OR75 Posted April 5, 2013 Report Posted April 5, 2013 anyone found an ingenious way of keeping the side panels and side carpeting together ? the interior plastic panels are more often than not held with screws that screw into nothing. they are more like trim screws and many end up falling with vibrations. wondering if anyone came up with a solution
N601RX Posted April 5, 2013 Report Posted April 5, 2013 You can glue flat tinnerman nuts to the back of the plastic. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/tinnerman.php 1
M016576 Posted April 6, 2013 Report Posted April 6, 2013 anyone found an ingenious way of keeping the side panels and side carpeting together ? the interior plastic panels are more often than not held with screws that screw into nothing. they are more like trim screws and many end up falling with vibrations. wondering if anyone came up with a solution Have you tried industrial hook and loop fasteners (Velcro type material?). I haven't tried it myself, but I'd bet that would hold pretty good
kmyfm20s Posted April 6, 2013 Report Posted April 6, 2013 I ended up replacing the carpet panels which where backed with some type of cardboard with the AirTechs interiors kick boards. these where more like corrugated plastic and the screws could get a better bite. Either way you can't over tighten either of them without causing problems.
PilotKen Posted April 6, 2013 Report Posted April 6, 2013 The original backing material was some kind of poster/foam board and never held screws. Based on a suggestion 8 years ago I redid the interior using coroplast as the backing board. It's a corrugated plastic material and grabs the screws pretty well from the Plastic side panels. As an added bonus the backing material is stiff enough that it mostly holds itself in place. Best of all it doesn't disintegrate over time. There is one place a tinerman nut helped where a couple plastic panels overlapped Ken
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