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+74 Grille (Fasteners)


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Can someone please post up an image of the screws (fasteners) that hold the +74 grilles in place to the nose as well as what they screw into - there are four square openings in the sheet metal of the nose, so there must be some sort of insert that goes into that square hole.  Thank you

 

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But in addition to the outboard finger nuts, each grill has 4 black oxide(?) screws that attach to plastic anchors. I know the screws are NLA and an exact match is not readily available -- it's some odd size like #3.9 -- but I seem to recall the plastic anchors as still available. The round taillight cars, I believe, use the same size screws but they are bright zinc plated.

(In the attached photo, the 2 horn supports and the 8 grill attachment tabs were originally painted black on square taillight cars -- sloppily, generally by brush, over the original body color -- but my car's nosepiece was replaced ca. 1978 and I haven't gotten around to "correcting" this detail!)

Steve

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1976 2002 Polaris, 2742541 (original owner)

1973 2002tii Inka, 2762757 (not-the-original owner)

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Even though I have my '75 entered into RealOEM and bmwfans.info as my car of choice it still shows the grilles of the Roundie cars, not the grilles from the later square light cars. 

 

What you need are some square plastic inserts that go in the square holes and receive the tapered screws that go thru the grille and into the above mentioned inserts.  If you have a BMW dealership with a parts guy willing to look them up they can get them for you.  Unfortunately, I do not have P/Ns for you, because the above webs don't show them. 

 

Walloth & Nesch (in Germany) had them on sale recently, so you might check with them.  Shipping on the 8 inserts and screws should not be to prohibitive from Germany, as the items are small. 

 

Might also give Steve (blunttech.com) a call as he can probably get them for you.  (Steve is a member of this board and is very helpful at supplying parts for us).

 

Bob Napier

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I don't think those square plastic inserts are available anymore according to Blunt. I ordered what I thought was going to be the plastic inserts from Walloth and Nesch and they sent me metal clips with screws to go with them that slip over the end of the bracket and accomplish the same thing. Maybe you can pirate some out of a parts car if you want to stay original. The hooks that go at the end of the grills are available new with the round plastic nut from BMW or Blunt. I like the way they pull the ends of the grill in tight to the car. A nice finishing touch. It's all in the details.

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There is a new P/N listed by one online BMW Dealer, but I don't know if it's the OE plastic insert or not.

 

Anyway, the new P/N is  51 71 1 874 203.  The sale from Walloth & Nesch showed a picture with the plastic inserts, so maybe they are still available, or have been re-produced.

 

Bob Napier

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Looks like some clarifying is in order:

Each side grille is secured to the nose with (4) screws and one J-hook assembly. The J-hook pulls the outer corner tight to the fender. Plastic grills use square nylon inserts for the screws, aluminum grills use capture type clips.

Jim Gerock

 

Riviera 69 2002 built 5/30/69 "Oscar"

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That I know of, the horn and grill brackets were never painted black. This is my '76 with factory paint (and missing plastic insert  :rolleyes: )

-Nathan
'76 2002 in Malaga (110k Original, 2nd Owner, sat for 20 years and now a toy)
'86 Chevy K20 (6.2 Turbo Diesel build) & '46 Chevy 2 Ton Dump Truck
'74 Suzuki TS185, '68 BSA A65 Lightning (garage find), '74 BMW R90S US Spec #2

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Followup to Roadhog's post...

 

At least on roundies, the hood support/horn mount brackets and the little tabs that hold the grill screw J-clips were all painted a semi-gloss black by the factory--with a brush!  Both my cars were done that way and were original.

 

Not completely sure about squarelights--I have seen some done the same way--but there are plenty of original squarelights on the board for folks to check...

 

mike

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'73 Sahara sunroof-Ludwig-since '78
'91 Brillantrot 318is sunroof-Georg Friederich 
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Maybe my car was built on a Friday and the guy got lazy :P

-Nathan
'76 2002 in Malaga (110k Original, 2nd Owner, sat for 20 years and now a toy)
'86 Chevy K20 (6.2 Turbo Diesel build) & '46 Chevy 2 Ton Dump Truck
'74 Suzuki TS185, '68 BSA A65 Lightning (garage find), '74 BMW R90S US Spec #2

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