Door threshold fixings and wheel nut colours, Trying to establish the correct fixings and colour Options

[Bibble]

Hello all, I rather foolishly forgot to take any pictures of the fixings for the door sill aluminium strip (the wide one not the narrow one inside the car) when I took it off about 18 months ago. My car is an October 1971 - 1.7. I know there are pop rivers holder the lower edge on to the car but what goes at the top underneath the door opening seal? Is it rivets again or a small self tapping screw? If it is rivet what colour is the river? And what colour are the lower ones? I understand white on later cars ? But that would seem to clash with the aluminium colour as would Black that hold the rocker on.

Also, what colour were the wheel nuts originally? I have pendrini alloys in silver with black bolts. But the paint on the bolts looks very much a more recent home addition......

Any advice on either subject very welcome (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Best wishes

Jonathan

[Tom_T]

Jonathan,

Your 71 would've used the white plastic rivit on the top of the aluminum thresholds, as I noted in the topic linked by Brian above, ut I don't know if anyone is selling them in white anymore. AFAIK Porsche dealers still sell the plastic rivets in clear.

Your Pedrini wheel lug bolts would've originally been finished as Silver Zinc plating, but IIRC later cars 74> did switch to black oxide coated lugs, so maybe yours are late replacements.

PS - IIRC this was also the case for all optional alloy wheels - both for the Mahle 4-Lug "Baby Gas-burner" magnesium wheels, & for the forged aluminum Fuchs 2L 4-Lug wheels - 1970-73 Silver Zinc Plated Lug Bolts, then Black Oxide 1974-76.

Good luck in the upcoming Rugby World Cup - but just not against our USA Eagles! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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[Pat Garvey]

Jonathan,

Your 71 would've used the white plastic rivit on the top of the aluminum thresholds, as I noted in the topic linked by Brian above, ut I don't know if anyone is selling them in white anymore. AFAIK Porsche dealers still sell the plastic rivets in clear.

Your Pedrini wheel lug bolts would've originally been finished as Silver Zinc plating, but IIRC later cars 74> did switch to black oxide coated lugs, so maybe yours are late replacements.

Good luck in the upcoming Rugby World Cup - but just not against our USA Eagles! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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You rock Tom! Dead nits correct on both issues.