Rear wiper delete plug option

[TitaniumTT]

(Posted initially in BAW but reposted here...)



This is for all you FC guys who do the rear hatch wiper delete...

I've been looking for a...nice...way to take care of the hole left over when you remove the rear wiper on an FC hatch.
There used to be the MFR (MoonFace Racing) plug from Japan, but I found out it's just a rubber plug - fuck if I was going to pay over $20 for one...
BTW, if you want that option, I think RHDJapan sells it off their website.

I wanted someone carbon fiber'ish...yeah yeah, rice rice baby.
I measured the hole, and it came out to like 28mm.
28mm = ~1-1/8" = 28.575mm
Just for the hell of it, I did a seach on eBay for "1-1/8 cap", "1-1/8 plug".
Lo and behold, this is a common size for bicycle stem caps.
There were TONS of them.
Mostly were machined aluminum, but there were some carbon fiber ones too!
YES!
These bicycle caps were made for a 6mm cap socket screw - great, metric!
Some of them came with a *titanium* cap screw option - which I didn't need.
I could source a 6mm cap socket screw locally, and it'll save me money.
I bought a carbon fiber, gloss (I really wanted the matte finish one, but they were out-of-stock) one for like $9, minus the titanium screw.
I like the price.
I got the thing in the mail...
Here's some pics with a locally bought black oxide 6mm x 25mm cap socket hex head screw...

TOP:


BOTTOM:


SIDE:



It was close, but the plug barely fit.
We're talking 1mm or less of a lip for it to sit in the hole.

Okay, use some black RTV to seal it up...
I then stuck the 6mm x 25mm cap socket screw in the hole.
I picked up a 1/4" x 1-1/2" "neoprene fender washer" to help seal underneath.
I had a 1-1/2"OD largish washer laying around, so I used that; this washer had like a 3/4" ID hole in it, which helped clear the bottom part of the carbon fiber cap.
I then stacked a 1/4" regular washer under that - 1/4" = ~6mm.
I found some random 6mm nut to secure the whole thing.

Here's the final pics with everything installed...





Enjoy!



-Ted

[RETed]

(Posted initially in BAW but reposted here...)



This is for all you FC guys who do the rear hatch wiper delete...

I've been looking for a...nice...way to take care of the hole left over when you remove the rear wiper on an FC hatch.
There used to be the MFR (MoonFace Racing) plug from Japan, but I found out it's just a rubber plug - fuck if I was going to pay over $20 for one...
BTW, if you want that option, I think RHDJapan sells it off their website.

I wanted someone carbon fiber'ish...yeah yeah, rice rice baby.
I measured the hole, and it came out to like 28mm.
28mm = ~1-1/8" = 28.575mm
Just for the hell of it, I did a seach on eBay for "1-1/8 cap", "1-1/8 plug".
Lo and behold, this is a common size for bicycle stem caps.
There were TONS of them.
Mostly were machined aluminum, but there were some carbon fiber ones too!
YES!
These bicycle caps were made for a 6mm cap socket screw - great, metric!
Some of them came with a *titanium* cap screw option - which I didn't need.
I could source a 6mm cap socket screw locally, and it'll save me money.
I bought a carbon fiber, gloss (I really wanted the matte finish one, but they were out-of-stock) one for like $9, minus the titanium screw.
I like the price.
I got the thing in the mail...
Here's some pics with a locally bought black oxide 6mm x 25mm cap socket hex head screw...

TOP:


BOTTOM:


SIDE:



It was close, but the plug barely fit.
We're talking 1mm or less of a lip for it to sit in the hole.

Okay, use some black RTV to seal it up...
I then stuck the 6mm x 25mm cap socket screw in the hole.
I picked up a 1/4" x 1-1/2" "neoprene fender washer" to help seal underneath.
I had a 1-1/2"OD largish washer laying around, so I used that; this washer had like a 3/4" ID hole in it, which helped clear the bottom part of the carbon fiber cap.
I then stacked a 1/4" regular washer under that - 1/4" = ~6mm.
I found some random 6mm nut to secure the whole thing.

Here's the final pics with everything installed...





Enjoy!



-Ted