AdrianH
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| posted on 2/9/09 at 10:17 PM |
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Advice please on attaching rear arches!
Before I commit myself and glue and bolt the rear arches on, I thought a question to the forum may not be a bad thing.
Fibre glass rear arches and aluminium body panels. I was planning to use m6 bolts/screws with large washers spaced aprox 5 or 6 inches apart and
sikaflex around the outer edgesof the flange to prevent water ingress between the surfaces of fibre glass and aluminium.
Is sikaflex too much, should I suse a standard sealent so I can seperate them if required?
What methods have you used to secure your wings?
Cheers
Adrian
Why do I have to make the tools to finish the job? More time then money.
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rallyingden
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| posted on 2/9/09 at 10:19 PM |
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Use a strip of "P" rubber, available from CBS
RD 
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RichardK
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| posted on 2/9/09 at 10:20 PM |
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I just used the normal tadpole trim at the joint and bolted it like you suggest. No problems so far...
Cheers
Rich
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mark chandler
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| posted on 2/9/09 at 10:25 PM |
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That's what I did but using silicon sealer, the correct way is rubber extrusion, the stuff that looks like a 'P' in cross
section.
If you just want to seal but not stick then cover the wing in celophane, attach/bolt and seal as usual with silicon, remove when cured, peel off the
celophane you will now have a perfect seal.
Regards Mark
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Flamez
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| posted on 3/9/09 at 04:16 AM |
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you dont need that many bolts. 6 will be enough
my build mac1motorsports
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AdrianH
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| posted on 3/9/09 at 06:36 AM |
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OK thanks for the replies.
Just a few jobs to go.
Adrian
Why do I have to make the tools to finish the job? More time then money.
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