rs6er Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Like many of you, I got tired of dealing with the poppits on the engine cover. I bought the following for a good looking easy on/easy off solution: 4 1/4" easy nuts 4 black fiber washers 4 1"x1/4" (or #14) black chromate phillips sheet metal screws. You just slide the easy nuts over the tabs with the holes for the poppits. Replace cover and fasten with screws and washers. Done. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4700353874_4d7d51f9d1.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4699723605_b0c70b74fb.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4699723311_c7294c735e.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4699723931_44e655c906.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spec B Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
istealfrombums Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Hahaha, brilliant. At our SoCal meet, I made sure to check out everyones engine bay for missing pop-its and lo behold everybody was missing at least 1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrSpeed Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Hahaha, brilliant. At our SoCal meet, I made sure to check out everyones engine bay for missing pop-its and lo behold everybody was missing at least 1! That's cuz you jacked one from each car and replaced all the ones you were missing!!!! BANNED FROM THE TIKI FORUM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigkahuna808 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Nice did this "mod" today! Just added a metal washer and grage 5 hardware Need to come up for a solution for the intake pop its Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
istealfrombums Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 That's cuz you jacked one from each car and replaced all the ones you were missing!!!! Damnit, you revealed my secret fountain of unlimited popits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs6er Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 Really! Who knew these things were like gold anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftCG Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Now you tell me. I made the mistake of asking the dealer for them. I was missing two and the other two were busted and only pretending to do their job. Charged me $11+change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squiden Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Hmmm - I wonder if this would work for the silly popits holding the under-tray cover for the oil filter. I stripped those silly plastic screw heads on the 1st oil change... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigkahuna808 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 it should work np, good idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeladams Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Good idea! I have a bag of snaps i use when one is lost but i didn't think of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowsports Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Now you tell me. I made the mistake of asking the dealer for them. I was missing two and the other two were busted and only pretending to do their job. Charged me $11+change. I just bought 1 for $2... heading to OSH for rs6er's hardware now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs6er Posted July 10, 2010 Author Share Posted July 10, 2010 Hmmm - I wonder if this would work for the silly popits holding the under-tray cover for the oil filter. I stripped those silly plastic screw heads on the 1st oil change... The student becomes the teacher. Think I'll do this myself. I guess you could slip the easynuts over the main body tray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreu Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 i have so many of those easy nuts laying around. nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloTSi97 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Thanks for the post! I was down to 1 holding the engine cover on, and it made closing the hood challenging at times. Home Depot & Lowe's both let me down for black machine screws, so I'm rocking bright silver ones, but I'll keep my eyes open at other hardware stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs6er Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 Nice did this "mod" today! Just added a metal washer and grage 5 hardware Need to come up for a solution for the intake pop its Grade 5 is a bit overkill I used the fiber washers because the screws get real hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnod85 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 would this method be applicable to the covers below the car? one of my plastic screws (?) was busted somehow over the weekend and my cover beneath the car is dragging sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lownotslow Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Thanks for the post! I was down to 1 holding the engine cover on, and it made closing the hood challenging at times. Home Depot & Lowe's both let me down for black machine screws, so I'm rocking bright silver ones, but I'll keep my eyes open at other hardware stores. Both stores sell black spray paint though. See what I'm saying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96r50 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I did this yesterday. I found black bolts with integrated washers so I don't have to worry about losing them either. Thanks for the great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titoedge Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 thanks for this simple and great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttnio Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 good mod no need to tune... just waking up the dead ...thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs6er Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 good mod no need to tune... just waking up the dead ...thread. It was my pleasure. Sold the Spec B in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttnio Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 You're welcome. Done.! on to the next non-tune mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Samson Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Just to make a few people's lives easier, what are referred to as "easy nuts" here are usually called "clip-on nuts" in most catalogs. https://www.mcmaster.com/#clip-on-nuts/=16hnmfr https://www.amazon.com/Clip-On-Nuts/b?ie=UTF8&node=6826021011 https://www.mscdirect.com/browse/tn/Fasteners/Nuts/Clip-On-Floating-Nuts?navid=12108733 Also these things are awesome for the trash can/cutting board mud flaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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