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Author: Subject: Fitting aeroscreen to scuttle?? Any photos??
Sloan85

posted on 7/8/13 at 09:01 PM Reply With Quote
Fitting aeroscreen to scuttle?? Any photos??

i plan on riveting the aeroscreen to the scuttle but what is the best way to tidy the edge of the aeroscreen where it sits on the scuttle? I was thinking a bead of sikaflex or similar. Any other suggestions?

Any photos would be appreciated.

Cheers





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MsD

posted on 7/8/13 at 09:05 PM Reply With Quote
I'm yet to do mine but I've seen a few that use rubber u-trim around the edge- looks quite smart.

Mark.

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puma931

posted on 7/8/13 at 09:08 PM Reply With Quote
Use a plastic u trim rather than rubber. The one I used had glue in the u so it grips the edge. Then use sikaflex to bond to the scuttle (I would not use rivets).

[Edited on 8/8/13 by puma931]

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Sloan85

posted on 7/8/13 at 09:16 PM Reply With Quote
So U-trim all the edges? I was going to do that to the curved edges on the interior side where there will be sharp exposed edges. I'll see what it looks like on all the edges.





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austin man

posted on 7/8/13 at 09:34 PM Reply With Quote
mine is just rivited I was going to mask it and silkaflex it befor painting but never bothered, I have also bonded on to a scuttle with fibreglass an smoothed it in with filler to make it look like a one piece





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philhoward

posted on 8/8/13 at 06:24 AM Reply With Quote
I used a rubber U channel from Seals + Direct.

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puma931

posted on 8/8/13 at 06:59 AM Reply With Quote
Here is a picture of mine.


Use a heat gun when fitting the trim to get a good fit.

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