Raceproved Tuscan rear screen clips
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Several sets for sale on ebay...nothing to do with me I hasten to add!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RACEPROVED-TVR-TUSCAN-S-...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RACEPROVED-TVR-TUSCAN-S-...
Macey said:
stubop said:
Let me know if you do actually recieve them, am watching a pair but the seller has 0 feedback so seem a bit dodgy :/
+1 on this, I am watching these on eBay as I need to replace my plastic clips.Edited by J J on Tuesday 24th April 15:14
m4tti said:
Do they seem good quality? Not that the originals were engineering excellence..
Not worth the £70, but not many options for replacement. Polished alloy on the topside but rough on the underside, rubber protectors provided. Yet to fit them and so not sure of how well they will compare to the originals, but using the allan key to remove will be fiddley. If you need new clips then think a fair option. 7/10
stubop said:
Let me know if you do actually recieve them, am watching a pair but the seller has 0 feedback so seem a bit dodgy :/
Mine also arrived today - With a Raceproved compliment slip.Agree with J J - Quality is fair. £70 is still a bit steep IMHO but obviously better than £115 which I would never have paid.
I would have ordered these months ago if the prices on the various vendors website weren't so ridiculous.
Have to say previously i would have agreed with you about the price gents, thats why i looked into getting them made.
TBH though....you would struggle to get them done anywhere else for cheaper and to the same quality. They may look simple, but the more you look into it the more you realise that they are not cheap to make, lots of machining ops. I couldn’t get anyone to make as one off’s, thats with calling in favours from people i / father in law (who has his own machining company) knew. These are time intensive little buggers to make. So in fact i have come to the conclusion the price is right....think about £30 an hour labour rate (which is cheap) and the time taken in machining and set up, investment in programming etc...then there is the fact these aren’t exactly mass produced to get economies of scale....the price isn’t that bad at £100, £70 is cheap in my opinion.
The time intensiveness is also the reason there aren’t many alternatives around...they aren’t easy.
As regards the fiddly allen bolts, i replaced mine with ‘wing bolts’ (m5) from wdsltd....available in stainless or standard...
http://www.wdsltd.co.uk/products/Machine-Parts/Met...
They are working well....can tighten and remove by hand...
TBH though....you would struggle to get them done anywhere else for cheaper and to the same quality. They may look simple, but the more you look into it the more you realise that they are not cheap to make, lots of machining ops. I couldn’t get anyone to make as one off’s, thats with calling in favours from people i / father in law (who has his own machining company) knew. These are time intensive little buggers to make. So in fact i have come to the conclusion the price is right....think about £30 an hour labour rate (which is cheap) and the time taken in machining and set up, investment in programming etc...then there is the fact these aren’t exactly mass produced to get economies of scale....the price isn’t that bad at £100, £70 is cheap in my opinion.
The time intensiveness is also the reason there aren’t many alternatives around...they aren’t easy.
As regards the fiddly allen bolts, i replaced mine with ‘wing bolts’ (m5) from wdsltd....available in stainless or standard...
http://www.wdsltd.co.uk/products/Machine-Parts/Met...
They are working well....can tighten and remove by hand...
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