On-board charging port access through the front badge

 For accessing the charging port I have now fitted the front badge with 3 magnets. 

I have also constructed 2 curved semi-telescopic brackets to hold the badge open and assisting the swing movement when opening (these brackets are a bit to crafty and only time will tell us if the solution needs changing).

My aim was to keep weight and engineering complexity to a minimum.

Material used are:

3 strong magnets

2 strip magnets (I don't think these do any difference)

Hot glue

6mm PVC flexible tubing

A metal rod to flow inside the tubing




Note: The front badge is not an original component and I have replaced it with a non original. The original front badge I understand was made of metal.
You can find metal replacements, but the one I did see online were made of 3 pieces, which would have helped in a way as the grid like bit would have been detached from the 2 side bars.




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