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dr914@autoatlanta.com
Porsche superseded these to steel ones, but thankfully we found a great stash of the original plastic ones. Click to view attachment
raynekat
Nice....people will need these.
bbrock
I bought a bunch of these on ebay. Almost identical to the originals.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nylon-Hex-Nut-Plas...=item23514227c0
mepstein
QUOTE(bbrock @ Apr 25 2019, 10:42 PM) *

I bought a bunch of these on ebay. Almost identical to the originals.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nylon-Hex-Nut-Plas...=item23514227c0


Good find. What size our the dash nuts.
bbrock
QUOTE(mepstein @ Apr 26 2019, 04:28 AM) *

QUOTE(bbrock @ Apr 25 2019, 10:42 PM) *

I bought a bunch of these on ebay. Almost identical to the originals.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nylon-Hex-Nut-Plas...=item23514227c0


Good find. What size our the dash nuts.


M8 I believe there are 9 of them on a car so a pack of 10 for a buck and a half does the trick.
Mark Henry
QUOTE(mepstein @ Apr 26 2019, 06:28 AM) *

QUOTE(bbrock @ Apr 25 2019, 10:42 PM) *

I bought a bunch of these on ebay. Almost identical to the originals.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nylon-Hex-Nut-Plas...=item23514227c0


Good find. What size our the dash nuts.

IIRC they are M6
bbrock
QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Apr 26 2019, 08:06 AM) *

QUOTE(mepstein @ Apr 26 2019, 06:28 AM) *

QUOTE(bbrock @ Apr 25 2019, 10:42 PM) *

I bought a bunch of these on ebay. Almost identical to the originals.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nylon-Hex-Nut-Plas...=item23514227c0


Good find. What size our the dash nuts.

IIRC they are M6


They are M8. I double checked the PET and by screwing an M8 nut on one of the nylon dash top studs this morning. beerchug.gif
bdstone914
QUOTE(bbrock @ Apr 26 2019, 06:35 AM) *

QUOTE(mepstein @ Apr 26 2019, 04:28 AM) *

QUOTE(bbrock @ Apr 25 2019, 10:42 PM) *

I bought a bunch of these on ebay. Almost identical to the originals.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nylon-Hex-Nut-Plas...=item23514227c0


Good find. What size our the dash nuts.


M8 I believe there are 9 of them on a car so a pack of 10 for a buck and a half does the trick.



Not all of the dash nuts are nylon. I think it is 4 nylon and 5 metal.
Rand
No, he means, what size are your dash nuts. Geo?
914werke
QUOTE(bdstone914 @ Apr 26 2019, 02:11 PM) *
Not all of the dash nuts are nylon. I think it is 4 nylon and 5 metal.


agree.gif M8 and it some mix of nylon & I though they were alum nuts but I could be mistaken. Ive got a stash of them from all the dash tops I swapped.
Ive got a stash of old cracked dash tops as well wacko.gif
Chris914n6
All the cars I've gotten into had plastic nuts originally. On probably half they binded making it a bitch to unscrew/screw so were replaced with common metal nuts that I could spin with just my fingers. Might be the Vegas heat swelling the nylon or something.
mepstein
I had some that were mixed plastic and steel. I’m pretty sure that was stock on some. I would be surprised if someone had changed them.
bbrock
I wouldn't be surprised if the factory mixed and matched nuts as I doubt it makes a bit of difference as long as you are careful not to over tighten a steel nut on a nylon stud, but the PET lists a quantity of 9 for the M8 plastic nut.

Click to view attachment
bdstone914
QUOTE(bbrock @ Apr 26 2019, 04:21 PM) *

I wouldn't be surprised if the factory mixed and matched nuts as I doubt it makes a bit of difference as long as you are careful not to over tighten a steel nut on a nylon stud, but the PET lists a quantity of 9 for the M8 plastic nut.

Click to view attachment


The dash I just removed had mixed nylon and steel.
Mikey914
My understanding is they were all nylon. However, I have used moth nylon and steel.
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