Wanted - a name for a d-ring thingy !

[Adrian]

Hi All

One handy thing about my 'old' car (Toyota RAV4) is the little d-ring-type-thingies set into the floor and sides of the rear of the car.

They consist of a metal 'd-ring' about half an inch across (like the bit that holds a satchel strap onto the satchel) and a metal fixing bracket that's bolted to the car. Added bonus is that the ring can fold flat against the bodywork when not required.

Makes it very easy to attach a bungee strap to hold down the dog cage in the back of the car, or stop 'stuff' from sliding about in the car.

Now I'd like to fit half a dozen of these in the back of my new car ('64 Moggie Traveller) - but I don't know what they're called...

So - if anybody knows what the correct term is for them, or even an online stockist (who delivers to Ireland) - that would be great....

Thanks in advance Adrian

[Cicero]

================================== Used by leather workers / saddlers etc. - mounted D rings:

be available locally given the strong tradition of horse breeding in Ireland.

Cic.

[:Jerry:]

Hold down eyes, you should be able to order them from any main car dealer were they are used in a current or reasonable current model, first stop would be a Toyota dealer...

As long as the floor pan is reassessed to take them.

Careful, IIRC the Traveller has a (wooden) fails load floor, all you might do is end up not only having your load shift but also rip out the vehicle fails load floor! The real floor pan is a rather irregular shaped pressing, the fuel tank also forms part of this floor at the rear, below were the spare wheel sits.

[Grunff]

[Adrian]

Thanks for the link. They seem to want me to register with them in order to see prices... hmmmm !

At least I know what to look for / ask for now - thanks

Adrian

[Adrian]

Doh !

mounting for said ring - like wot Cicero shows in his link....

Thanks Adrian

[Adrian]

Ah - thanks !

Maybe there's a cheaper place?? - ,my experience of Toyota dealers is that one thing they are _very_ good at is charging silly prices for spares....

I'm probably going to mount at least some of them on the horizontal timber rail that runs above the wheel-arch...

The 'load bed' has front-to-back runners (originally ali - currently timber_ which would allow a reasonably slim d-ring to be below a flat loac placed in the car...

Thanks - I know how it's constructed. It's less a case of securing heavy loads - more a matter of stopping things from 'flapping about' whilst on the move...

Regards Adrian

[Andy Dingley]

Motorbike accessories - not cheap, but neatly fitted.

Standard leatherworkers' D rings, a couple of inches of leather strap stitched through and an eyelet or two for bolt holes -- rather more Moggy Minor.

[Adrian]

HI again all

OK - found out 'what' I need - now it's just a question of 'where'....

This is the type of thing

these guys want $15 for six of these items, which is OK - plus $36 for shipping.... which hurts a bit !

Anybody know where I can get these things - ideally online in Ireland, or even online shipped-to-Ireland but at reasonable rates ?? Any idea what sort of shop / supplier would carry these items ?

Google / ebay searches on d-ring & restraints turn up all sorts of results I didn't want to know about !

Thanks in advance Adrian

[jkn]

Hi Adrian

These people ('Point North') do all sorts of fabrics and fastenings for camping type gear & clothing. They have sourced fastenings for me in the past. Worth browsing their store & maybe giving them a ring.

jon N

[Adrian]

I see that they do the 'bare' d-rings - I'll drop them an email to see if they can also supply them with some kind of mounting plate...

Thanks again Adrian

[Adrian]

Sorry - didn't see your reply 1st time round...

Hmm - leatherworkers (who sad 'cobblers' ??! )

I'll have to look around - can't think where I'd have to go for somebody with those skills locally - but you're right, leather strap, eyelets, d-ring is _very_ moggie - nice !

Thanks for the idea - I was in 'town' (Clonakility) yesterday - bet there's a leatherworker there... Bother

Regards Adrian

[Dave Liquorice]

You mean these:

are quite large though, other designs and types in that sellers shop.

[Adrian]

Thanks for the 'lead'....

To be honest - they are all a bit on the large side - though ideal for tying that Sherman Tank down onto your low-loader

In my case it's only to restrain a dog cage, or stop the component parts of a market stall from flapping about on cornering....

The answer may be found in the 'saddlery' supplies area..... currently investigating that avenue....

Many thanks Adrian

[Cicero]

================================== You might find that 'vine eyes' or 'cup hooks' would do much the same job and be easier to source as well if you can do without the fold-down bit. Any hardware shop will have something similar:

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[Adrian]

- but the 'fold-down bit' is fairly essential to the project, methinks...

Knowing my luck, if I were to use cup hooks then they'd get caught in something or other and either rip it, or get bent & twisted....

Thanks for thinking - but 'fold-down' it must be

Regards Adrian

[deep in some]

Try this

to be known as a "plate ring"

S

[Adrian]

>seems to be known as a "plate ring"

Thanks for that - something new to search for I like the price on the IsaacLord ones - 6p each - but their postage is a bit pricey

I'll do some googling on 'plate ring'

Thanks Adrian

[Dave Liquorice]

And probably not up to the job. You can get things like that from the sheds for hanging pictues on the wall with.

"hold down" "hold fast" "lashing point" "lashing plate" take a look at the names used in that ebay sellers shop.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Adrian saying something like:

Nip down your local scrapyard and look in the back of the later

2000-onwards Transits. You'll find tie-down eyes bolted to the floor of them, factory fitted. Might be slightly larger than you want, but they're not huge.