Scott Drake hoodpins - houston, we have a problem
9/2/08, 09:16 AM
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Hey, thanks Bud, appreciate it. Yeah, the Bullitt is definitely kick ***.....love driven it....when I can......LOL....
So I am going to try and get some pics today of the new lanyards, and send another E Mail to Scott Drake. I just don't get this. I seriously have not washed the car since replacing the lanyards, as there has been no rain in So Cal. It has not been that humid, to speak of....So the only thing I can think of is detail spray, but it's not like the lanyards get sprayed directly.......
Who knows, but it sure is irritating.......
Mike
9/2/08, 04:23 PM
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9/5/08, 09:45 AM
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This has me a bit concerned as I just ordered a set of the Scott Drake pins from partscheap.com. Nevermind that I ordered them on 8/26 and they still are not in. I guess I am spoiled by some other vendors, such as zappos.com for shoes, that seem to ship as soon as you place the order. I've received products from Summit within a few days of placing orders as well. It seems two weeks or more for car parts is rather common. I wonder if a fix would be to simply purchase some different plastic coated cable from another source and swap it in? One should not have to do it, but as an option maybe. I know many hardware stores sell plastic coated steel cable by the foot.
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9/5/08, 11:07 AM
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I wonder if one were to seal the ends of the plastic with silicone just to keep the moisture out? I would think that would do it . Or maybe a sealing type of heat shrink.
9/5/08, 03:27 PM
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My guess would be that there is already moisture in the cables and sealing it would not help. I am no scientist, but it would seem that sealing it would be like when you close off a bottle tight and then later you still see condensation and moisture inside even though the cap is closed tightly. I am guessing though that it depends on whether or not the cable is just sheathed in plastic allowing air space in between the strands and the plastic coating, or whether it is maybe dipped in the plastic allowing it to impregnate into the strands and sealing it better. I've never looked close enough at the cables to tell. Could it be that the cable itself is not stainless and low grade metal?
9/5/08, 04:52 PM
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My guess would be that there is already moisture in the cables and sealing it would not help. I am no scientist, but it would seem that sealing it would be like when you close off a bottle tight and then later you still see condensation and moisture inside even though the cap is closed tightly. I am guessing though that it depends on whether or not the cable is just sheathed in plastic allowing air space in between the strands and the plastic coating, or whether it is maybe dipped in the plastic allowing it to impregnate into the strands and sealing it better. I've never looked close enough at the cables to tell. Could it be that the cable itself is not stainless and low grade metal?
9/6/08, 12:42 PM
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Myabe your company should replace Scott Drake's supplier for cables. I'll bet they offshore their products to China or somewhere in that neighborhood. If not the entire product, then parts of it anyway.
9/7/08, 02:11 PM
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I'm happy with the basic stainless pins. Not nearly as fancy, but they've been on for at least a year & a half with no rust issues to date.
9/8/08, 09:05 PM
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Mine finally showed up today. They look great so I will take pics of them before the install, then over the course of the next few months. My car is a daily driver so it will see the high heats of the fading summer here in Ca., then the rains of winter. We'll see how they hold up.
9/11/08, 06:16 PM
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They are sending yet another replacement set, but have asked me to keep the first replacement set, in case their R&D Department want to analyze them......They swear they did extensive testing on the new ones, and are guessing their MAY be a slight chance some of the old ones got mixed in with the new ones......
Mike
9/13/08, 08:21 PM
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My mother-in-law just got here today and brought the hood pins with her (had them shipped to her place). They look good, not sure when I am going to get time to install them, but will post some pics when it is done.
9/14/08, 11:29 AM
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