratcheted screw in "screwdriver tight".
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      01-17-2023, 04:01 AM   #245
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I did mine too but with a little another approach.
I used thread rivets M6. Basically, the procedure is the same, drill hole(corresponding to your threaded rivet) and install the rivet in a conventional way, using less pressing force, because it's a plastic panel. I have used a rivet with a big flange because I was afraid of the rivet not holding torque enough during service, for the same reason I don't use inserts and glue, don't think it's a solution to last.
The only disadvantage of this solution is the flange of the rivet raises a little the whole filter cover and seal on the filter is not touching properly, it's hardly touching. I have added an additional little foamed rubber o-ring rope( I had it on hand ) under the original silicone (white) seal to raise it. You can do the same or throw away the original seal and buy a new one from aliexpress, foam silicon seal 5x5mm and you will be fine.
Each air filter hole consumes about 60cm of the seal, so buy at least 2m.
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      10-04-2023, 09:07 PM   #246
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Used the same trick for my intercooler bolts - worked great!
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Anyone have any extras they want to mail over? I will obviously cover postage and a few bucks for your trouble. Shipping from McMaster to Canada is 2x more than the actual cost of the inserts!
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