It's a GROMMET! You can get replacements and the tools to install them at
a good hardware store or fabric shop. For replacing just a few, I would
check with an upholstery shop or a shop that does car tops. Or
if there is a sailmaker in your area, that would be ideal. Or if you
happen to know a parachute rigger, I bet they could do a real good job.
BTW, the original grommets were of rather poor quality. Mine have
sharp metal edges on the bottom, and they scratch the paint
of demister vents. A properly-installed grommet should have
a smooth flared edge with no cracks.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 09:10 AM 9/1/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Listers,
>
>At the front of my tonneau cover (for a Spitfire 1500, although I don't
>think that makes much difference) are four metal rings, which fit over the
>four clips on top of the dash-board. The problem is, one of these metal
>rings has fallen out!
>
>Now, before we go any further - I know this is not the most major problem in
>the world. In fact, in the order of all Triumph problems, it's probably
>about as minor as they come. But I really don't have a clue how to fix it!
>Is it possible to buy a replacement metal ring? Where from? How do you fit
>it? Is it easier to take it into a shop and have it done? What type of
>shop? Does anyone know anywhere suitable to the west or north of London?
>The place I bought the cover from is at the other side of the of the
>country, and I can't really justify the fuel to drive it there nor the cost
>of posting it there.
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