I weak fixing means that if you catch something with a wing you've a chance it'll just rip off the wing and not destroy the ali panel it's attached to!
Anyway, I've not done this yet but it seemed a good idea at the time!
James
Have any of you fitted any bracketry or braces to support the rear wings? Simply mounting them to the bodywork with the flange seems a little flimsy to me.
I'm probably mistaken but I remember awhile ago using purely nylon fixings to attach it via the flange.
I weak fixing means that if you catch something with a wing you've a chance it'll just rip off the wing and not destroy the ali panel
it's attached to!
Anyway, I've not done this yet but it seemed a good idea at the time!
James
My rear wing was pretty rigid before I fitted it, and now it's totally solid. Its shape is a big factor, e.g. the amount that the lip goes down
on the outside, the depth of the flange, and so on. Good grp thickness and quality is also a major factor.
rgds,
David
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=9737
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Going back to the sikaflex a mate of mine has an indy that has the rear arches held on only with sikaflex, not a bolt in sight
Martin apparently advised him to do it. My mate quite rightly asked , "what happens if they fall off?"
Martin replied " they wont....trust me...and even if they do we will give you 2 more free of charge and fit them for you too, and replace anything else it has damaged" .
Now there's confidence in a product if ever you saw it!
Mine are held on by 5 m8 button heads with penny washers either side through the flange and are strong enough to hold my weight. Also the glass will
flex and return to a certain degree but a bracket will bend and stay bent, taking the wing with it.
yours, Pete.
Mine are held on with 6 m8 bolts with big washers to but wont take my weight...............but then again im no skinny runt!
Who are you calling a skinny runt
yours, Pete.
P.S. only kidding.
Who said i was porky? big boned maybe! I often surprise myself how i can shoehorn myself into my narrow boddied f27!
We have riv-nutted the chassis where the flange on the rear wing meets with side panel and fastened with M6 bolts. Where flange meets on back panel, just fastened with M6 bolts and nylock.