wedge outriggers...

[beario]

hi is there a place that sell replacement out riggers for the 390 wedge,or do they have to be custom made cheers...

[Mr Tank]

Hi

Are they for a Blue SE by any chance.

Andy

[Campbell]

There is a few places that can replace them or you can make then up your self if you know your way round a welder.

Cambelt

[kevin63]

Your best bet would be to have a word with Richard Thorpe of RT Racing, he's definitely your man for anything Wedge and is a chassis specialist. http://www.rtracing.co.uk/content/tvr-chassis.html

[Wedg1e]

Not much use given where you are, beario, but I've done a few wedge chassis', my website has the basic dimesnions from which a fabricator or competent DIYer could make their own.
A few years ago some enterprising cheeky b'stard even went as far as offering a kit of parts based on my dimensions on Ebay, guess he didn't get many takers.
Reckon on two days labour and you won't be far wrong; last one I did I think I charged £250 plus materials. Not sure I'd do it for that again.
You need 38mm OD x 2mm wall tube, and some 2mm mild steel plate. Plus the obvious MIG welder, grinder, hammer, socket set...

http://www.wedgeneering.co.uk/280i_fhc_chassis_rep...

[beario]

thanks for the replys,shame there is no kit for this as seems very common...

[combine]

Best bet is to cut your riggers off and get a local fabricator to copy them and get them welded on by someone who knows whats what when welding stuff onto a grp car without causing a fire.

[adam quantrill]

Maybe a kit in stainless would make sense - not much stress on this part of the chassis so minimal chance of cracking, and mainly problems from rust, which would never happen again.

[hallsie]

A bolt on kit would be the way to go, and I dont doubt that Wedgie has looked into it before, so Im thinking its not a viable option!?

Ive got to do mine on the 350 FHC soon, or not, its not an MOT failure so a quick clean and patch will suffice for the moment until I can convince my pal to make some up!

Stu

[beario]

is it really not an mot failure...

[Wedg1e]

hallsie said:

A bolt on kit would be the way to go, and I dont doubt that Wedgie has looked into it before, so Im thinking its not a viable option!?

Ive got to do mine on the 350 FHC soon, or not, its not an MOT failure so a quick clean and patch will suffice for the moment until I can convince my pal to make some up!

Stu

You can't bolt anything on, at least not as the standard chassis is built. Maybe if you had various extra plates welded in suitable places you could make the sill rails boltable but I suspect the MOT regs would be against it. If it were that simple we'd all have chassis made from Unistrut or Dexion.
Stainless would certainly be workable, you'd have to be selective in the choice of filler wire (or rod) for the joins to the mild steel chassis... but the materials cost would go up disproportionately plus folding and drilling S/S is harder for the DIYer.

Edited by Wedg1e on Sunday 11th March 23:53

[Wedg1e]

beario said:

is it really not an mot failure...

If that's a reference to Hallsie's post, I suspect he means he's only got minor perforation of a chassis plate or tube, in which case a patch would suffice (if fully-welded).