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mgbv8mike wrote: wrote:

Perhaps an offset plate would do it.

That's what I'm gonna do I think. Expand the hole in the slam panel a bit as the plate will cover the extra gap, and then extend the plate 'sideways'. If I paint the mounts MBB Silver I don't think they'll even show.

My other option is I've Facebook messaged, and emailed, Direnza asking them for a spare 'mount peg' that I can fettle in without having to move the old one - then i can just cut the wrong ones tip off ... you never know.

Good luck with that...I'm guessing that at the price we paid, they are made many miles from here.

Forgot to update this thread!

The supplier gave me £15 back. I suggested the amount as it wasn't too greedy and yet gives me enough for a mod. Direnza don't 'make' them I feel as they said they didn't have any mount pegs to send me.

So what I am gonna do is use my mini cutter to cut an old slam panel so I can move the mount 2cm inwards (and fit the cut out piece in to where is was moved from). I am going to move an entire piece with the mount hole AND the edge of the raised part that kind of 'bends', so when it's welded up - I have loads of welding wire - and sprayed it should look OEM as you probably can't notice it being 2cm inwards on one side.

Chuffed with my refund I plumped for a set of these for £60 delivered:


So that's a new alloy rad and underfloor pipes for £87 all in!

Bargain

This is what I plan to do to the slam panel:



Hopefully it wont even notice when done.

I would enlareg the big hole some bit and make an (aluminium of ss) adapterplate to go in between the body and the mounting plate of the rad.
You need to make 1 or 2 holes extra but I think its far less work (and reversible) than the welding job that you're on.....

The driving dutchman wrote: wrote:

I would enlareg the big hole some bit make and make a adapterplate to go in between the body and the mounting plate of the rad.
You need to make 1 or 2 holes extra but I think its far less work (and reversible) than the welding job that you're on.....

Thought about doing it that way - The problem is it would show as the 2cm required movement takes the black mounting plate past the curve in the slam panel pressing (thus it overhangs). I want it to look as OEM as possible. It would also be done on a spare slam panel so can be reversed by fitting the original - which is a pretty easy job.

As you have a spare panel you could indeed weld it for best visiible result.
I'm not an experienced welder (is that correct english?) but would take a different welding line.

The driving dutchman wrote: wrote:

As you have a spare panel you could indeed weld it for best visiible result.
I'm not an experienced welder (is that correct english?) but would take a different welding line.

Agreed - i was going to play with some cardboard templates first to check I got the 'easiest' option - then I just have to weld - haven't done any MIG work since I fixed Meg's sills years ago now! I've got some spare metal so if I need to cut and not have the right size piece to replace - I can make it up separately...