Cable tie magic

[waynedear]

What have you got held together with the wonderful bits of plastic.......
My 146 has them on both bumpers and front fog housings and my daily fiat has 1 wheel trim helped to stay on with them..

[shielsy68]

women to a bed does that count lol

[daslandroverman]

The left hand sleeve of one of my sets of overalls is loosely stitched with them.

They're also an excellent way to hold the plastic arch extensions onto a Defender.

[ivangt6]

The dog ate the shoelaces on my doing things on cars shoes. now replaced with 3 rows of cable ties

[rattlecan]

Oh wow, can’t even think how many trucks I’ve ‘bodged’ on a ‘get you home’ basis. A few I can think of, throttle linkages, broken air valves, air tanks, with the really thick ones, when drivers had ripped the tank straps off up the pit tip (if you are 30 or younger, ask your Dad re. a pit tip 😉) interior door straps, gear linkages, holding batteries in, & loads I can’t think of atm

[neilsdavies]

Can't believe no-one has mentioned plug wire separators yet!

[turbotechnics]

Holding my undertray together and to the car.

[welshpug]

managed to get my BMW home with a few big cableties acting as an aux belt to spin the alternator and water pump.

[waynedear]

Feb 11, 2018 20:52:53 GMT neilsdavies said:

Can't believe no-one has mentioned plug wire separators yet!

They are a work of genius

[jiminwatford]

Feb 11, 2018 21:03:58 GMT waynedear said:

Feb 11, 2018 20:52:53 GMT neilsdavies said:

Can't believe no-one has mentioned plug wire separators yet!

They are a work of genius

This needs a video

[georgeb]

I likes that.

Black cable ties on my shopping list for today then!

[shielsy68]

i prefair my use lol

[ChasR]

Feb 11, 2018 20:52:53 GMT neilsdavies said:

Can't believe no-one has mentioned plug wire separators yet!

Someone watches Roadkill!

I like how simple and tidy the HT separator is. However, separating the wires if a couple of them go can become a pain .

Me? Erm, undertrays as a get me home fix (it's surprising how many garages do this and then have people complain later that their tray is flopping around. I've used countless many for tying wires out of the way of moving things and during the LPG days I used them to secure the engine looms. I've used them on wheel trims many times.

Best one I've seen is hoopsontoast . That was the renewable exhaust hanger. I say renewable as they would always keep breaking despite having 7 of them holding the backbox up!

[astranaut]

Backbox hanger - worked for months until it stretched, and they're currently holding the radiator to the brackets in my Astra until I drill out the snapped bolts

Oh and they're holding the hid ballast tight against the inlet wing on my vectra, bodgers best friend

[Littlepixel]

I've done bumper stitches frankenstein-style before after ripping the front on a low curb.
I believe it's big in the drift world but worked great on my A2


Like this but neater

[MiataMark]

Feb 11, 2018 20:57:23 GMT turbotechnics said:

Holding my undertray together and to the car.

Me too, plus the door sill trim and gear lever gaiter on the Discovery.

[sarkie83]

Body undertrays on most of my cars: Standard.

Heater cable to heater unit on the Capri is held in place with a clip that's collapsed: now cable tie.
Front spring to strut on the Capri (to hold in place when jacking up) are held on by cable ties.

Passat rear window to runner plastic plug (stopping the window from going down): Now a cable tie

[thebaron]

Many many things on the Starlet. As it gets constant bangs while competing I like to be able to tear it apart as quickly as possible.

If a panel or piece has 6 bolts/screws holding it on I'll reattached 2-3 and Zip tie the rest.

Off the top of my head:

Rear Bumper (I have created a quick release with bonnet pins and steady the edges with ties
Front Bumper (The bars are quite mangled from various excursions so not everything lines up for bolts)
Front Grille
Rear Seats (they are purely for show as they need to be "present" for NCT purposes) - No nuns or kittens are/will be harmed

I also have a number of spare belts tied to the strut brace as required

[rattlecan]

[Badger]

The radiator on the Dolly is currently held in with cable ties - more securely than when I bought it! Only a solution until I finally get around to restoring her.