Just got me a . . . . .

[Graham-P]

wing. . . . .
Does any one have the measurements, are there any little tips to fitting one?

[TuxMan]

eat a large lunch then drink a bottle of wine...then get a mate to give you a hand

[andygtt]

Graham-P said:

wing. . . . .
Does any one have the measurements, are there any little tips to fitting one?

yes there are exact dimemsions as they go in a different place on the canam than on the GTR.

think its 100mm from the rear edge... but i put mine were it looked right.

[San Diego GTR]

Richard sent me this for my GTR...

http://homepage.mac.com/quailpark/filechute/WingLo...

[Pb3]

That's a quality diagram! When I did mine I had no diagram at all, but I hung the whole wing from the garage door to balance it on the car, then stood well back and looked from various angles to confince myself that the position was right before drilling.

I also measured from other points and you soon relise that the left and right hand sides are quite different!

[60mph]

You MUST establish the centre line of the car first . I did this with a taught string . Then make a large set square to fit the wing at right angles .It's no use measuring the bodys' trailing edge to establish squareness as it is not symetrical at this point . Use masking tape where the holes are going to go . Assemle the wing . You may need to bend the odd rose joint . Place the wing in the correct position ; centre and at right angles with the string . Draw round the ally brackets leaving the line on the masking tape . Remove the wing and measure on the tape where your holes are going to go by transcribing measurements taken off the ally brackets . Drill small centre holes in the body and open thse up to full size with a round file , don't drill full size as you'll shater the area around the hole . Bolt the wing on and leave the tape on . Mess about with the ally brackets 'till they fit . For the bottom holes drill through the double thickness of the body with a very fine drill to find the centre of the hole in the inner wheelarch . Open this up so a socket will go through . Then open up the inner holes to the bolt diameter . I hope this SUMMARY helps ! It took me about 16 hours .
When the car is set up for the road/finished the trailling edge of the vertical sides should be out of horizontal 5mm high to the rear but check this with factory .
Frank

Edited by 60mph on Monday 13th April 10:07

Edited by 60mph on Monday 13th April 10:11

[DHGTR]

San Diego GTR said:

Richard sent me this for my GTR...

http://homepage.mac.com/quailpark/filechute/WingLo...

Quality. What CAD package is Richard using there .

[GTRCLIVE]

Which ever way you fit it, it never looks Square..... just the shape of the car, and the fact that the body is not perfectly Symmetrical. In the end string lined
some plumb bobs on the rear wheel centre line and measure square back form that.... but that was just me....

[Graham-P]

Thanks for the replies guys, good summary Frank thanks.
I think I'll go with Frank's detailing, and then look at how it sits on the car and make any minor adjustments from there.

thanks