Guest Anonymous Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 URL: http://www.marsmann.com/2002tii/ Hi, Just curious as to how the black slats in the early chrome-like grilles are supposed to be attached. The ones on my old grille never used to come off, but I never checked to really see how they were on. The new ones on my new grille constantly fall out. I can just glue them on in some way but I want to know how they are supposed to go on exactly. Do they get crimped? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 From what I can tell from my grills on the cars, and the extras, BMW just glued on the slat covers. I dont see any crimping. Where did you get your covers- I need some. Thanks/// Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 The ones we used to get with the slats (this was the mid 1990s) had the slats held on with what appeared to be a CLEAR semi-flexible caulking (silicone? who knows?) I used clear silicone on mine, and so far (fingers crossed) they're holding on VERY well, and the flexability of the silicone should prevent any cracking, breaking off of the adhesive, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 Mine are all discolored on my '72 and I'm missing one as well. thanks dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 ...a craft project. You don't need to glue them on if you have, say, about 9 or so grill badges. Does that help? Delia Wolfe '73tii Inka (aka "Julius") #2762756 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 not that Paul's posts need any support. :-) I used clear silicone on mine--I ran three 2 inch beads of goo between the back edge of each black slat and the chrome grill slat--and they are holding fine after a year an a half. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Anonymous Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 that appear to be original (sandblasted, but original) - there's a little punch mark on each end of the underside of each cover that appears to "register" the cover into it's slat - they're extremely uniform, and appear to be machine done. In addition, each cover was glued on with what looks like 3M "gorilla snot" yellow Trim Adhesive, and all of them are still on real tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 URL: http://www.marsmann.com/2002tii/ Bimmer Parts Co in Pottstown Pa (www.partsbmw.com) or I'm sure over at Maximillian's down in Maryland (www.partsforbmws.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 URL: http://www.marsmann.com/2002tii/ if by covers you mean the black grille slats - Bimmer Parts Co in Pottstown Pa (www.partsbmw.com) or I'm sure over at Maximillian's down in Maryland (www.partsforbmws.com) if not, let me know what covers you mean... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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