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3rd October 2016, 09:05 AM
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Transmission tunnel trim bracket
You know the one - that little bracket that sticks out from the transmission tunnel trim and attaches to to the unit that holds the handbook.
Or, if like many of us, you don't know it because it snapped off ages ago! Well, mine got broken off by the garage and, as the carpet on that piece of trim just wouldn't come clean, I got a replacement from our sponsors. I cleaned it up and then set about a more durable replacement bracket, which was very easy indeed. Follow these steps and the photos below: 1. Get an 'L' shaped bracket from your local hardware store 2. Cut about a centimetre off one of the arms of the bracket and enlarge the hole at the end of the other arm 3. Attach one of those threaded clips (I'm sure they have a name, but I don't know what it is) and find a bolt that fits it. It's the wrong way up in my photos! 4. Mix up some Araldite (other 2-part adhesives are available) and apply to the inside of the trim panel 5. Push the short end of the 'L' shaped bracket through the hole in the trim where the old plastic bracket used to be 6. Add more Araldite and clamp it. 7. A day or two later, remove the handbook unit, fit the trim panel and refit the handbook unit- with a very sturdy left hand bracket! 8. And, in my case, admire clean carpet panel!
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!). Last edited by The_Laird; 3rd October 2016 at 09:07 AM. 
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3rd October 2016, 09:33 AM
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Jim, I'm sure I did something similar as my knee panel was missing multiple fixings. Good solution and very well documented.
 Edit: And indeed I did, in a thread contributed to by your good self, this was my solution - fixed to the ventilation duct (not the side panel). http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showpost....5&postcount=13 (Sorry about the lack of detail and poor picture but this was secondary to the main problem of the missing upper fixing in this thread; http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=9682 ) Speed Clips are the things you referred to and I decided to use the ventilation duct as it was sturdier and especially because it meant removing the side panel would be easier in future. And as I mentioned earlier in that thread: Quote:
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
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