Headlight Cover Screws

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Mine are painted silver. A dull, ugly silver. Does anyone have six in good condition. Do not have to be perfect, just good.

A BMW parts guy suggested something about media blast. Any ideas?

Also have an original raised-letter trunk emblem. But there is some fading white and blue paint and small scratches and nicks.

Anyone know a professional restorer of these badges?

Thanks, Steve [email protected] 215.620.7687
 
its an M4 x 8mm machine screw with a fillister head and phillips slot. perhaps you might find some in stainless at Ace.
 
I think he means the knobs that secure the metal plates covering the access to the lights?
 
Is it possible that the ones oneills has are pale white or black plastic underneath that ugly, silver paint? And a little sandpaper / steel wool / solvent would remove the paint and restore them to their original color? Since the knobs are plastic, I wouldn't media blast them.
 
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Originally the headlight cover Screws are in pale white.
W&N offering almost correct copies. A few years back this was discussed on this forum.
Cheers!
 
Stefan said:
Originally the headlight cover Screws are in pale white.
W&N offering almost correct copies. A few years back this was discussed on this forum.
Cheers!
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you are correct, mine were originally white, but painted black. the new ones i bought before they went NLA are white. the W+N ones are black (i edited my previous post)
 
Thanks guys for all the good advice. I will try the sandpaper/solvent route.

Now about restoring the trunk raised-letter roundel? Suggestions for professional restorers?

Steve
 
This sounds like the perfect candidate for 3D printing. Pale white is the cheapest color, and the parts are small enough to print yourself. The part just needs to be scanned. Unfortunately scanning parts is kind of pricey.
 
I barely know how to turn my printer on. Is anyone else with more skill interested? Is there enough demand? Ben at LaJolla said if he knew of any he would buy them? Dan of Coupe Guy said not a prayer.

Anybody up to it?

Steve
 
oneills said:
I barely know how to turn my printer on. Is anyone else with more skill interested? Is there enough demand? Ben at LaJolla said if he knew of any he would buy them? Dan of Coupe Guy said not a prayer.

Anybody up to it?

Steve
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I'm looking into this now. There are many decisions to be made for such a simple part. Appearance and durability must be near perfect for this to be worthwhile. What other cars use these?
 
Schrauben Scheinwerferdeckel

viphoto said:
Anybody have a close up photo of one of these screws? Black or White
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There was a rather scruffy set of three that sold on German Ebay in October for about $49 with shipping.

Too bad they were only used on E9. That's about $10 per screw before shipping, What say? Are clean, new, previously unobtainable screws worth twice that? I'm thinking that setup costs will be several thousand to make BMW quality screws, mainly for the cost of the molds but also to have custom shafts made.

Anyone have a very scruffy, maybe damaged screw they can sell me so I can take it apart and find, and thus reproduce the exact method of attachment?

Ian

1970 Chamonix over blue 2800CS
 
For Viphoto

Black new replacement part, and white originals.
And pix of profiles.




Slight differences though....

Marc.
 
I think they are threaded a little different. I recently bought a set of the black replacement screws and they would not screw right n.

Doug
 
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