16 replies to this topic

[Mini Austria]

[oli]

If it works for you, why not!

[danie garry]

for now, best to make the holes line up!

[zebidee]

Somehow a bolt sheared on the L2B this year on mine, a cable tie is still holding the centre down even now

[mike.]

Both my bumpers are held on with cable ties because the studs/nuts sheared off them. Works fine.

[jack_marshall]

If the studs sheer off you can get the remains out using a p24 soft disk on the angle grinder. Grind the remains of the stud away till it falls out, you can then replace with a new nut, split washer, washer and bolt.

[danie garry]

when i took my rear bumper off theer were 3 bolts that fall into 10mm squares, they were well rusted in(maybe welded) but alot of belting a screwdriver in thr back of it and a busted thumb later out came the bolt

[joakwin]

stuff like this is gonna make the mot people/gov look harder at our mini's, i hope no one i know is on the road or close to your car

say this bumper comes off the car on the highway at like 60-70mph because the plastic cable ties don't hold any longer,
theirs a reason why the bumpers use nuts/washers to hold them onto the car, i hope no one gets hurt because your to cheap to build up the car right in the 1st place

i am 100% against people doing unsafe work on any type of vehicle, no matter how small the job may be

[mike.]

Have you ever tryed breaking a thick cable tie? They're tough! I've got 2 on each bolt hole, so six in total on each bumper. The bumpers weigh next to nothing and their not exactly being dragged off by the passing air either.

It'd be worse to have them held on by rusted through nuts/bolts.

[brianmini]

Have you ever tryed breaking a thick cable tie? They're tough! I've got 2 on each bolt hole, so six in total on each bumper. The bumpers weigh next to nothing and their not exactly being dragged off by the passing air either.

It'd be worse to have them held on by rusted through nuts/bolts.

Have you ever tried breaking a fixed bolt? Its harder!

Personally cable ties are fine for emergency repairs only, if the bolts dont fit then make the holes bigger to make them fit. Its probably not by much that they are not meeting. I had to be quite forceful when fitting my new front bumper to my new front panel. Now that its fitted there ain't no way that puppy is coming off.... just like the old bumper which I had to grind off my old front panel. There ain't nothin' in this world tougher than a rusted on nut!

Edited by brianmini, 17 December 2009 - 12:39 AM.

[mike.]

Yer fair enough, a bolt is obviously alot better, even a completly rusty one.

I've tryed yanking my bumpers off though to make sure they're secure and they weren't moving anywhere.

I've had them like that for a few months of driving, then im planning to buy some new stainless items....

[zero777]

don't be lazy. bolt it on.

[Mini Austria]

Na yah, The two outside bolts are on and solid, just the middles are on with cable ties as the holes do not line up. There is no way it is coming off...

I will get round to drilling holes, but only when i find the suitable bolts that fit the fixed nut... Say Imperial to the guys out here and they think your talking about Gin....!

[danny2009]

i have a emergancy supply in the glovebox, if you cant fix it with cable tie's its beyond repair

[miniman.matt]

I would have thought the answer to this would be obvious but people seem to be condoning the regular use of cable ties as a secure way of fixing quite a large peice of bodywork to the car. Dont be lazy if your going to work on your car do the job properly and safely and get the hole to line up!