Hood bump stops

[Bitsyncmaster]

Well I got my 8-32 form tap and was able to tap my first attempt. And I can machine the rubber using high speed turning and very light cuts. So I think I'm going to be using this for my car. I like the thicker rubber padding and know it should last.

All I can think of with the problem tapping that 304 SS is when I drilled the hole it "work hardened" the SS. I tried to heat it and cool it fast and even tried cooling slow but I still could not tap it using the normal cutting tap. Anyway, I bet using a form tap for aluminum would be great since you don't get chips and would not have to keep backing out the tap to clear chips.

So this SS is a little discolored from my heating when I tried to soften the metal.

I'm thinking of maybe using a bigger bolt for the engine cover bumps so I can use the same rubber bumpers for those.

[Bitsyncmaster]

Interesting tidbit. My drivers side OEM bump stop is 37 mm long. The passenger side is 50 mm. I wonder if this is normal on all of our cars.

Now I see why Ed's parts were to short when I tried it in the passenger side.

[MrChocky]

I just installed the DGo ones, but Chris Miles has yet another style for both hood and engine cover.

https://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?1...By-Chris-Miles

[Bitsyncmaster]

I do think the passenger side was always 50 mm long and the drivers side 40 mm. I had to cut my new one for it not to bottom out on the drivers side. The parts list does show different part numbers but it says 2 of each in the parts list.

Maybe it's just some VINs that require the two different lenghts.