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Door Knobs & Snaps

While the A/C is down, I decided to correct issues with the seat back cushion to head rest snaps and use better hardware to attach the interior door knobs.

Date: 06/23/2011
Owner: rlborger
Size: 9 items
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The new door knob mounting hardware is a stainless steel "binding post" acquired from McMaster-Carr. These things are available in myriad materials and sizes. There just happened to be a perfect size in the stainless steel variety which I pref

Date: 06/23/2011
Views: 6451
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They work well without any protruding or scratch making lumps or bumps.

Date: 06/23/2011
Views: 5870
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3_Door_Knobs

Similarly, the screw portion is nice and flat so it won't hang up on the aluminum guard plate when pressed closed.

Date: 06/23/2011
Views: 7131
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1_snaps

The snap bases for the seat back cushions were poorly installed by my interior guy. Just a skinny screw through the over-sized hole the snap base where the original rivet went.

Date: 06/23/2011
Views: 7222
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2_snaps

When the tab on the back of the pilot cushion was pulled to remove it, the snap bases pulled through the screw head and remained in the snaps. You should be able to see the snap bases in the snaps in this picture.

Date: 06/23/2011
Views: 7375
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3_snaps

The original snap base hardware is on the right. The new snap bases and mounting hardware are on the left. These 6-32 screw mount snap bases are from McMaster-Carr. I used big ol' AN970 washers for more support underneath and nyloc nuts so they don't c

Date: 06/23/2011
Views: 6799
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4_snaps

Here is a picture of the original snap bases still on the passenger head rest along with one of the new screw snap bases.

Date: 06/23/2011
Views: 6924
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5_snaps

The new snap bases installed in the head rest.

Date: 06/23/2011
Views: 7036
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6_snaps

Seat cushions installed and snapped into place.

Date: 06/23/2011
Views: 6775
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